Raw Files Corrupted or Software Issue?

Hi guys, first post here! I have been looking for info on this particular issue but can not quite find an aswer. So here is my issue...
I shoot on a Canon 60D, have so for 2+ years always in RAW and now using Photoshop CS6 with the latest raw plugin. I just shot some photos and am having major issues, see below. This is how all of my RAW files look. Blown out, pixelated and just all around awful.
When looking at them in camera, they look fine as well as the thumbnails when transferred to my computer. However when I open them up in Photoshop this is what I get. Also, if I convert the imges in camera from RAW to JPEG and then transfer them to my computer they are fine and look the way they should. Any thoughts? Thanks!

The difference of the reply #4 shot and the initial shot that has very strong blue coloring, appears to be the use of flash which brightens the foreground with daylight-balanced flash lighting and minimizes the overexposure of the colored lighting, so while you can see the various colors, they aren't overexposed, which leads to banding as the channels clip at different points on the way to white. One issue with the reply #4 image, of the DJ, is that the blacks are not very black.
Back to the original topic: the files do not appear to be corrupted, nor does there appear to be a software issue. But the Adobe Camera Raw defaults don't look good for these pictures in extreme lighting.
I was able to extract the camera embedded previews for each shot using ExifToolGUI. These are reduced-size but should show the toning and color processing the camera would apply to its own JPGs. If these are not what you see for the JPGs from your camera then you might supply those as part of your shared dropbox folder.
I am using Lightroom 5.3 to do the comparisons which should duplicate the processing done by ACR 8.3, but it provides an easier to show side-by-sides as well as the processing applied in the last example. I am using a Windows 7 64-bit computer with a standard-gamut monitor that is profiled but that profile is close to sRGB so I have not taken the time to convert my screenshots to sRGB since they will almost be the same either way:
A comparison between the camera processed raw files and the Adobe processed raw files shows us that the default Adobe processing is more saturated, more contrasty and with harsh color transitions as compared the camera jpg. The Copy 1 is a virtual copy in Lightroom so I could reset it to default values and not touch the original user processing supplied in the XMP:
However, by merely changing the camera profile in the Camera Calibration section from Adobe Standard to Camera Standard we see almost the same rendering between Adobe and Canon, so if you're trying to start with the same place the camera rendering is, then just switch your camera profile to Camera Standard:
Now, the dropbox version of IMG_3277.CR2 came with an XMP file that has user settings that are much improved compared to the default rendering, and this includes quite a bit of change in the Camera Calibration sliders to reduce saturation and shift hues a bit.
Here are those user settings with the Adobe Standard camera profile at the left, compared to a pay-for VSCO Fuji film simulation profile along with using Auto Tone, Exposure -1 and Tint -150 to reduce the purple, on the right, but not quite as much as the OP's settings. I'm not saying mine is an improvement or that VSCO profiles are useful, just that there are many ways to adjust an image and color profiles can make a difference especially in extreme lighting situations as we have, here:

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