Rocketeer was formed in early 2007 and began a haphazard campaign of gigging, cramming themselves onto stages in restaurants, town halls and sweaty, sticky pubs. With their die-hard delegation of devotees marching merrily in their wake, they played and they played. The band's fine tuning of their sound and song-writing ability led to an acclaimed performance on the John Peel stage at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. This galvanized them into further action and they embarked on a rigorous crusade of London gigs, recordings and headline festival appearances, showcasing their distinctive sound to hordes of delighted fans. Rocketeer released their debut single Troubadours in March 2010 and are set to release three newly-recorded singles in 2011, with an album to follow towards the end of the year.

Visitors to their live shows often remark on how the music is unlike anything they have heard before, with some of the lyrics telling stories in which wild and fantastic events take place. All five members of the band are classically trained in several disciplines, and this is reflected in their arrangements and intelligent use of harmony and structure. A tasty diminished fifth here, a delicious modulation there and Rocketeer can inject any piece with a musical intensity rarely found in the modern rock music landscape making them a force with which to be reckoned in 2011.