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FANTASTIC! this rocks!
Reviewer: Tad Sharpe
This is the way ROCK should be: energy and motion. Nonstop fun. This is something I could hear for a long time and never get tired. The band maintains its signature sound and still walks all over the land of Rock with freshness and a vigor that you can't find anywhere else. The lyrics are deep and the music is rich. The recording is CLEAN and very well done. THIS IS THE CD TO BUY for 2006 and the band to see......
- Tad Sharpe - CD Baby
In 2002, Derek Cintron released Oh … the Drama, which went on to take Best Rock Album in our Best Of edition that year. Fans of straight-ahead rock music gloried to choice cuts such as "Pirate Radio," an almost criminally catchy tune. The DC-3 formed around this time, and women swooned over Cintron's often-shirtless torso at their concerts.
Then, in 2005, two things happened. First, the DC3 started performing at the swingers' club Plato's Retreat. Second, the band completed its long-awaited album, You and Me and Everybody Else. It's an improvement over the 2002 release, which means the DC3 will likely be more visible on the live-music scene. And that means the DC3 will be having a very good year come 2006. Major-label A&R people, take serious note! - City Link Magazine
“Oh ... the Drama is an uncompromising, carefully crafted work born from both inspiration and frustration. But, above all else, it’s simply fantastic rock music – big hooks, bountiful melodies and impassioned vocals. Whether he’s raging against ‘generic bands ... prefabricated for the air’ (‘Pirate Radio’) or imagining he’s an eyewitness to murder (‘The Witness’), Cintron produces as much energy as a super-collider in overdrive. Rock ’n’ roll may be a tough business, but dc-3 is obviously up for the challenge.” - - Jake Cline, City Link Magazine
“Cintron has a way with lyrics you can relate to. One of the best is ‘Reborn’: ‘Gotta bring myself to wish you well/even when I want to send you to hell.’ All those who can relate, raise your hands! I highly recommend you buy this album as soon as you can – I’m having a hard time taking it out of my CD player (which makes it difficult to listen to other CDs for review, as you can imagine)!” - Jodi Turchin, Rock Music Underground
“Cintron's sweeping voice, screaming guitar leads, and demolition-derby drumming give Oh… The Drama a forceful, dynamic personality. The initial vocal comparison that comes to mind is an excellent one – the late Jeff Buckley. Playing guitar, bass and drums throughout, he’s a regular one-man band, sort of South Florida’s answer to Prince.” - Jeff Stratton, Broward New Times
dc-3 ties for first place at the NARAS-sponsored Grammy Showcase in Miami, having been selected as one of six performing artists out of over 250 submissions (spring, 2004 - Florida Grammy Showcaase
garageband.com – “Class of ’99 (Everybody’s Goin’ Down To The Rave)” single rises to #13 out of over 4800 tunes on the rock chart... garageband.com is not a site where bands can tell their fans to vote for them; independent artists upload their songs and receive randomly assigned reviews exclusively from other uploading artists... - garageband.com
Outstanding hard-poppin` power pop/rock band DC-3 brings together the old-school sounds of Superdrag, Jellyfish, Queen, Butch Walker, Fuzzbubble and True Love, along with recent indie power pop bands like The Ark, Luzer and Blankety Blank. DC-3 are the definition of sweet, tasty hard pop candy. This is air guitar heaven for the popper who still need to rawk. The arrangements are accomplished, ambitious and varied in texture while always rocking, with deliciously bruising band playing, high-octane vocals and exceptional guitar work. This is a varied, textured album that makes DC-3`s ambition and skill abundantly clear, and it's as explosive and infectiously melodic as any album you'll hear this year! A truly fab, long-lasting release and EXTREMELY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! - Not Lame Records
DC-3/Derek Cintron is simultaneously awarded “Best Hard Rock Act/Artist” in the Florida Music Awards and “Best Rock Album” for OH... THE DRAMA in City Link Magazine’s “Best Of...” edition - City Link Magazine
“Pirate Radio” from DC-3's debut album OH... THE DRAMA is added to XM Satellite Radio’s regular playlist in 2004, along with several Florida FM stations including Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando. - XM Satellite Radio
Discography
YOU & ME & EVERYBODY ELSE (new)
"Stay" video currently featured on MTV Tres, FMTV and LATV...
"Divorced" and "The One" live performances currently airing on Telemundo channel 41 in South Florida...
"Class of '99" single rose to #13 on garageband.com last year (single was included on YOU & ME & EVERYBODY ELSE)
OH.... THE DRAMA
"Pirate Radio" featured on XM Satellite radio; also rose to #8 on WNSU (Nova University radio - a major college station in South Florida with even more reach than University of Miami's station); also received substantial airplay on Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando, WZTA 94.9 Zeta in South Florida...
"Closure" received airplay and won dc-3 "band of the week" on 103.1 The Buzz in South Florida; also received airplay on WZTA 94.9 Zeta...
"Ride" and "Quitter" both received airplay on WZTA, WVUM (University of Miami radio) and WNSU (Nova University radio).
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Powerful songs, beautiful songs, get-up-and-jump-around songs, sit-back-and-take-it-all-in songs all of them with great melodies, vocal harmonies and a strong musical backbone of drums, bass and guitar. Woven with classic rock/pop songwriting sensibilities and strong yet sensitive lyrics, DC-3s music is both uplifting and memorable. And thats not just hot air; look around the audience at their next concert. Youll see their fans singing along. And more importantly, youll see other people start to sing along with them.
Their fun-yet-ferocious performances have led to countless opening slots, recording sessions and/or tours with big-name artists including Lenny Kravitz, Lauren Hill, Everclear, Vanessa Carlton, Scott Stapp (Creed), O-Town, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil (Motley Crue), along with a host of Latino artists including Ricky Martin, Tego Calderon, Christian Castro, Soraya and Paulina Rubio. Also, they're no strangers to the college/NACA circuit; they've toured and performed with Pavlov's Dog Entertainment artist Jorge Moreno throughout his career (including his showcase at the national convention in Minneapolis last year).
On stage, lead vocalist/drummer Derek Cintron plays the drums standing up, simultaneously handling the lead vocal chores! And he doesnt just play the parts. He delivers the material with incredible energy and passion, pushing his voice to the limit and attacking the drums as if his life depends upon how well hes playing. When compounded with Fernando Perdomos explosive bass playing and Tony Medinas aggressive guitar work, the resulting physical performance is both powerful and riveting (Tony and Fernando take on backing vocals and keyboards as well).
Without a doubt, DC-3 have their own sound and its a BIG one. Its classic arena pop-rock, and its meant to be played in arenas and theaters, not elitist clubs where only the 200 coolest people in town can get in. This is music for the people, not necessarily the critics. And while DC-3 definitely has the nostalgic, old-school pop-rock thing down, they add a fresh spin to it with their high-energy performances. Maybe thats what gives their music its timeless quality and appeal. Their stuff could be released in 1977 or 2007; either way it would still be relevant.
Take Keep Me Waiting, for example. Pink Floyd might have written this between Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. But the song is driven by a modern pop vocal arrangement, with lush harmonies and a smooth, breathy lead vocal that climaxes at just the right spot. Stay could be an undiscovered Queen or Beatles track, but its modern-yet-warm sound production gives away it's 2006 copyright date.
Despite being rooted in classic rock/pop, the songs often incorporate unexpected influences and/or odd combinations of influences. The One kicks off with a drum intro inspired by the Steve Miller Band, dives head-first into a Zeppelin-esque riff for the verse, then blossoms into a harmony-laden chorus best described as The Jackson 5 singing over a salsa bass line. Where I Want To Be dynamically varies between soft acoustic guitar and powerful arena rock before erupting into a fully orchestrated symphony, with uplifting, gospel-like vocals coming in at the end to take it all home.
Lyrically, DC-3 nails it on the interpersonal/introspective stuff. Too Much Time Has Passed beautifully describes the inner turmoil encountered while trying to better ones self. Divorced depicts an adulterous liaison with a married woman. On Athena, a lament about wanting to keep the girlfriend and the girl on the side, the vocal performance and the sentiment in the lyric is so genuine, you find yourself feeling for the guy! But thats only half the story, because the band covers as much ground lyrically as they do musically...
Wanna learn more? Check out the websites:
www.dc3.cc
www.myspace.com/dc3
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