POP/ROCK BAND COUNT TO TEN’S ROOTS WERE FORMED EARLY ON AS CHILDHOOD FRIENDS GROWING UP IN NASSAU COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND. BAND MEMBERS ALEX DESALVO, DAN WOLF AND JON ZAITZ WERE EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED MUSICIANS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT BUT IT WAS A PERSONAL TRAGEDY WITH THE LOSS OF A CLOSE HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND THAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR THE FORMATION OF THE BAND. SOON AFTER, COUNT TO TEN HAD TWO EXCEPTIONAL ADDITIONS (BASSIST, JOHN GALLO AND DRUMMER, DAN KOSHULSKY), WHO WERE COMPLEMENTARY BOOKENDS TO THE BAND’S UNIQUE STYLE.

WHILE THE BAND WAS INITIALLY A TRIBUTE TO THEIR LATE FRIEND, THEIR CHEMISTRY QUICKLY BECAME EVIDENT. THIS WAS RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL CLUB OWNERS AND BOOKING AGENTS, WHICH LED TO NUMEROUS LIVE PERFORMANCES ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND MANHATTAN, INCLUDING PERFORMING AS THE OPENING ACT FOR NATIONALLY KNOWN SONY RECORDING ACT, NINE DAYS, AT THE TOP LIVE VENUE FOR ROCK BANDS ON LONG ISLAND, THE PARAMOUNT. CTT WAS ALSO HAND-PICKED TO PERFORM FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON AT ONE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES’ TOP SUMMER FESTIVALS, THE GREAT SOUTH BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL, WHERE THEY OPENED FOR TAKING BACK SUNDAY AND CIRCA SURVIVE.

COUNT TO TEN HAS BEEN COMPARED TO ACTS SUCH AS: ALL AMERICAN REJECTS, FALL OUT BOY, THE 1975, TAKING BACK SUNDAY AND THE SCRIPT. THE BAND IS MANAGED BY AIRGO ENTERTAINMENT WHICH IS HEADED BY MUSIC INDUSTRY VETERANS JIMMY GRECO (CARLOS SANTANA, JENNIFER LOPEZ), RUSS DESALVO (CELINE DIONE, LIONEL RICHIE) AND BILL PORRICELLI (PAUL MCCARTNEY). COUNT TO TEN WILL BE LAUNCHING THEIR DEBUT CD IN 2016.