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Circa: Now! by Rocket from the Crypt
Circa: Now! is an album by Rocket from the Crypt, released in 1992. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sturdy Wrists”, on 2 lists with a best position of #73.
Circa: Now!, the second album from San Diego's Rocket from the Crypt, came out on Cargo Music and Headhunter Records in 1992, and it's the sound of a punk band discovering the saxophone and a whole lot of swagger. It's the first record with drummer Atom and saxophonist Apollo 9 in the lineup behind singer-guitarist John Reis, and the songs pile rock and roll riffs and blaring sax into one sweaty heap.
The band toured it relentlessly and became heroes of the underground, and "Hippy Dippy Do" gave them the first of their minor hits, with videos shot for "Ditchdigger" and "Sturdy Wrists". The buzz brought the major labels calling, and in 1993 Interscope signed the band, bought the album from Cargo and Headhunter and put it out again to a much wider audience. In 2004 Reis's own Swami Records remastered it as Circa: Now! +4, adding four songs recorded in 1993.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Circa: Now! on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sturdy Wrists | 2 | #73 | – | 1993–2002 | |
| 2 | Hippy Dippy Do | 1 | #303 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.