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ROC (Setanta)
"outstanding beauty,
blind fury, off-kilter
pop and much
strangeness" (NME)


R.O.C. - R.O.C.

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VIRGIN (Virgin)
"ROC's second album
of brilliant moodswings,
coming from all
directions at once"(NME)


ROC - Virgin

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NIGHT FOLD AROUND ME
(12Apostles)
"ROC are an intriguing
concern, and this
third album sees that
continuing" (Q)


ROC - Night Fold Around Me

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NEWS updated 30.3.13
Patrick and Gareth on tour with Mark Eitzel
"Virgin" re-appraised by blogger
Monkeyland's "Soviva" video
Site updates: new player etc
Karen's first band on new Colorado punk compilation
Patrick and Gareth on tour with Mark Eitzel
ROC's Patrick Nicholson and long-standing bassist/recordist/collaborator Gareth Huw Davies joined Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) on piano and bass for a six-week European tour in January, February and March. Eitzel first contacted ROC a few years ago after hearing "Journey to the Centre of Brixton".

"Virgin" re-appraised by blogger
Blogger
Radio Nixon kindly sent us his very readable 2009 appraisal of ROC's '97 album "Virgin".

Soviva video by Monkeyland
Video director Monkeyland came by and shot this
video for "Soviva", a track from the album "Night Fold Around Me".

Site updates
There's a new music player on this page with selected tracks from all ROC's releases, live and radio session tracks, plus some of our favourite remixes by other artists. You can also enter your email address to join the mailing list (there isn't a 'street team' but feel free to start one!). You can copy the player onto your site/facebook/myspace/etc by clicking 'share' and dropping the code into your page. Or you can grab the smaller player on the
Discography page

There's also now a more comprehensive Press page with features, interviews and reviews of all ROC releases. Also the Discography page has been updated with updated links to download sites and CD/vinyl stores offering ROC releases. Please note that following the demise of Wippit, some of the singles are not presently available as downloads, but we hope to have all releases available digitally soon. You can still get several of ROC's singles on CD and vinyl via our shop.

Also the Links section at the bottom of this page has been updated.

Karen's first band on new Colorado punk album
ROC's Karen Sheridan grew up in Denver, Colorado, where she co-founded the band Your Funeral, singing and playing bass. The band released a single on local label Local Anesthetic (run from key Denver record store Wax Trax), whose artists included the poet Allen Ginsberg. Two Your Funeral tracks feature on a new label compilation.
Karen sings lead vocal on "The Abyss". There's an audio clip here (search down the page for 'local anesthetic'). Reviews & info: aversion.com, smooch records, CMJ. Both Your Funeral's main protagonists continued on creative paths: Karen moved to London and joined ROC in the early 90s. Co-vocalist/guitarist Jeri Rossi is a writer and performance poet based in New Orleans.

LINKS
ROC-related pages, musicians, labels etc

ROC-RELATED PAGES
(please note: many ROC pages on well-known sites have incorrect/incomplete information - please feel free to correct them!)
Myspace
Keeping it Peel John Peel archive
nme.com
Discogs

MUSICIANS/PRODUCERS
Gareth Huw Davies bassist, producer and friend
Danton Supple producer of "ROC" & "Virgin" (and Coldplay, Morrissey etc etc)
Drumshack music shop run by Mark Law, drummer on "Excised" (from "ROC" album) and Radio 1 Mary-Anne Hobbs session
Dsico "Sink A Bite" remixer
Ollo remixers of "Journey"
Bullet Proof Sounds remixer of "Vespers" & "Journey"
DJ Tempest remixer of "Sink A Bite Into Life"
Grandbrother remixer of "I Want You I Miss You I Need You"
Oh Astro more remixers of "Journey"

VISUAL
Cal-TV "Sink A Bite Into Life" video director
Greg Neate photographer who took recent pics
Tagmonkey home to Starpower Collective who co-designed "Night Fold..." artwork

WEBZINES/BLOGS
ireallylovemusic
Losing Today
Leonards Lair

LABELS
12 Apostles
Setanta
Virgin/EMI