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RCC

2004-2006

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RCC is a hard rock band from Ottawa, ON with metal and psychedelic influences. They have been playing together for over two years and gig locally.
The first signs of the RCC trio date way back in 2001 when two friends Ryan Clouthier and Sacha Contant-Nagy decided to devote their lives to music. One day after seeing an Offspring concert on TV, Sacha and Ryan decided that they wanted to play onstage. Ryan quickly signed up for guitar lessons and used his uncle's old fender. Sacha had always been attracted to the drums, and after watching a friend play he decided that this was the instrument for him.
The two friends jammed in Sachas garage as much as possible, but they knew that something was missing. This was the start of a long search for a bassist. They had auditioned several, but none could play well enough to be in a band.
2004 marked the end of their long search for a bassist. Ryan had heard that Colin Harris, one of his classmates, played the bass. After hearing him, Ryan decided that he was good enough to play in a band. They trio started jamming more and more until they were practicing every weekend. They eventually gave themselves the band name Black Ace and wrote the songs Confession, Glass, the Half-Time Song, Steps and No Tears (later renamed Lullaby).
In the summer of 2005, the three band members decided to rethink their band name, since none of them were satisfied with Black Ace. Ryan had suggested the name RCC, which are his initials. After a bit of discussion, the entire band agreed on the name, although they decided to make the name stand for Ryan Colin and CavemanSacha.
2005 and 2006 were very productive years for RCC. Not only did they choose their permanent name, but they also had written a large number of songs, played their first few gigs, and had found their singer. After Colin had written the lyrics to Glass, he attempted to sing it. Ryan and Sacha saw some potential in his voice and made him the temporary singer. After working on his voice, Colin eventually became the permanent singer of the band.
The trios first gig was during Coffee House at St. Pius High school. After several failed attempts to get more gigs, the band realized that it was time for them to record their music. After months of preparation, the band finally started recording in May of 2006 and the product was the 15 song album Point of No Return. After recording, they played at high schools, parties, and restaurants.
The RCC set is mostly originals, with some classic covers. The band's goal is to create songs that incorporate sounds from all over the rock spectrum. It can take months to complete a song, because RCC spends a lot of time working with the song's arrangement. Also, RCC tries to use a lyrical theme that has an interesting contrast with the melody. RCC's songs are usually written by Ryan, with lyrics by Colin. RCC's lyrical content cover a wide range of topics; however you feel there's an RCC song for you.
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Member Since: 5/18/2006
Band Website: rccband.ca.tf
Band Members: Ryan - guitar

Ryan has been playing guitar for four years and plays with a Gibson Les Paul, and a black and white Fender Strat. He's ampified with a Marshall 2000 AVT head and Fender 4x10 cab. Ryan listens to Rock, Blues and some Jazz. His favourite bands are Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, The Doors, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Besides music Ryan likes fishing, football, and poetry by Jim Morrison. Ryan co-writes all of RCC's songs.

Colin - bass, vocals

Colin plays with a lefty Squier 20th anniversary p-bass tuned B-E-A-D; lefty Washburn XB-120 Bantam Bass with soapbar pickups; Crate BT100 bass combo; and Boss bass overdrive. Colin has been playing bass for two years, and idolizes the grooves of Jaco Pastorious, Victor Wooten, and Cliff Burton. Colin listens to Metal, Classic Rock, Indie, Industrial, and old - school Punk. Some of his favourite bands are Black Sabbath, Tool, Metallica, Kyuss, Nine Inch Nails, and Modest Mouse. Colin writes RCC's lyrics and co-writes the songs.

Caveman Sacha - drums, keyboard

Sach plays with Tama Starclassic Drumset: One 10" tom; One 12" tom; One 14" tom; One 16" tom; 22" bass drum; DW 4000 double bass pedal. Cymblas: 17" Sabian crash, 18" Powerbeat crash-ride, 14" hi-hat. His influences are John Bonham(the greatest), Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell and his favourite bands are Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Expierience and Iron Maiden. Sacha has been playing drums for four years, and has also been playing conservatory piano for 7 years. In the band, he is the most educated in music and he often uses his musical knowledge to help improve the songs.

Influences: The Doors, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Neil Young

Sounds Like: Hard rock with a bit of metal, and some psychedelic sections. Kinda like Kyuss, The Doors and Neil Young in a blender.

Type of Label: None

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New Artwork!

Our new myspace background was drawn by our friend Mitch Outhwaite. This will also be the design for our new T-Shirts (coming soon!) , and possibly the album art for our new EP (also coming soon!!) ch...
Posted by RCC on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:43:00 PST

Myspace update

our myspace is now updated, so now its not that boring
Posted by RCC on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:08:00 PST