Rocky de Valera & The Gravediggers: Biogs

Rocky de Valera

Rocky Rocky de Valera's real name is Ferdia Mac Anna. He was born in Dublin a long long time ago. He grew up in the small fishing town of Howth, North County Dublin. His Dad worked as a producer and director in the Abbey Theatre. His Ma was an actress. He went to school read a bunch of books and hung around Howth hill until he went to college...

Pall Bearer

Rocky Pall Bearer aka Paul Byrne began playing drums at age 9, entertaining the kids in his neighbourhood with renditions of Cosy Powell's 'Dance with the Devil' and The Sweet's 'Blockbuster' on a couple of 2nd hand drums he picked up for birthdays and Christmas presents...

Jack Dublin

Rocky Jack started learning to play guitar at the tender age of eight by sneaking the odd go on one of his two older brothers guitar. For which said brother had worked all summer long shelling prawns on Howth’s west pier. Having hardly any fingers left from this venture of parting crustaceans of there prickly armour like overcoats, was a small price to pay if it ment owning a real guitar...

Lizard

Rocky In the late seventies I was playing in my first band, Electron with fellow guitarist Joe Jewel (Aslan). While playing in Finglas I came to the attention of Rocky Devalera who dispatched big time band manager Doggy Murphy in an attempt to lure me to Howth, home of the Gravediggers...

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