the trio sit in a small interview room
behind HMV.

fter weeks on tour throughout
A= each member of 3

deep appears to be feeling
under the weather; Huyer leaves the

 

room continually to relieve his lunch.

But self-pity is absent in their
mindset. “We signed up for the
responsibility,” insists Morrow.
Leaning
back in his
chair, it is
obvious why
he is so
photogenic.
With his
brooding
green eyes,
deep
dimples, and
six-foot
stature, he
is more than
easy to stare
at.

here
T=
been a

recent trend
of singers attempting to become
actors, such as. Jewel and Mariah
Carey. However, the opposite action

has been taken in the case of 3 deep.

Cibrian, a tall, dark-skinned,
mysterious-looking actor, showed up
at his first audition hoping to land
the part of Nick Newman on CBS's
The Young and The Restless.
Unfortunately, he lost the role to
none other than Morrow, but he
made enough of an impression on
the executives that he was later cast
as Matt Clark. After three years on

 

that soap, he was cast on Baywatch
Nights where he became close friends
with the show’s famous creator, David
“popular in Germany” Hasselhoff. Der
Hasselhoff later helped Cibrian earn
the part of bad boy Cole
Deschannel—a character who
fathered the baby of his wife’s
mother—on NBC's new daytime show
Sunset Beach. The group is eager to
insist that they don’t rely on the
duo’s acting references to sell their
albums.

“| don’t think
people know
it's us singing
those songs.
| think a lot of
people recog-
nize the song
Mm and have no
@ idea who
sings it,” says
Cibrian.
“Everywhere
we go, we
@ ask if they've
ee hoard of 3
deep and they go ‘uh.’ And then we
sing the song and they go, ‘Oh, |
know that song. | didn’t know you
guys sing it.”

s a whole, 3 deep is totally
Ave in their blessed

capability to both sing and
perform. Their premier showing took
place at Wonderland in Toronto in
1998. Audience members, many of

whom didn’t know exactly who the
group was, began to create a

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pulsating echo throughout the
amusement park. Many might have
assumed that they were screaming
because of their attractiveness. But
those who heard their synchronized
melodies knew otherwise.

and belting out ballads,

however, is not what they
consider a whole performance.
“There's this notion that if you don’t
play an instrument, you're not a
musician,” says Huyer. The group has
exceeded artistic integrity with the
now uncommon ability to also write
the majority of their own material.
“We're writing the music, we're
involved in 80% of the album, but
we're still not considered musicians
cause we're not playing our own
instruments.”

S= on stage, looking pretty

The group, two of whom work nine-
to-five jobs five days a week in Los
Angeles, admit that it is very difficult
to be on the road so many months
out of the year.

Cibrian, discussing the difficulties of
life on an airplane, says the hardest
part of being a musician is, “travel,
McDonalds food, headaches, CJ in
general.” Huyer’s two bandmates
laugh in his direction.

ealing with the struggles of
D the musician’s life, 3 deep

finds a way to remain sane.
They use humour as a stress
mechanism, and make reporters
laugh along with them. “In every
paper, CJ’s always referred to as the
round-faced Canadian,” laughs
Cibrian. “And I’m the pale, nipple-