ALL THE DIMENSIONS OF
3 DEEP

 

 
  
  
  
 
 
 
    
 
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  

TARA LEGARE

 

Another suburban: Saturday at the local shopping mall

Coquitlam Centre's HMV store.

Impatient girls are unsettling security
guards and staff with their hum of
giggles and an anthem of, “They're so
hot” bouncing off the walls. The hot
group they've come to listen to and
greet is Los Angeles-based 3 deep.

bands, it is difficult to become

recognized as an individual group ™
and easy to become lost in the shuffle |
of young testosterone and marketing
gimmicks. The trend to youthful,
rhythm-savvy male groups seems to be
lasting, but 3 deep is trying not to

[ this era of pretty-faced boy

 

is shattered by 300 screaming, teenage fans crowding

  
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
 
 
 

 

become just another musical statistic.

HMV is an arena of youthful screams and anticipatory
pushes and shoves. The security inside is becoming
impatient with the crowd, until the sound of a three part
harmony blasts through the sound system, trembles the
racks of Donny Osmond discount CDs, and whips the
swarm of fans into increased hysteria.

t a taping of the Dini Petty show in 1998,
Ac singer and songwriter CJ Huyer (who had

once opened for The New Kids on the Block) was
introduced backstage to co-quest, soap opera actor
Joshua Morrow. After a lengthy discussion, the idea of 3
deep was formed. Morrow soon introduced Huyer to his
former co-worker Eddie Cibrian. Their debut album, Yes,
Yes, Yes ... No, No, No, produced their first single, ‘Never
Gonna Give You Up’, that skyrocketed up the Canadian
charts. Although American fans have yet to discover 3
deep, Canadian fans have definitely noticed the charm of
the trio.

“There’s not much difference really between American
fans and Canadian ones, except that Canadian fans
are better,” joke the boys.

ith four singles from their first album now
Wr the airwaves all across Canada, and the

band debuting in Asia and Europe later this year,
it would be easy for people to
assume that the group's ego
would probably be hitting the
roof faster than their highest
notes. But it’s obvious to any
reporter lucky enough to be
given the chance to interview
them that they are about as
down-to-earth as any normal
twenty-something males can he.

“Eddie crochets, CJ curls, I’m
actually a grandmaster of

origami. | make birds and stuff
shteh hid diememenied Out Of paper,” jokes Morrow, as

page 19 the Other Press June 1999