<br /><br /><br /><em><strong>Bottle Cap Rockets</strong> are a guitar driven Indie band from Northern New Jersey. There&rsquo;s plenty of Interlocking harmonies, catchy hooks &amp; insightful lyrics to move the music along. Influences include The Raconteurs, Guster, My Morning Jacket, Led Zeppelin, Jet, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Smithereens and others.&nbsp;</em><br />&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&nbsp;<br /><em>Al Gross: singer/songwriter/guitarist&nbsp;</em><br />Al's Influences start with The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. He was a co-writer and lead guitarist for the Alternative Hoboken group &ldquo;Smart Dog&rdquo; until 2003. After the band desolved Al had the good fortune of selling twenty five of his written works to &ldquo;Universal Music&rdquo; (a subsidiary of Universal Pictures). In late 2009 he started writing songs and by April 2010 Bottle Cap Rockets was formed.&nbsp;<br />&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&nbsp;<br /><em>Dana De La Rosa: drums/backing vocals&nbsp;</em><br />His distinctive, precise + powerful style is his own. Mitch Mitchell of &ldquo;The Jimi Hendrix Experience&rdquo; and John Bonham of&rdquo; Led Zeppelin&rdquo; are high on his list of influences (he&rsquo;s a double bass with one foot kinda guy). Dana was a member of some of L.I.&rsquo;s best original bands (Brau Beat, Seven Daze) sharing the stage as an opening act for Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Foreigner, Toto, Edgar Winter and many others.&nbsp;<br />&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&nbsp;<br /><em>Joe Starosielec: bass&nbsp;</em><br />He lives by the philosophy of the bass. Joe draws his inspiration from all corners of the universe. An old soul at 26, Joe&rsquo;s intuitively creative and commanding presence on bass brings to mind some of Rock&rsquo;s greatest performers, namely John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney and John Entwistle to name a few. After taking a short musical hiatus to answer some of life&rsquo;s less creative demands, Joe heard the distant sound of &ldquo;Bottle Cap Rockets&rdquo; counting down and knew he had to be on board. Bass in hand, Joe was ready for take off.&rdquo;<br /><br />

The Raconteurs, Guster, My Morning Jacket, Led Zeppelin, Jet, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Smithereens and others.