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Uploaded to Discogs in 2026 by an anonymous user, demo is not digitized.[1] This demo was limited to 60. We asked Kyle Johnson about this demo, and he has no recollection of it being put out. He said these are most likely the same recordings that are on the split EP.[2]

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01. Formula For Love
02. You Charlatan
03. Someday

Trivia

  • Rare and limited demo, only one copy has resurfaced online.

Project Rocket recorded three songs with Jared Logan. This split EP was with Fall Out Boy. Both bands were signed to Uprising Records which put out the Split EP.[3]

Trivia

  • Seth Ingebrigtson plays bass on this EP.
  • Andy Hurley recorded Drums for Project Rocket on this EP and would later join Fall Out Boy.

New Years Revolution is the only full length album recorded by Project Rocket. It came out in 2003. It featured a line up change with Noah Nickel playing on bass. Jared Logan recorded this album. [4]

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01. Draw Me Closer
02. True Til’ College
03. The Pen And Paper Cliché
04. Peoples History Of Us
05. You Charlatan
06. Send In The Replicas
07. With Stars In Her Eyes
08. Slow Motion Suicide
09. Andy’s Song
10. Drink Yourself To Sleep
11. A New Year’s Revolution

Trivia

  • Andy Hurley sings lead vocals on Andy’s Song. This is the only time Andy has been recorded singing lead vocals on a song. [4]
  • TJ is credited as The Project Rocket, since the label pushed him to pursue Project Rocket as a solo project. [5]
  • The insert thanks Karl Hlavinka of Kill The Slavemaster for his hockey facts. [4]

Sources

  1. Gary_Spaghetti. (2026, May). Project Rocket Demo. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/37424175-Project-Rocket-Demo
  2. Johnson, Kyle. Personal Communication. August 2026.
  3. Project Rocket and Fall Out Boy. (2002). Split EP. [Album]. Uprising Records.
  4. New Years Revolution. (2002). Split EP. [Album]. Uprising Records.
  5. Minich, TJ. Personal Communication. November 2025.

2026

Sources

  1. FOBAT Admin, personal communication, March 2026.

📷 Unknown – 🏢 ?? – ??/??/???? – Source

📷 ?? – 🏢 TJ’s Basement – 2001 – TJ Minich

📷 Matt Mixon, Unknown – 🏢 ?? – Kyle Johnson, Fuck City

📷 Adam Berman – 🏢 The Daily Grind @ Western Illinois University, 11/30/2001 – The Edge

📷 Project Rocket One Sheet – Uprising Records
*** NOTE: TJ’s last name is misspelled, and he is the bass player of Spitalfield. Consult the article for correct information.

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Project Rocket is a pop-punk band that was formed in the spring of 20011. They were signed to Uprising Records until their slow dissolution throughout 2002 and into 20032–4.

Project Rocket has a close history with Fall Out Boy, sharing members and friends with the band. Project Rocket’s first show was Fall Out Boy’s second show, and both bands put out an EP together on uprising1,5.

Project Rocket
Band NameProject Rocket
City of OriginMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Years Active2001-2001
Current MembersN/A
Past MembersTJ Minich
Kyle Johnson
Andy Hurley
Seth Ingebrigtson
Drew Brown
Tom Owen
Genre(s)Pop Punk
Emo
Label(s)Uprising Records
Associated
Acts		Fall Out Boy
7 Angels 7 Plagues
Misery Signals
Spitalfield
Knockout
Kill The Slavemaster
The Killing Tree
Arma Angelus
The Kill Pill
End This Day
Since By Man
Blue Smock Nancy
Invoke The Flood
WebsiteN/A

Formation

This band was formed by T.J. Minich on vocals, Andy Hurley on drums, and Seth Ingebrigtson on bass, who were members of the Milwaukee hardcore act Killtheslavemaster, and good friend Kyle Johnson, who played in the Milwaukee-based band 7 Angels 7 Plagues.6–8 Similar to the formation of Fall Out Boy, the members of Project Rocket formed out of a desire to venture outside of hardcore music and into the realm of emo and indie music, but unlike Fall Out Boy’s members, they held little animosity against the hardcore scene as motivation, and simply wanted a musical change.6,9,10

The band was signed to Uprising Records, though it is unclear when, despite being signed by the time their first EP was released. The band’s first show was on November 30th, 2001, and the first promotion for their first release is dated January 15th, 2002.11,12 Andy Hurley had previously played with Sean Muttaqi’s band, Vegan Reich, which is likely how the band got connected with Uprising13.

Active Years: 2001-2002

Self-titled demo, Project Rocket / Fall Out Boy Split EP

In 2001, Project Rocket released a three-song demo. It featured “The Formula For Love”, “You Charlatan”, and “Someday”. Only 60 copies of this CDr were made, and the three tracks were later featured on a split EP with Fall Out Boy on Uprising Records.14,155 Andy later became the drummer of Fall Out Boy as Project Rocket fizzled out10,13. Project Rocket’s first show on November 30th, 2001, which was also Fall Out Boy’s second show. Project Rocket managed to get on the bill through their connections with The Killing Tree, who also played that night2,12. This EP contained the original lineup of members for Project Rocket.

New Year’s Revolution LP

Project Rocket has one full-length album titled New Year’s Revolution, which came out on January 28th, 2003, after the band had technically broken up. However, the copyright on the insert says 2002. It is currently unknown if there were copies of this album or files of the tracks shared before the album was released by Uprising in 20032.2

This album, the demo, and the split EP are produced by 7 Angels 7 Plagues drummer Jared Logan, who also produced Fall Out Boy’s first album, Evening Out With Your Girlfriend. The lineup on this recording changed slightly, replacing Seth Ingebrigtson with Endthisday bassist Noah Nickel. It is unclear why Seth left the band, but Noah recalls Kyle calling him during a band practice and asking if he wanted to join Project Rocket.3 All known promotional photography of Project Rocket features this lineup. Andy, Noah, and Kyle are each credited for their instruments, as well as handclaps. Additionally, Andy is credited for “comics”, likely because he is a huge fan of comics. T.J. is credited as “The Project Rocket”.2 This is because the band had broken up at this point, and Uprising owner Sean suggested TJ pursue Project Rocket as a successful solo project. This being Project Rocket’s final release, though, means this was never realized.6

During the summer of 2002, Project Rocket was slated to go on tour16. This however, never happened, and only highlighted the members priorities in their other bands at the time.3


Breakup/Slow Motion Suicide

At some point in 2002, the band unofficially broke up. At the time, Andy was in other bands, one of which being Fall Out Boy. Noah had also joined the band Endthisday, who were actively touring. This lineup of Project Rocket did not have a proper breakup, but instead ended gradually, without the band having any official discussion about breaking up.3 Though the band released music, they played very few live shows. Many of the members recall this band being a casual side project alongside the bands they were already in.3,6,9

With Andy and Noah leaving, T.J. and Kyle were the only members of the band left. This kicked off a 6-month period where the band recruited new members, and interchangeably went by the name Slow Motion Suicide.6,17 This information is known because of a messageboard post where Drew Brown, newly a drummer for Project Rocket, mentions the lineup of this band.17 Joining Drew would be Tom Owen on bass, and J.D. Romero, though it is unclear what he played. T.J., Drew, and J.D. also recall William Beckett of The Academy Is… attending band practices.4,17,18 T.J. and Kyle retained their previous roles in the band. During this 6-month period, the band never played live shows, only having casual practices.4  It is unclear when this 6-month period occurred, but it is likely that Project Rocket completely ended as a band in 2003 when their last and only album was released.2

Musical Style

Emo pop-rock.18

Touring:

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Discography

Demo (2001)

  1. Formula For Love
  2. You Charlatan
  3. Someday

Split EP With Fall Out Boy (2002)

  1. Formula For Love
  2. You Charlatan
  3. Someday

New Years Revolution (2003)

  1. Draw Me Closer
  2. True Til College
  3. The Pen And Paper Cliché
  4. Peoples History Of Us
  5. You Charlatan
  6. Send In The Replicas
  7. With Stars In Her Eyes
  8. Slow Motion Suicide
  9. Andy’s Song
  10. Drink Yourself To Sleep
  11. A New Year’s Revolution

Trivia

  • “True Til’ College” is a reference to “Straight Edge” by Minor Threat.6
  • William Beckett of the Academy Is… spent some time jamming with Project Rocket.4
  • Project Rocket often traveled to the Chicago suburbs to practice in TJ’s basement, though the CD thanks SinceByMan for their practice space.2,3,6
  • Noah Nickel and Jared Logan went to bible study together.3,9

References

  1. 1. Heinz R. Edge. December 12, 2001. Accessed May 3, 2026. https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/wiu_courier/id/12994/rec/1 
  2. 2. Project Rocket – New Years Revolution. 2003. Accessed May 3, 2026. https://www.discogs.com/release/8705838-Project-Rocket-New-Years-Revolution 
  3. 3. Nickel N. Personal Communication. Published online February 9, 2026. 
  4. 4. Brown D, Minich T. Personal Communication. Published online April 19, 2026. 
  5. 5. Project Rocket / Fall Out Boy – Split EP. 2002. Accessed May 3, 2026. https://www.discogs.com/master/544964-Project-Rocket-Fall-Out-Boy-Split-EP 
  6. 6. Minich T. Personal Communication. Published online November 5, 2025. 
  7. 7. Kill The Slavemaster. Discogs. Accessed August 19, 2026. https://www.discogs.com/artist/9064327-Kill-The-Slavemaster 
  8. 8. 7 Angels 7 Plagues. Discogs. Accessed August 19, 2026. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2055585-7-Angels-7-Plagues 
  9. 9. Johnson K. Personal Communication. Published online November 8, 2025. 
  10. 10. Minich T. Personal Communication. Published online April 28, 2026. 
  11. 11. Uprising. December 15, 2006. Accessed May 3, 2026. https://web.archive.org/web/20061215112601/http://www.uprisingrecords.com/new_site/html/artist.php?bandid=17 
  12. 12. Heinz R. Unexpected course of events at the Daily Grind. The Edge. https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/wiu_courier/id/12994/rec/1 
  13. 13. DISCOG. HURLEYXVX. Accessed August 19, 2026. https://www.hurleyxvx.com/discog 
  14. 14. Project Rocket – Demo. 2001. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://www.discogs.com/release/37424175-Project-Rocket-Demo 
  15. 15. Johnson K. Personal Communication. Published online August 2026. 
  16. 16. The Scoop on Project Rocket. May 4, 2002. Accessed August 19, 2026. https://web.archive.org/web/20020504155345/http://www.uprisingcommunicationsgroup.com/wwwboard/messages/275.html 
  17. 17. Brown D. Let’s Reminice. Light Blue Extra. December 2, 2003. Accessed May 3, 2026. https://www.lightblueextra.com/forum/classic-lbe/general-discussion/382-let-s-reminice 
  18. 18. MP3.com: Project Rocket Artist Info. Accessed August 12, 2026. http://mp3-2003.computer-legacy.com/info/335/project_rocket.html