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BAND BIO:
JEFF DUNCAN - LEAD GUITAR/LEAD VOX
SHAWN DUNCAN - DRUMS
MATT DUNCAN - BASS
ROWAN ROBERTSON - GUITARS
With some of the most impressive hard rock credits
behind their name, DC4 is comprised of ROWAN ROBERTSON
(guitars), JEFF DUNCAN (guitars/lead vox), MATT DUNCAN
(bass) and SHAWN DUNCAN (drums). Past associations of
individual band members include stints with RONNIE
JAMES DIO and ARMORED SAINT, among other notable major
and independent label recording artists. Their
collective experience has coalesced into one of the
hardest rocking bands of the 21st century: DC4
The brand new disc by DC4 is called EXPLODE. Set for
release in Summer 2007, EXPLODE is the band's most
definitive record to date - the hard rock gem of the
year. Marked by the melodic and lyrical prowess of
guitarist/singer JEFF DUNCAN, EXPLODE showcases strong
songwriting rarely found in hard rock. Effusing
abandon in the human condition without foregoing
restraint, DC4 has created a set of cuts that knows no
particular era. EXPLODE broadens the band's musical
palette while simplifying their core sound, hitting
hard when and where it counts.
Adding former teenage guitar prodigy ROWAN ROBERTSON
to the line-up last year dialed in the focus of DC4 to
an unimaginable degree. Giving the band its sharpest
edge yet, the chemistry between ROBERTSON and
guitarist/singer JEFF DUNCAN is like two sides of the
same coin - the incendiary yin-and-yang of two
brothers who, along with bassist MATT and drummer
SHAWN, endeavor to take hard rock to the next level.
Ironically, the newest and youngest member of DC4 is
the only one of the four who's not a sibling by blood,
but he may as well be. "ROWAN just happens to be
another brother in that he comes from the same school.
He likes powerful, strong music. From the first time
we played with him, we knew it was gonna work,"
drummer SHAWN DUNCAN explained. "Overall, EXPLODE has
more teeth. It's a better representation of the band.
We knew what songs we were going to record, how they
were going to go and what kind of attitude each song
had. We knew what we wanted as individuals and as a
band." Producer JOEY VERA (Armored Saint) was brought
into the fold to produce EXPLODE. Given a 10-song demo
to assess, the hard rock/metal veteran had an
opportunity to help realize the vision of a band whose
sound he knows so well.
Having worked with Producer JOE FLOYD (Bruce
Dickinson, Warrior) on their debut EP MOOD SWINGS, DC4
switched gears when they first enlisted JOEY VERA to
be at the helm of their full-length disc entitled
VOLUME ONE (2002). VOLUME ONE separated DC4 from the
rest of the pack with a heavy dose of melody in a hard
rock setting and lyrics that neither mimic emotions
nor come from a place that isn't absolutely real.
Released in Europe on Rising Sun Records, VOLUME ONE
steadily garnered critical and commercial acclaim
while setting the course in motion to put DC4 on the
map as the hottest up-and-coming hard rock band of
today. VOLUME ONE may have built an audience and laid
a solid foundation, but it's no match for current fan
reaction to the new tracks from EXPLODE that recently
posted on the band's MYSPACE page. If MOOD SWINGS was
the strong effort of a band honing their sound, VOLUME
ONE was the record that would culminate into the
vision that DC4 has now: EXPLODE!
