The Rocket Summer is the rock solo-project of Bryce Avary who is based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Avary plays every instrument on his records as well as produces them.
Bryce became interested with music around the age of 11, when his father bought him his first guitar from a pawn shop. He then started playing drums and various other instruments. After being in a high school "indie rock punk" band inspired by Pavement, Archers of Loaf and Weezer...
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The Rocket Summer is the rock solo-project of Bryce Avary who is based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Avary plays every instrument on his records as well as produces them.
Bryce became interested with music around the age of 11, when his father bought him his first guitar from a pawn shop. He then started playing drums and various other instruments. After being in a high school "indie rock punk" band inspired by Pavement, Archers of Loaf and Weezer, Avary began performing local acoustic shows as a teenager in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton. As Avary's local fan base grew, he released his first EP at the age of 16 in limited release during 1999. Distributing the EP himself under the name The Rocket Summer (the name inspired by Ray Bradbury's short story) to local stores to be sold on consignment, his music appeared on The Adventure Club segment of the KDGE radio station, and quickly became the most requested local band on the program that year.
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