Irish rock act "LaRocca" had their van containing all of their equipment stolen following their show at the Trocadero the night of November 5th outside of the Holiday Inn on Packer Avenue.

Bjorn and Simon Baillie from the band LaRocca wrote to us with their story and gear manifest.

Simon from LaRocca wrote:

It seems we now join the very long list of bands that have had their van and gear stolen in Philly.

We awoke yesterday at the Holiday Inn on Packer Avenue to find our van 'Big Phil' gone. All our gear was in the van. The Police came and took a statement and went through the usual. Nice enough. Not what I can say for the hotel staff. Not one member of staff offered any assistance.

Which is very alarming considering this has happened 4 times in the last year!

All our cases and Amps had LA ROCCA stencilled in white on them and the list of guitars etc is as follows:

WHITE 1997 DODGE RAM VAN -
License 3VN W138

INSTRUMENTS -

Roland XP30 (BP56576)
Yamaha P60 (UALJO1238)

Rickenbacker 4005 Bass (23884)
Fender Precision Bass (B157333)
Ampeg Bass Cabinet 8x10
Ashdown Bass Head 500 (21094-03GS)

Yamaha Oak Custom Drum Kit

Fender Telecaster (M23004737)
Gibson L6-S (501266)
Martin DXK2 Dreadnought Acoustic
Tanglewood Acoustic (TWOSJCE-LH)
Fender DeVille Twin Amplifier (B-213552)

Line 6 Delay Modeler Pedal
Boss Tuner Pedal x 3
Boss Overdrive Pedal

If anyone sees or hears about any of this stuff in the coming months please contact us on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

or through our myspace www.myspace.com/laroccamusic

The gear and van is insured but the Gibson L6-S is totally irreplacable.

kind regards

La Rocca

Thanks to Selene for the initial tip

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