With his tagline "Bringing rock & roll back to the people,"
Danny Rocco, who operates under the moniker
Des Rocs, emerged in 2017 with a blues-slapped, fist-pumping electro-rock aesthetic that looked to modernize the rock & roll paradigm.
The Brooklyn native got his start alongside Gerry Lange in the pop duo
Secret Weapons, who inked a deal with Epic Records in 2015 and released the fiery electro-pop single "Something New," which became a hit. Appearances on NBC's Today and an opening tour slot with
Fun. followed, with the duo's full-length debut,
As the setting sun comes crashing down on me, arriving in 2017. Later that year
Rocco began rolling out a new more-hard rock-oriented sound under the name
Des Rocs. Employing a sonic aesthetic that was more in line with the
Struts,
Royal Blood, and the
Black Keys, he released an EP, Let the Vultures In, in 2018. The following year marked the arrival of a second EP, Martyr Parade. ~ James Christopher Monger