“Whether performing as a member of Hope, The Nuclear or under his own name, Moncton musician Marco Rocca has been a part of the local music scene in some respect since the early 90s. Simple math will tell you that since Rocca is only 33 years old, he has been making music in the public eye since his early teens. If you haven't already heard of this fine fellow, Rocca is a workhorse of sorts. He immerses himself in music at every arguable possibility, whether that means teaching students to play guitar, or performing in various bars and clubs in Metro Moncton on any given evening of the week. This coming weekend, Rocca will be wearing the hats of both bandleader and solo artist. His band The Nuclear will be performing at Downtown Moncton's Manhattan Bar & Grill tonight. Tomorrow night, Rocca performs solo at the beautiful Parkindale Hall venue located on Route 895”

“The locally revered Moncton singer-songwriter is trying to get the best of both worlds these days, playing loud, hard and fast with equal parts slow, careful and quiet. Rocca, 33, has spent over 18 years on sweaty stages, grinding it out hard rock style with old bands Hope, the Monoxides and his current group, The Nuclear. Though songs about love and regret have been storming inside him for years, he says self-imposed confines only allowed him to play hard and loud. Today, he says, he's let it go. "If I start to write something and it's really what I'm feeling, and I get that voice in my head that says, 'No, don't go that way, you're going to look like a weak person.' If I notice myself saying that, I say, 'Too bad. I'm going to write it because that's what I'm feeling.'"”

“Hopeless In The Haze Somewhere between playing with The Nuclear, Hope and The Monoxides, Riverview's Marco Rocca found the time to release his first solo album. With only a couple of exceptions, the album was written and performed entirely by this talented staple of the local music scene. The album has a bit of a roots rock feel to it but it's hard to really fit Rocca's music into one category as there's an eclectic mix of musical genres featured on Hopeless In The Haze. The album moves from rootsy acoustic numbers to full out rockers with even a bit of alt country twang interspersed. With intelligent lyrics overtop great music, Rocca's songwriting skills are on full display and there isn't one weak song on the album. Hopeless In The Haze is available at Frank's Music and Spin It so do yourself a favour and support our local musical talent at the same time by picking up this superb CD. Highlights include The Great Pretend, Run For Your Life, and Windy Driver”

“Like Jesse Malin, there isn’t a musical hat that doesn’t fit Moncton’s Marco Rocca. Equally comfortable playing punk rock as he is sitting down with an acoustic guitar and strumming his heart out, Hopeless In The Haze is his first exploration of the latter. Far from being a record that wallows in its own pity, Rocca mines singer-songwriter territory on The Great Pretend and Familiar Face while still managing to find the silver lining of life in other songs like Smile & Pretend and Run For Your Life. This will undoubtedly prove to be one of NB’s best releases in 2010.”