The reunited Snot – at the moment guitarists Mikey Doling and Sonny Mayo, bassist John “Tumor” Fahnestock, and drummer Jamie Miller – has introduced three new reveals for 2025 alongside their upcoming look at Welcome To Rockville. Snot‘s present touring schedule is:
1/17 Anaheim, CA The Parish at Home Of Blues
1/18 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
2/8 Santa Barbara, CA SohO
5/15-18 Daytona Seaside, FL Welcome To Rockville
So who’s fronting the band? Based on Doling in an interview with Discuss Toomey, you are simply gonna have to attend for that first present to search out out. Doling solely famous that whoever Snot obtained does justice to their late vocalist Lynn Strait, after telling the story of how Snot determined to get again into the sport.
“Properly, let’s have a look at. A few yr in the past, I used to be seeing the festivals that have been coming in 2024, and I used to be noticing there have been so many bands on the market from our style. You may have the Coal Chambers, the Mudvaynes and simply so many bands on the market killing it. And I am sitting there pondering, ‘Man, Snot, it is time that we get on board with this.’ So I talked to the dudes. We did not actually have a singer at that time. So anyway, so I reached out to the band and mentioned, ‘Hey, man, I feel we should always discover a singer and play some festivals and have some enjoyable.’ And so they have been, like, ‘Yeah, properly, we’re in if you’ll find us the appropriate singer.’
“So, I seemed round for some time. I had no luck. However I stored wanting. After which I reached out to Alex Gilbert over at TKO — it is our reserving company — and I requested him, I mentioned, ‘Hey, man, I am at the moment in search of a vocalist. And if I put all this work into placing Snot again collectively, would you be all in favour of reserving some reveals and festivals for us?’ And he mentioned, ‘I will put the feelers on the market and let’s have a look at the way it goes.’ So, a yr glided by. I did not hear something again. I form of thought, ‘All proper. No curiosity.’ So about three months in the past, Alex known as me. So I am my cellphone, like, ‘Whoa, it is Alex from TKO.’ I answered and I requested him how he is doing. And he mentioned, ‘Hey, man, I am getting numerous curiosity for Snot. It is lots. All people I discuss to desires the band.’ So I advised him, ‘Look, man, we’re into it.’ I did not even let him know we did not have a singer but at that time. And I mentioned, ‘Let me get again to you. I will discuss to the fellows.’
“So I immediately jumped on social media for a little bit one thing about in search of a vocalist for Snot. And I obtained numerous response. I obtained, like, eight movies and audio of dudes who simply did not match. What they did is they might sing with the album, Get Some, and it simply did not match. So I nearly form of gave up. And so proper there on the finish, earlier than I threw the towel in on the entire thing, a buddy of mine from Santa Barbara hit me up, texted me and mentioned, ‘Hey, I discovered the man for Snot.’ And, I used to be, like, ‘Yeah, positive,’ in my thoughts pondering, ‘Yeah, yeah. Proper. Proper.’ So I jumped on the cellphone with him — to illustrate it is a woman, along with her — and she or he mentioned, ‘I noticed a man. He has a band. And he jogged my memory of Lynn. It was goosebumps,’ she mentioned. And I mentioned, ‘Cool.’ And Lynn is certainly one of his favourite all-time singers.
“So, she put me involved with him. And, once more, I requested him, I mentioned, ‘Look, we’re in search of a singer. Do me a favor. Arrange a digital camera, microphone and sing alongside to Get Some, our album. And so about three or 4 days go by after which I get some movies on my cellphone. So I am watching the video, and instantly it simply punched me within the face how good it was. I used to be, like, ‘Wow, that is the man.’ What he did is he arrange in entrance of his — he has a little bit rehearsal spot, drums and amps, and he put Get Some via his P.A. system and he wrapped the cable from the microphone round his arm and laid into it as if he was doing a present. He did, like, 5 songs and he was completely unimaginable, nailing it. He appears to be like proper. He is obtained the entire punk vibe that we’re in search of. And he simply nailed it, man.
“Singing like Lynn Strait isn’t straightforward, man. And he completely fucking rocked it, to the purpose the place I needed to sit down; I used to be so blown away. And so I instantly contacted Tumor, John Fahnestock, bass participant for Snot. And Tumor, [he is the] greatest man on the earth, however [he] hates every thing. I despatched it to him, and he known as me straight away. He was, like, ‘Dude, holy shit. You discovered our man.’ That was the very first thing he mentioned. ‘Who’s it? Is that this actual?’ I used to be, like, ‘It is actual.’ So then I despatched it out to the remainder of the fellows, Jamie and Sonny, and, and yeah, growth, it is there.”
Doling added: “So, I talked to the [singer] man, which I am not gonna surrender his identify but. I am gonna maintain that on the DL [down low] proper now for some time till we begin performing some reveals. Folks can determine it out on their very own. I do not need them realizing an excessive amount of but. I wanna maintain it tight for now. However anyway. So then I contacted Alex at TKO and he began speaking to promoters and we’re simply getting ‘sure’, ‘sure’, ‘sure’ all over proper now. And we’re gonna begin performing some reveals, man.”
