La Rocca
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| La Rocca | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Dublin, Ireland |
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| Genre(s) | Rock Indie |
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| Years active | 2002-present | |
| Label(s) | Dangerbird Records | |
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| Bjorn Baillie (vocals, guitar) Simon Baillie (vocals, bass) Nick Haworth (vocals, keys, guitar) Alan Redmond (drums) |
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La Rocca ia an Irish rock band, formed in Dublin, Ireland in 2002.
The band formed when college friends Nick Haworth and Alan Redmond met Bjorn Baillie in Cardiff, they were later joined by Bjorn’s younger brother Simon. Three of the four members of La Rocca Bjorn Baillie, his brother, bassist Simon Baillie, and drummer Alan Redmond, hail from small towns near Dublin, Ireland. Keyboardist Nick Haworth, is from Lancashire, England.
The band is after a dive bar in the city of Bristol where the group played an early gig. In 2003, La Rocca released a self-titled EP on the tiny Irish indie Wet Clay, bringing them to the attention of both the Los Angeles-based label Dangerbird Records (a division of Warner Brothers), which signed them in 2004, and producer Tony Hoffer (Beck, Belle & Sebastian, etc.), whose interest in the group helped persuade them to leave the United Kingdom and move to Los Angeles.
They recorded their debut record with Hoffer in the early months of 2006, finally unleashing 'The Truth' in August of the same year. The band have had numerous successes to date, touring internationally with French Alt-Rock outfit Phoenix, as well as numerous TV outings on The O.C. and One Tree Hill.
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[edit] Discography
- Sing Song Sung EP (2006)
- The Truth (2006)
[edit] Trivia
- The song 'Non Believer' was played in episode 410 of American teen drama One Tree Hill. Episode 409 is entitled "Some You Give Away", another one of the band's songs [1]
- "Some You Give Away" was also played in episode 324 of American teen drama The OC entitled "The Man of the Year" [2].
- Episode 67, Season 3 of U.S Teen drama The OC opens with La Rocca's 'If you need the morning'
