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Johnny Bee was the driving force and primary songwriter for the Rockets. Gilbert appeared on all of the legitimate Rockets releases. John Badanjek sang lead on the Guiness bootleg release. Before joining the Rockets, Gilbert had fronted several bands and was one of several lead singers that passed through the ranks of Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes.

In , he toured with them for a year and a half before forming Shadow.

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The Rockets made five studio albums [ a ] that produced several minor hits, including "Can't Sleep", which peaked at number 51 in and a rocking rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well", which reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot the week of September 1, Although the band had its biggest following in Michigan, The Rockets received attention outside of the state, becoming known throughout the country.

Their first album, Love Transfusion , was released in During this period, they also opened some shows for Kiss. The album failed to produce any hits. Their third album with the addition of new bass guitarist Dan Keylon was the release No Ballads. Their final release, Live Rockets , was recorded on 4 nights — December 26 through 29, , to a sold-out house each night at the Royal Oak Music Theatre near Detroit.

This was the first time the band recorded with a saxophone player, and back-up vocalists, Shaun Murphy and Suzy Jennings, who continued to tour with them. The band members went their separate ways. Badanjek, McCarty and the rest went on to other projects.