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Rocco DeLuca | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Canada [citation needed] |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Members | Rocco DeLuca Ryan Carman Dave Beste Greg Velasquez |
| Website | [1] = [2] |
Rocco DeLuca and the Burden are a Canadian rock and roll band formed in late 2005.
Band members
- Rocco DeLuca - guitar (dobro), vocalist, lyricist and music writer
- Ryan Carman - drummer
- Dave Beste - bass
- Greg Velasquez - percussionist
History
Rocco DeLuca is the vocalist, lyricist, music writer and dobro quitarist for his band, Rocco DeLuca and the Burden, formed in late 2005. DeLuca's bands debut album is entitled 'I Trust You To Kill Me' which was released on CD on March 21st, 2006.
The band are signed to the independent and newly formed (2005) record label owned by 24 actor Kiefer Sutherland and fellow musician Jude Cole called Ironworks. Press release [3]
Born the son of Bo Diddley's touring guitarist [4], Rocco spent his youth on the road with his dad where joining in with band practice seemed preferable to sleeping in the tour bus. After securing a residency at LA's famed Gypsy Lounge, Rocco, as a solo artist, has opened for John Mayall and John Lee Hooker, and played with Johnny Cash.
A demo passed to Kiefer Sutherland and Jude Cole's Ironworks label became the starting point for his debut album.
It was this life on the road and the absence of an atypical upbringing that have given Rocco an edge and an attitude that has served him well, and no doubt played some part in the attraction for Sutherland, himself one of Hollywood's non-conformists.
Rocco's use of the beautiful Dobro steel guitar give his songs a distinctive and rich foundation evident from the first chords of album opener Gift. The jubilant singalong of first single Colorful" (released June 5th), the country-tinged Mystified, and the six-string workouts of Swing Low and Gravitate have drawn comparisons with the likes of Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam and Led Zeppelin.
"I Trust You To Kill Me" album & documentary
Rocco DeLuca and the Burden's debut album, I Trust You To Kill Me was released on CD on March 21st, 2006 on the Canadian actor, Kiefer Sutherland's, record label, Ironworks.
But, 'I Trust You To Kill Me' is also the name of the bands 2 hour Sky One behind-the-scenes rock and roll documentary [5] [6] which coincided with the release of their debut album of the same name [7] where they travelled the world promoting the band in 2005, embarking on the trials and tribulations of their very first European tour. It was believed that the album of the same name will be released on the same day as the documentary.
On Friday May 5th 2006 Kiefer Sutherland appeared on the UK chatshow 'Friday Night With Jonathan Ross' to discuss '24' and his behind-the-scenes rock documentary 'I Trust You to Kill Me'. The band toured Europe from late 2005 to early 2006. They played in venues in London in the UK, Dublin in Ireland, Reykjavik in Iceland and Berlin in Germany. The documentary was aired at 10.00pm on May 8th, 2006 after being talked about by Kiefer Sutherland on Jonothan Ross the Friday before.
Kiefer Sutherland introduced the world premiere of "I Trust You To Kill Me" documentary at the Nashville Film Festival [8]
The album was produced by Jude Cole and mixed by Florian Ammon, except for tracks 2, 7 and 10 which were mixed by Dave Reed. The album was engineered by Florian Ammon and Dave Reed.
Album reviews
"I Trust You To Kill Me"
TV and Radio
The band have appeared live on many international television stations aswell as live on international radio.
Promotion
Kiefer Sutherland, along with Jude Cole through their co-owned record label Ironworks, has been the biggest promoter of the band, also being the tour promoter and manager, including helping produce the TV documentary " I Trust You To Kill Me ", where they travelled the world promoting the band in 2005.
The band and Sutherland hit the United Kingdom in the first week of May of 2006 to promote the band. Rocco performed 'Colourful' on Friday Night with Jonothan Ross on May 5th, 2006. On May 8th, 2006 the band played live at London's Bush Hall.
TV
They have appeared live on the Jimmy Kimmel TV show, and the Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. [9]
Radio
Rocco DeLuca was interviewed live on Synthesis Radio in February, 2006. (MP3 Audio)
Sutherland sacked as tour manager
Around April 21st, 2006 [citation needed] Kiefer Sutherland was sacked [10] as the tour manager of Rocco DeLuca and the Burden, the band he signed to his own record label. The 24 star and best friend Jude Cole hit the road with rock group Rocco DeLuca and the Burden last year (2005), after signing them to their Ironworks Music label, but now the act have no use for Sutherland's management skills. Sutherland explains, "I toured with the band last year. I was their road manager. I had to get them up on time. "In all fairness I only did it for 10 days, but it was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life. "I was fired. I was never happier to come back to 24 - I felt safe there. Musicians are nuts." [citation needed]
However, this is far from a sore issue between the band and Sutherland as they often hearedly joke about it both between themselves and on live international TV. An example of this was live on 'Friday Night With Jonathan Ross' in the UK. Kiefer jokes about this with Ross [11] referring to the way he was in the bands documentary, 'I Trust You To Kill Me' which is also the name of their debut album.
Discography
===Albums=== I Trust You To Kill Me
- 01. Gift
- 02. Dope
- 03. Busride
- 04. Swing Lo
- 05. Speak To Me
- 06. How Fast
- 07. Mystified
- 08. Draw
- 09. Soul
- 10. Favor
- 11. Gravitate
- 12. Dillon
Singles
Colorful"||||||||
Albums:
| Released | Album | Record Label | US Album Charts | UK Album Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21st, 2006 | "I Trust You To Kill Me" | Ironworks |
Charts performances in the world.
| Released | Single | UK Singles Chart | German Top 100 | Australia | U.S. Hot 100 | New Zealand Chart | Ireland Singles Chart | France Top 100 | Dutch Top 40 | Portugal Chart | Italy Singles Chart | Swedish Singles Chart | Canada Singles Chart | Austria Singles Chart | Slovakia Airplay Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 5th, 2006 | "Colorful" |
See also
External links
- Rocco DeLuca Official website
- Official MySpace
- Rocco DeLuca Official Biography
- Official Ironworks Music website
- Official Rocco DeLuca British website
Articles
- Rocco DeLuca - The story behind Kiefer Sutherland backed artist
- Rocco DeLuca - I Trust You To Kill Me
- Synthesis Radio Interview (MP3 Audio) - February, 2006
- OC Weekly: Back Door Man - March 3rd, 2005
- OC Weekly: Dream On - April 6th, 2006
- Kiefer Brings Rocco to Dublin... - January 3rd, 2006
- Rocco DeLuca to release his debut album - April 20th, 2006
- Tour of duty: Sutherland and Rocco
- Kiefer Sutherland Will Trust You to Kill Me - March 27th, 2006