Interview

"The year of the Dragon was awesome," says Darwin's Waiting Room singer Jabe whose band officially formed on January 1st 2000 and kicked off the new millennium with quite a bang. The Florida based DWR went on and inked a record deal with MCA Records following a showcase at the fabled Miami rock club 'The Chili Pepper' and have since toured with the likes of Papa Roach and Alien Ant Farm. "The year 2000 was just insane for us."

Their debut album "Orphan" dropped on July 21st, 2001 and it may be of the same genre as Papa Roach and Linkin Park by fusing both aspects of metal and rap bringing forth an aggressive urban vibe that is gritty, rugged and raw. But, DWR is determined to prove that they are very different from the rest. "We decided to do this record and not limit ourselves to any particular genre." Explains the 24 year old Jabe, "We have a lot of various influences and the biggest one being each other because we're so different from one another that we influence each others music drastically, more than any other band could." With 2 front men; one the hard-shelled rapper and the other the melodic vocalist; their combination of in-your-face rap/rock certainly has Linkin Park similarities, but Jabe insists that their sound is completely different. "Other bands have done singing and emceeing before in music, but I don't think anybody has taken this to this evolution, they haven't taken it to this step. One of the things that we're trying to do is create new arrangements, new ways of involving 2 different styles of singing, so its a little bit of experimentation." Jabe explains, "The lyrical content of this band definitely separates us from a good amount of other bands. We've tried to develop that and bring back the days when poetry was interwoven into music. It doesn't seem like that happens any more." Darwin's Waiting Room, who includes emcee Grimm, guitarist Eddie the Kydd, bassist Alex Cando and drummer Joe Perrone, are confident that their brand of rap/rock will rise to the top and appease the masses. "If the music's good, if the song's are good and if they like it, they're gonna get it. They don't care what genre it is and we'd like to be able to evolve our sound and do whatever kind of music we really feel is in our hearts and soul and express it." Says Jabe, "This album is a really good beginning. It's chapter one to the book; hopefully we get to write chapter two."