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Rocket Club is an American country music band composed of Joel Sayles (bass, vocals), Brian Kroening (guitars), Don Smithmier (vocals, keyboards), Chris Hawkey (vocals), Luke Kramer (guitars), and Billy Thommes (drums).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography )〕〔Gueningsman, Ryan (2012) "(Bands booked, plans underway for Delano’s Fourth of July ‘12 )", ''Herald-Journal'', February 20, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014〕 Smithmier is also a notable Minnesota tech entrepreneur,〔Bruch, Michelle (2011) "(Entrepreneur Don Smithmier: They told him to 'focus,' and luckily, he didn't listen )", ''MinnPost'', February 24, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2014〕 and Hawkey is also a radio personality on Minneapolis radio station KFAN . ==History== The band's first national single, "One More Day," was written by Joel Sayles, Don Smithmier, and Twin Cities native Mark Lacek after Lacek's daughter died in the womb.〔Albertoni, Rich (2010) "(Onetime Madison rockers Rocket Club land on the country chart )", Isthmus, March 25, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2014〕 The song got viral exposure via Facebook and YouTube, as well as airplay on Minneapolis radio station KEEY-FM. It is also included on a multi-artist album entitled ''Hope Rocks Volume II'', the benefits of which go to a nonprofit organization that Mark and his wife, Susan, founded. "One More Day" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of November 21, 2009. The band's second single, "One Thing Beautiful," written by Joel Sayles and Don Smithmier, spent 14 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts beginning July 12, 2010. Rocket Club's debut self-titled CD was released in 2008. Their second record, ''American Serenade'', was released in October 2010. In 2010, the band coined the term "North Country" to describe its more guitar oriented, decidedly non-Southern form of country music. They later turned the concept into a northern anthem with the release of their 3rd single, "North Country," which debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs on June 14, 2011. An album of the same name was released in 2012.〔Gilbertson, Jon M. (2012) "(CD Reviews: Rocket Club; Waka Flocka Flame; Joe Jackson; Maybach Music Group )", ''Journal Sentinel'', June 26, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014〕 The band released its fourth studio album on March 13, 2014, titled ''Lucky'' and produced by Joel Sayles. The album was named after the project that created it. In 2013, the band completed a project dubbed "Lucky 13" in which it wrote, recorded and released one new song each month for a year. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rocket Club News )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rocket Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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