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This record is the result of a gang of New York City musician friends getting together on a sunny Sunday in May 2006 at Peter Karl s Recording studio in Brooklyn with the intent of recording a few spontaneous renditions of their favorite Black Sabbath tunes and to have a ball. Rocket Engine consists of some of NYC s most adventurous young musicians from the free improvisation, indie rock and jazz scenes. Rocket Engine s members come from such other bands as Dynamite Club, Antibalas, Opsvik & Jennings, The Monkees, Fat Mama, Beyondo and The UP. In a way this band represents the missing link between early heavy metal and free jazz. What Rocket Engine connect with in Black Sabbath s early music is the fact that it s very honest and direct music, something it has in common with early free jazz/impro before it got weighed down by rules and pretense. (Albert Ayler and Ozzy Osbourne - kindred spirits?). So the result is free spirited and spontaneous versions of these beloved classics.