Sean Altman - Blog Posts
Rockapella promotional video, 1990.
Rockapella's music video for Land of a Thousand Dances, 1996.
Rockapella and Billy Joel, 1990.
Rockapella would later perform with him at the charity benefit Concert for Walden Woods the following year (with a slightly different lineup).
Rockapella promotional photo, 1995.
(AI enhanced with Remini)
Rockapella’s music video for Land of a Thousand Dances,1996
Rockapella has fun around NYC in a 1996 promotional music video for ‘Land of a Thousand Dances’.
The 1993-97 (Carmen Sandiego-era) lineup of Rockapella reunites to sing a darkly comedic parody of the show’s theme song, about drug lord El Chapo. Video by Funny or Die, 2015.
(Bass Barry Carl was not available for filming on the day, but did record his part of the song.)
More from the Rockapella X'mas '96 performance. If some of these seem extra choppy, I swear it's just the manic '90s editing style, and not me. (This same video also features hilarious dissolve and spin transitions without a hint of self-awareness. I love it.)
"Lucky Seven!"
More footage on a bus...
And inside a CD store. (Barry is me rn)
Rockapella has fun inside a Japanese toy store, Christmas 1996.
Seanpanman?
Barry Kong
Coming soon - the concert, at the Japan Airlines Building, Tokyo.
Intro to a Rockapella performance in Japan, Christmas 1996. Yes, the scrolling text in the first image does say 'Rockaperlla'. Similarly charming misspellings are littered throughout. (Sorry, Elliott. But notably, Jeff's last name is spelt correctly here, something English-speaking networks have struggled with).
The Word on the Street for Season 5, Episode 13 of Carmen Sandiego - Serendipity!
Jeff and Sean find a beautiful rose, Elliott finds that sausage he lost, Greg finds the winning lottery ticket, and Barry finds the winning lottery ticket... in Greg's hand.
(It's actually just his laundry ticket :p)
Rockapella performing the Carmen Sandiego theme song on PBS Good Morning America, 1993. Those hairstyles! Those clothes!
Rockapella performs House of the Rising Sun in Japan, 1995.
Rockapella in 1992 (Carmen Sandiego-era), being interviewed in Tokyo for CNN, about their success in Japan.
Curiously, the news anchor introduces them as "some rockers who aren't quite stars yet", only to have the reporter say they are "already on a roll in the U.S." Get your story straight, guys!
Rockapella performing on Japanese TV in 1992. Looks to be some kind of musical guessing-gameshow?