Assembled band of musicians

Santino assembled a band of musicians in early 2008 with the help of The Maine prior to A Rocket to the Moon’s first major festival appearance, at The Bamboozle . They then appeared on the July 10, 2008 episode of Total Request Live , performing the song “Dakota”. Their performance brought them attention from Pete Wentz , the bassist of Fall Out Boy . Contrary to popular belief, A Rocket to the Moon were never signed to Decaydance Records (Wentz’s record label and then an imprint of Fueled by Ramen, now DCD2 Records). He had shown interest in signing the band and originally wanted to do a Fueled by Ramen /Decaydance co-deal. The Decaydance side of the deal did not pan out for unknown reasons. Santino later revealed that it was a business decision that failed and “it got in the wrong hands.” An official announcement of the signing to Fueled by Ramen was made in August 2008. Separate tours supporting both The Cab and A Cursive Memory followed in the fall of 2008. They also toured with Cute Is What We Aim For , Secondhand Serenade , and Automatic Loveletter . On October 13, 2008, the band released their EP Greetings From… , produced by Matt Grabe . The record reached No. 21 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. The EP features the promotional singles, “Dakota” and “If Only They Knew”. A music video for “If Only They Knew” was released on May 13, 2009. The song “Just Another One” features guest vocals from John O’Callaghan from The Maine and Justin Richards from Brighten.