The Line up changed over time a few times. Bass player Ben Lawes (Mudd Helmut, Blind Boys), Ron Kitagawa (The Kitagawa Kid), Guitarist Rock Koplin, Tim “The Rock” Steel, Scott Schuppert came to the band by way of “The Beex and Dirty Secrets, Dan-O Deckelman by way of Mudd Helmut, The Service (NYC). Dan-O later joined Adam West for 3 tours of Europe in 2002-2005, 2 Albums/CD’s "God’s Gift To Women", Power To The People
“Rocket 69 - the band that changed the way you think about thinking.”
The Tin Whisker
““Iggy humped Kiss and out popped these guys””
Flipside
“Oh yeah! The Rocket 69 guys put me in mind of the Raw Power Stooges having a punch up with Zen Guerilla in a garage. Someone (Time Steele? Vocalist Dan-O?) can play guitar and lays it all over the two-minutes or so of beautiful noise that's in these tracks.”
The Batman - I-95 Bar
“Tick - Tick - Tick... Rocket 69 is a caffeine bomb waiting to explode and blow your speakers. Yes, Rocket 69 is LOUDER and snottier than most bands I've heard in awhile.”
Glitzine