In a new interview with Two Dudes Talk Music, bassist John “Tumor” Fahnestock spoke about SNOT 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, John said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Honestly, now it’s a whole different ball game with Andy Knapp. We finally felt we found our singer. In the past it was more of a, like, ‘Hey, let’s get out and play these songs ’cause we wanna jam them again.’ Mikey [Doling, SNOT guitarist] and Jamie [Miller, SNOT drummer] and myself, we love playing these songs. And it wasn’t about, like, ‘We’re back.’ But now SNOT is back. We finally found a singer [who is] exactly what we’ve been looking for. And what he’s pulling now is just mind-blowing. The response, how people are embracing him on social networking, coming out to see the band, was totally unexpected. Yeah, we wouldn’t be back if it wasn’t for Andy Knapp. So I just wanna say that there’s no other ‘after Andy.’ This is one and all, this is the final hurrah. And if we’re gonna break and we’re gonna go again, this is why we’re back right now.”
Asked if that means that there will be more touring and new music coming from SNOT next year, John said: “Well, we’re already booked into 2026. We’ve already got two [new] songs that we knocked out with [producer] Chris Collier, who works with KORN. In November, we finalize the vocals, and then we hope to drop something in the beginning of the year. That’s what’s going down. And it’s from the heart. It sounds just like fucking SNOT. ‘Cause the way Mikey writes and the way I write and the way everything jells… And Jamie just finished the drums. He took a break from BAD RELIGION, and we instantly got him in the studio. So everything’s laid down. We’re just working on the vocals now.”
Earlier this month, Doling told Ore Bihovsky of TotalRock‘s “Louder” radio show about SNOT‘s return to the live stage: “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.”…