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{{Short description|British hard rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = D-Rok
| image = DRok Oblivion.jpg
| caption = Cover to the D-Rok album "Oblivion"
| image_size = 220px
| alias =
| origin =
| genre = [[Hard rock]]
| years_active = 1990–1993
| label = [[Games Workshop|Warhammer]]
| associated_acts =
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members = Sigh (Vocals), John Mac (Bass), Al Mogg (Drums), Chi (Guitar)
}}

'''D-Rok''' was a British [[hard rock]] band notable for its [[Warhammer 40,000]]-influenced lyrics.

At the beginning of the 1990s, [[Games Workshop]] began to diversify its activity, including combining its game world with music.
As well as collaborating with [[death metal]] band [[Bolt Thrower]], whose Warhammer 40,000-themed album ''[[Realm of Chaos (album)|Realm of Chaos]]'' was released on [[Earache Records]], Games Workshop set up their own label, Warhammer Records, signing hard-rock acts such as [[Wraith (Band)|Wraith]] and D-Rok.

In 1991 the band released its only album, ''Oblivion''. The songs have the common theme of the universe in Warhammer 40,000 and the inlay reflected this by including black and white illustrations from Games Workshop's extensive portfolio of paintings next to the lyrics for each song. The cover, which originally appeared as the box art for the original [[Epic (tabletop game)|Epic Space Marine]] tabletop game, was painted by artist [[Jim Burns]], and has subsequently been used on the cover of the [[Black Library]] collection of short stories named ''Let the Galaxy Burn''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blacklibrary.com/product.asp?prod=60100181021&type=Book|title=Black Library "Let the Galaxy Burn" Product Page|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202071753/http://blacklibrary.com/product.asp?prod=60100181021&type=Book|archivedate=2007-02-02}}</ref>

The band undertook a lengthy club tour to promote the record and secured a support slot with [[UFO (band)|UFO]] and Wraith.<ref name="MusicMight">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/uk/leeds/drok|title=MusicMight - D-Rok|access-date=2013-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601215611/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/uk/leeds/drok|archive-date=2012-06-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Members==
The CD inlay of ''Oblivion'' names the members simply as:

*Sigh - [[Singing|Vocals]]
*John Mac - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
*Al Mogg - [[Drummer|Drums]]
*Chi - [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]

"Sigh" is actually a [[pseudonym]] for Simon Denbigh, formerly of [[The March Violets]]<ref name="MusicMight"/>

==Brian May==
D-Rok owes some popularity to the fact that [[Brian May]], guitarist of [[Queen (band)|Queen]] played on two of the songs ("Get out of My Way" and "Red Planet Blues"). In an interview with ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine, lead singer Sigh explained that May had visited a Games Workshop store with his son, met the band, and offered his services. Sigh went on to say that May had been offended when he was asked to tune up his guitar before recording his parts.<ref>Kerrang Magazine</ref>

==Discography==
* 1991 - ''Oblivion'' - Vinyl, Cassette and CD releases
'''Track listing'''
# Noise Marines
# King Hibited
# Renegade
# Turn This Ship Around
# Litany - Into The Void*
# Stealer's Kiss*
# Oblivion
# Red Planet Blues
# Welcome To My World
# Chainsaw Man*
# Get Out Of My Way

(* Early releases of the cassette version were missing these songs)

==References==
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