Joan Roca i Caball staged in 1976 and passed away shortly afterward due to pulmonary edema. Joan Roca i Caball Joan Baptista Roca i Caball (1898–1976) was a Catalan Carlist and Christian-Democratic politician. He is known as co-founder of Unió Democràtica de Catalunya and recognized as representative of a "Third Spain", the group which emerged during the Spanish Civil War and claimed to have stood in-between the warring factions. He is also counted among leaders of the Catalan opposition to Francoism. The Roca family has traditionally owned vineyards in the Barcelona province; heavily hit by the phylloxera plague in the mid-19th century, it was
Freddy Votel Freddy Votel Freddy Votel is an American drummer and best known as a member of the noise rock group Cows and as a founding member of T.V.B.C. Freddy Votel grew up in Saint Paul before moving to Minneapolis and becoming involved in the music scene there. He began performing with guitarist and vocalist Paul Metzger in 1983. Together with Pat Dzieweczynski they formed the post-punk band T.V.B.C. in 1985. The trio recorded two albums for Treehouse Records, the first "Ex Cathedra" in 1987 and the second titled "The Blues" the following year. The group disbanded in 1993. In 1995 Votel