The DC3

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The DC3
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres Alternative rock
Years active 2010-present
Labels Meek Joe Records
Associated acts Root!
Jock Cheese
TISM
Website www.thedc3.com.au
Members Damian Cowell
Henri Grawe
Douglas Lee Robertson

The DC3 are an Australian rock band who are composed of three members of Root!. They are known for one member being a former member of TISM. They released their first single, "I Was the Guy in TISM", on iTunes in 2010. A remixed and extended version appears on their debut album The Future Sound of Nostalgia, released in 2011.[1]

History

In 2010, Damian Cowell was contracted to write an album for the Museum of Old and New Art.[2] The album was composed of new songs about the artwork at MONA. Damian split his alt-country band Root! up soon after but reformed it with fewer members under the name the DC3. The DC3 gained a following among former TISM and Root! fans after the band's first single "I was the guy in TISM" was released in November 2010.[3] The album was completed in 2011 and called "Vs Art".

The DC3's first show was at the opening of MONA in Hobart. Around that time, Vs Art was released. The band continues to play live in Melbourne and around Australia.

Cowell originally intended to call the band "The Future Sound of Nostalgia"[4]", but he thought it was too long. This is instead the name of the band's official debut album which was released on September 1st 2011.

The DC3's third album, "May Contain Traces of Nut", was released on 7 February 2013. It was funded by a Pozible project which raised $12 590.

Style

The DC3 mainly play standard alternative rock with social commentary as the lyrics, as heard in songs like "I Was the Guy in TISM" and "Henry Fucking Wagons". The sound is reminiscent of White Albun-era TISM. The band itself describes their style as "motorik punk rock Eurodisco".[5]

Some DC3 songs (eg. "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Shut the Fuck Up", "Henry Fucking Wagons") were performed as Root! songs as early as 2008 before the name-change to the DC3.

"I Was the Guy in TISM"
Sample of the single version of "I Was the Guy in TISM"

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"Henry Fucking Wagons"
Sample of "Henry Fucking Wagons" (live at the Northcote Social Club)

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Discography

Albums

Singles

  • "I Was the Guy in TISM" (2010)

Footnotes

  1. 13 July 2011. "The DC3 debut album The Future Sound of Nostalgia & launch tour". Nibbles Music. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  2. Damian_Cowell. "What is all this ‘solo album’ shit? « the DC3". Thedc3.com.au. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  3. "I Was The Guy In TISM by The DC3 - Download I Was The Guy In TISM on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  4. "The DC3 - Undercover Interviews - Undercover.fm Videos". Undercover.fm. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  5. https://www.facebook.com/TheDCThree/info

External links


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