42-01

42-01
42-01 performing in Cinema Café on September 12, 2015
Background information
Also known as	3men2, Nakama, Karamazov, Yango
Origin	Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Genres	Hard Rock, Metal, Progressive Rock
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Unsigned
Associated acts	Cangrejo, Made in China, Spiral-C, Los Rolling Bones
Website	42-01 on Facebook
Members	Kelmer Messina Luis David Miranda Ricardo Fiallo Kevin Castillo
Past members	Samuel Jiminian Roboam Dinzey Kenneth Rosario Daniel Alonso Joey Marti Pedro Malla

42-01 is a Dominican rock band formed in 2014 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The band consists of Kelmer Messina (lead guitar), Luis David Miranda (bass guitar), Ricardo Fiallo (keyboards, backing vocals), Roboam Dinzey (drums), Kevin Castillo (lead vocals), and Samuel Jiminian (rhythm guitar).

They have not yet released any studio albums or singles but are currently working on their first EP.

On 2012, after having played music together for many years, classmates Kelmer Messina and Luis David Miranda decided to create a music project where, rather than just performing the covers of their favorite artists, they would venture into creating music of their own. For this reason, Kelmer took the role of guitarist, Luis David the role of bassist, and they recruited their friend Pedro Malla to play on the drums and started rehearsing on his home studio. Through Malla, they ended up meeting Ricardo Fiallo, which ended up being the band's keyboardist and backing vocalist. During one of their rehearsals, Guillermo Periche, a friend of the band, jokingly suggested the name "42-01" as a reference to the Dominican Republic's Law 42-01, which moderates the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Even if at the time they found the name amusing, they ended up choosing this name a month before their first concert in 2015. Because of the band's disorganization, they ended up in an extended hiatus in which both Pedro Malla and Ricardo Fiallo left the band and Kelmer Messina and Luis David Miranda momentarily stopped performing music together.

Being frustrated with his previous failed musical ventures, Kelmer Messina went ahead to write and compose music on his own to satiate his desire of making music, where he created most of the band's earlier catalogue. Content with the music he made, Kelmer sent the tracks to Luis David, which motivated him to work with Kelmer once again. Kelmer and Luis David decided to start playing together again and looked for musicians to fill in the other roles of the band, finding Roboam Dinzey to play the drums, Daniel Alonso to play bass guitar, and Kenneth Rosario to do lead vocals, period in which they started rehearsing the songs Kelmer wrote. Shortly after, Kelmer got back in contact with Ricardo Fiallo, which was eager to be reunited with the band after he heard new original material. In this period 42-01 recorded their first live session at Lovera Studios.

After months of rehearsing, 42-01, along with its sister band Cangrejo and other local acts, played its first concert on September 12, 2015 on Cinema Café in the "Fuck the System: Punk Show", where they played the closing set and got the love of the crowd as far as being asked for an encore. Weeks after, Daniel Alonso left the band because his studies and work took so much time from him that he would not have time to rehearse and at the same time Kenneth was kicked from the band due to creative differences. This led to Luis David filling in Daniel Alonso's role as bass guitarist and for the group to start a brief hiatus in which they auditioned new members.