In a new interview with Ore Bihovsky of TotalRock‘s “Louder” radio show, SNOT guitarist Mikey Doling spoke about the band’s return to the live stage and the reactivated Santa Barbara-based metal/punk rock hybrid’s plans for the coming months. Referencing the fact that Andy Knapp of fellow Southern California band STRONGER THAN MACHINES made his live debut with SNOT on January 17 at the Parish room at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California, Doling said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’m really excited, first of all. Just having SNOT back — [I] never expected it. We found a new singer who’s amazing, and he made it all possible. And we put some tickets on sale and they’re all selling out, all the shows, and we’re pretty blown away. We’re very grateful to be doing it and super stoked.”
Asked how it feels to have Knapp fronting SNOT, three decades after the band’s formation and 27 years after the passing of the group’s original vocalist Lynn Strait, Doling said: “Honestly, it feels kind of like it used to, with Andy. Andy brought energy to the band that we haven’t seen or had since Lynn Strait… Having Andy in the band, he’s brought that energy again to us. The shows are full of energy. It’s wild, man.”
After Ore noted that this is the first time that he has heard the members of SNOT say that the band is officially “back”, Doling clarified: “Well, before, when we [played gigs with other vocalists], it was more like we wanted to fucking just get together and play. We weren’t really focused on new music or promotion or selling shows. We didn’t give a shit. We just wanted to go out and play. This time, we feel like we found the right singer. Also, that it’s the right time to actually bring it back full blown. So we’re getting in the studio, we’re recording new music, we’re booking tours. We’ve got the booking agent. And we’re just going full-on, man, and it’s great.”…