Rose "Casper" Mazzola (born September 5, 1982) is an American

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

. She is known as a founding member of the punk rock band

The Distillers The Distillers are an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1998 by vocalist and guitarist Brody Dalle. Dalle co-wrote, played guitar and provided lead vocals for nearly every track on the band's three albums. After the ...

, where she played

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and sometimes sang. She left the band after the making of ''

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''. Later she was the

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in the band Gold Cash Gold. She is the daughter of

Joey Mazzola Joe "Joey" Mazzola (born April 13, 1961) is a guitarist, songwriter, music educator and visual artist and is probably best known as a founding member of the American rock band, Sponge. Joe was the original Sponge guitarist and played with the ...

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and

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fame. Mazzola currently lives in

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where she periodically plays guitar and sings at local events.

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