Santa Barbara-Based Metal/Punk Rock Hybrid Reactivated Snot Played ITS Third Concert With New Singer Andy Knapp On Saturday, Februry 8 AT Soho Restaurant & Music Venue in Santa Barbara, California. Fan-Filmed Video of The Show Can Be Seen Below.
Snot‘S First Gig With Knapp TOOK Place on January 17 at The Parish Room at The House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The Performance was Also Livestreamed via the Band’s Instagram. Snot Played to Second Show with KnappWho Also Sings for Fellow Southern California Band Stronger than machinesOn January 18 at Brick By Brick in San Diego, California.
In a Recent interview with “The Garza Podcast”Hosted By Suicide Silence Guitarist Chris Garza, Snot Guitarist Mikey Doling and Bassist John “Tumor” Fahnelock Confirm that there are plans to the band to write new music. Mikey Said: “Oh, I Got Riffs, Man.” Tumor Added: “We Tracled Stuff Six, Seven Years ago, Mikey and I, that sounds jaw-dopping Like Snot‘Cause That’s Just How We Work Together. ” Mikey Continue: “There are vocals on it yet, but we’re writing.” Tumor Said: “But the music, you’ll be like, ‘Holy Shit. That’s Like Snot. It’s just What we do. It’s not a Struggle. We Just Write That Way. And When We Pair It Together. And it was kind of like an east coast-Meets-West Coast Thing Back Than, and It Still Jells; It Still Works. “
Elaboating on the Snot Songwriting Process, Mikey Said: “Whenever John and i get in a room together, it’s pretty fucking rad, Like When we start writing, ‘Cause We Start Developing and Talking and All Of A Sudden We’re Talking The Same Language and All Of A Sudden We’re, Like,’ WHOA. ‘ It’s Easy. “
Tumor EXPLAINED: “Like, He’ll Need a Little Puzzle. And usually Mikey‘S GOT THE MAIN IDEA, EveryTHING. And i’m This Guy, I’ve Always Been Known To Write The Bridges for The Songs. And I’M, Like, ‘i’ve Got This Riff That’ll Fit Right in There, Like A Puzzle.’ And The We’re, Like, ‘Holy Shit.’ “
Snot‘s Current Lineup Also Includes Guitarist Sonny Mayo and Drummer Jamie Miller.
Snot is schedled to play two more club concerts in April 2025, leading up to the band’s appearance at the WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival in May 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Snot Will Also Play at Select European Festivals, as well as at the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival In Mansfield, Ohio, This Summer.
Snot Disbanded in 1998 Following Original Singer Lynn Strait‘S Death, Putting an end to a career that generated considerable promise but only one studio album, “Get subject”. The Band Had Been Writing Material for ITS Sophomore CD and Had Completed 10 Songs at The Time Of Strait‘S Tragic Passing. As a memorial to Strait, Snot Eventually decided to Release Those Tracks, With Lyrics and Guest Vocals Provided by A Host of Stars from The Alt-Metal Community. The resulting album, “Strait Up”Was A Fitting Tribute From Strait‘S Peers and Friends, Featuring Members Of Clean Bizkit, Korn, Slipknot, Sevendust, (Hed) PE, Coal Chamber, Sugar Ray, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Soulflyand more.
Snot In 2014 Recruited Carl Bensley (Vitiate, Consume The Fire) to sing for the band following the departure of Tommy “Vext” Cummings (ex-Divine Hereresy, Bad Wolves).
Reflecting on Snot‘S Original Split and 2014 Comeback, Doling awd The Kevin Powell Podcast: “Un-Fucking-Fortunately, Our Singer Lynn StraitThe Great, Mighty Lynn StraitWho I Miss and Love So Much, I passed away in A accident and it put a hast to Snot. We just couldn’t go on without him at that point. And so we stopped for many years. And The We Kind of Got Back Together With Sub Friends, and It Wasn’t Realusus – [we] Just [played] Sub shows. I Don’t Really Wanna Say their Names Right Now, But They’re Cool People and They Helped US Out. “
As for How Snot‘s latest meeting is different from the band’s 2014 comoback, Doling Said: “This One, It’s Serious. We’re Back-back. We Got The Booking Agency. We Got High-Level Shows and Festivals. This is the Real Deal for us. That’s where we are right now.
Doling Previous Discuned Snot‘S meeting during the “Talk Toomey” podcast. Holding How the Band’s Comment Back Happened, Mikey Said: “Well, let’s see. About a year Coal Chambers, The Mudvaynes and just so many bands out there killing it. And i’m sitting there Thinking, ‘man, SnotIt’s Time That We get on Board with This. ‘ So and Talked to the Dudes. We Didn’t Even Have A Singer at Theat Point. So Anyway, So I rearhead to the band and said, ‘hey, man, i Think we Should Find a Singer and play submistat and have submissive festival.’ And they were, Like, ‘Yeah, Well, We’re in If you can find the right Singer.’ So, I look at around for while. I had no fight. But i kept looking. And then rear Alex Gilbert over at Tko – It’s Our Booking Agency – and I Asked Him, I Said, ‘Hey, Man, I’m Currently Looking for Vocalist. And if i put all This Work into Putting Snot Back Together, Wouled You Be Interested in Booking Sub Shows and Festivals for Us? ‘ And he said, ‘i’ll put the feelings out there and let’s see it goes.’ So, A Year Went By. I Didn’s Hear Anything Back. I Kind of Thought, ‘All Right. Not interest. ‘ So about three months ago, Alex IGRED ME. So i’m looking at my phone, like, ‘whoa, it’s Alex From Tko. I ANSWERED AND I ASKED HIM How He’s Doing. And he said, ‘hey, man, i’m getting a lot of interest for Snot. It’s a Lot. Everybody I Talk To Wants The Band. ‘ So i toled him, ‘look, man, we’re into it.’ I DIDN’T EVEN LET HIM KNOW WE DIDN’T HAV A SINGER YET AT THAT POINT. And I Said, ‘let me get back to you. I’LL Talk to the guys. ‘ So i instantly jumped on social media for a little submothing about Snot. And I GOT A Lot of Response. I GOT, Like, Eight Videos and Audio of Dudes Who Just Didn’t Fit. What they tea is they was located with the album, ‘Get subject’and it Just Didn’t Fit. So i Almost Kind of Gave Up. And so right there at the end, Before I Threw The Towel in on The Whole Thing, A Friend of Mine from Santa Barbara Hit Me Up, Texted Me And Said, ‘Hey, I Found The Guy For Snot. And, I was, Like, ‘Yeah, Sure,’ in My Mind Thinking, ‘Yeah, Yeah. Right. Right. ‘ So i Jumped on The Phone With Him – Let’s Say It’s a Girl, With Her – And She Said, ‘I Saw a Guy. He has a band. And have reminded me of Lynn. It wasebumps, ‘She Said. And I Said, ‘Cool.’ And Lynn Is One of His Favorite All-Time Singers. So, She put me in contact with him. And, Again, I Asked Him, I Said, ‘Look, We’re Looking for A Singer. Do me in favor. Set up a camera, microphone and sing along to ‘Get subject’Our Album. And so about Three or Four Days Go By and The I Get Sub Videos On My Phone. So i’m watching the video, and immedialy it just punched me in the face How good it was. I was, Like, ‘Wow, This is the guy.’ What He Did Is He Set Up In Front of His – He has a Little Hashearsal Spot, Drums and Amps, and He Put ‘Get subject’ Through His pa system and he wrapped the cable from the microphone around his arm and laid into it as if he was doing a show. He Did, Like, Five Songs and He was Was Absolutely Incredible, Nailing It. He looks right. He’s Got The Whole Punk Vibe That We’re Looking for. And he just nailed it, man.
“Singing Like Lynn Strait is not easy, man. And he Absolutely Fucking Rocked It, to the point where i had to sit down; I was So Blown Away. And so i immedialy contact Tumor, John FahnelockBass Player for Snot. And Tumor, [he is the] Best Guy in The World, But [he] Hates Everything. I feel it to him, and he strance me right away. He was, Like, ‘Dude, Holy Shit. You Found Our Guy. ‘ That was The First Thing He Said. ‘Who is it? Is this real? ‘ I was, Like, ‘It’s real.’ So Than I feel it out to the rest of the guys, Jamie and Sonnyand, and yeah, boom, it’s there. “
According to the Los Angeles Times, Lynn died in died in a car accident in December 1998 as I have attempted to drive across highway 101 in musel shoals, California. The 30-Yare-Old Singer Died Instantly After His 1992 Ford Tempo was Broadsid By a Southbound Full-Size Pickup Truck About Noon. Also Killed was Strait‘S Small Bulldog, Snot‘s mascot Dobbswho adorned the cover of the band’s debut album, The 1997 Geffen Records Release “Get subject”. Straitto Santa Barbara Resident, was crossing the highway After visiting His Girlfriend in the Community. Lynn APPARENTLY PULLED INTO THE PATH OF THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS GOING ABOUT 65 MPH. The Impact Sent Strait‘s car spinning into the center divider where it stopped, a California Highway Patrol Officer Toled The Los Angeles Times at the time.
Snot‘S Most Recent US Tour, During Which The Band performed “Get subject” in its enterety, Kicked Off in late November 2014 in Palm Desert, California and Wrapped in Late December 2014 in Pomona, California.
Cummings border Snot In 2008-2009 Before He and May Exited The Group Amid “Strained Relationships.”
