Snot
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Last Known Status: Regrouped
Latest Snot News
Below is our complete Snot news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Theftuous Premiere New Single "Cannibal"
The band Theftuous is gearing up for the release of their debut EP titled "All I Deserve." Recording sessions for the EP were overseen by Fiocco, who also served as the producer, alongside additional production from John Hendicott. The EP was mixed by Chris Collier (known for his work with Korn, (hed)p.e.). The outing features several guest appearances, including Brian “Yap” Barry of One Minute Silence, Chris “C.J.” Jagdhar of The Wildhearts, and Benji Webbe of Skindred and Dub War).
Their latest single "Cannibal" is available for listening via YouTube and Spotify below:
Comprising musicians from the early nü-metal scene, the lineup includes:
Vocals: Marcus Harrington (Relative Ash, etc.)
Guitars: Massimo Fiocco (One Minute Silence, Pink Punk, etc.)
Bass: John Fahnesotck (ex-Snot, Amen)
Drums: Pat Garvey (Ozric Tentacles)
Headline News
Snot Reuniting For U.S. Tour Dates
Snot has announced the band will be reuniting once again for a full U.S. tour to perform the classic "Get Some" album in it's entirety. He Is Legend, Thira, and Lydia Can't Breathe will offer support.
The tour kicks off on November 28th in Palm Desert, California and wraps up on December 23rd in Pomona, California. More dates will be added soon. Snot guitarist Mikey Doling says of the upcoming tour:
"I want to let you know we are ready to rock out as hard as humanly possible with all you Snot heads around the world on our first world tour. I hope you're ready cause we have a ton of massive energy to bring to you. Snot is something special to us. We will enjoy playing our debut and only record 'Get Some' in it's entirety for you live for all you die hard SNOT HEADS! SAY SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT YOU FEEL!!"
Snot lead singer Tommy Vext adds, "Words cannot describe how excited I am to be getting back in the road with my brothers in Snot. It is a privilege to play with a band that has had an indeterminable influence over countless artists from the bands inception & thereafter. I'm honored to pay tribute Lynn Strait and offer Snot fans on an international level the live experience they may not have yet enjoyed." More...
Abloom's HD Net True Music TV Appearance Surfaces
While the band is still on hiatus, a video from HD Net True Music TV has surfaced and been posted to all the video sites just recently. You can watch that video below.
By way of background, Abloom became official in the fall of 2003 in Los Angeles, CA. What started as a side project for the former members of Snot, Soulfly and OneSideZero became a full time focus due to the undeniable musical chemistry between the five. Shortly thereafter, the band teamed up with Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down who took on the role as Executive Producer. Originally the band members--Jasan Radford, lead singer; Mikey Doling, guitarist; Levon Sultanian, guitarist; Marcelo Dias, bass; Roy Mayorga, drums--met while touring together in their previous efforts and decided to get together for a jam session when they returned to Los Angeles. More...
Metal Superstars To Appear At Ride For Dime 5
The organizers of the annual Ride For Dime event has announced a special BBQ & Bash All Star Jam which will feature former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor and many more including members of Testament, Staind, Shinedown, Snot, Machine Head and Buckcherry.
Meet and Starting Point:
Longhorn Harley-Davidson / Buell, located at 2830 W Interstate 20 Grand Prairie, TX
12:30pm -- bike staging
2:30pm -- ride begins under police escort, total ride 38 Miles
3:30pm -- arrive at the Palladium for parking lot party
BBQ & Bash All Star Jam:
6:00pm -- doors
Snot Gives Details On How The Reunion Took Place
A backstage interview with Snot guitarists Sonny Mayo and Mikey Doling aswell as new vocalist Tommy "Vext" Cummings has been posted online. You can check it out below. During the interview the members explain how the reunion came about, how they hired singer former Divine Hresy frontman Tommy "Vext" Cummings and how the fans reacated to the decision. More...
Devildriver Announces New Tour Dates
DevilDriver hits the road with Snot, Straight Line Stitch, Instinct of Aggression and Athiachists for the Bound By The Road tour kicking off 10/16. The dates are as follows:
10/16/2008 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
10/17/2008 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
10/18/2008 The Red Room Vancouver, BC
10/19/2008 Studio 7 Seattle, WA
10/20/2008 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
10/21/2008 Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
10/22/2008 Club Vegas Salt Lake City, UT
10/23/2008 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
10/24/2008 The Glass House Pomona, CA
10/25/2008 Brick By Brick San Diego, CA
10/26/2008 Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA
10/28/2008 Regency Center@The Grand Ballroom San Francisco, CA
Mudvayne Announces More Tour Dates
Mudvayne has lined up a huge tour of North America and will be joined on the trek by 10 Years and Snot.
The tour dates are as follows:
October 28 - El Paso, TX @ El Paso County Coliseum
October 30 - Corpus Christi, TX @ The Pavilion At Concrete
October 31 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Live
November 1 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station
November 3 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
November 5 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
November 7 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktown Events Center
November 8 - Albuquerque, NM @ Albuquerque Convention Center
November 9 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre
November 11 - Hollywood, CA @ Palladium
November 12 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
November 14 - San Francisco, CA @ The Grand Ballroom
November 15 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
November 17 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
November 19 - Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
November 21 - Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
November 22 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre
November 24 - Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
November 25 - St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
November 26 - East Peoria, IL @ East Peoria Event Center
November 28 - Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
November 29 - Maplewood, MN @ The Myth
December 1 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom
December 2 - Chicago, IL @ The Congress Theater
December 5 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
December 6 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
December 8 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
December 9 - Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
December 11 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
December 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
December 13 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
December 16 - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
December 17 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
December 19 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
December 20 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Mudvayne Announces Tour Dates
Mudvayne has announced the initial tour dates for their upcoming North American trek. Joining them on the tour will be 10 Years and the recently reunited Snot.
Mudvaune are currently working on a new album which is entitled, "The New Game" and are hoping to release the record in mid-November. The first single from the album, "Do What You Do" will be hitting the airwaves on September 23rd.
The tour dates are as follows:
October 30 - Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater
November 8 - Albuquerque, NM @ Albuquerque Convention Center
November 11 - Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
December 9 - Columbus, OH @ Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
Devildriver and Snot Tour Dates Revealed
As previously reported, Devildriver and the newly reunited Snot will be teaming up for a tour this Fall, beginning in October.
The initial tour dates are as follows:
October 14 - Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
October 15 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
October 17 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Grill
October 18 - Vancouver, BC @ Red Room
October 19 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
October 20 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy
October 21 - Boise, ID @ The Big Easy
October 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas
October 23 - Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian’s
October 24 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
October 25 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
October 26 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
Snot Posts New Song Online, Plans New Album
Blabbermouth.net reports: The reunited lineup of the legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT — featuring original members Mikey Doling (guitar), John "Tumor" Fahnestock (bass), Jamie Miller (drums) and Sonny Mayo (guitar) along with the group's latest addition, former DIVINE HERESY vocalist Tommy Cummings (a.k.a. Tommy Vext) — has posted a new song, "The Band Plays On", on the SNOT MySpace page.
SNOT has secured a deal with the TKO booking agency (BUCKCHERRY, FEAR FACTORY, HELMET, MOTÖRHEAD, MUDVAYNE, THE CULT) and plans to go into the studio this winter to record a new album for a summer 2009 release. In the meantime, SNOT will play a number of shows, including a fall 2008 tour of the United States supporting DEVILDRIVER.
The first SNOT headlining shows to be announced are as follows:
Aug. 23 - Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, Utah
Oct. 10 - Key Club - West Hollywood, California
Headline News
Snot Announces Reunion And Plans To Tour
Blabbermouth.net reports: The surviving members of the Santa Barbara act Snot have revealed that they will be reuniting with the intentions of touring. They have revealed that former Divine Heresy vocalist Tommy Vext (Tommy Cummings) will be handling the singing duties on these shows.
So far two shows have been confirmed with more to be announced shortly. The shows are as follows:
Aug. 23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas (Dusty's 3rd Annual Plan For Damage Show - 2 Stages Outdoor)
Sep. 12 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
The band's original vocalist, Lynn Strait, died in a car cash in December 1998. The band only released one album with him but released a second album of songs they had been working on prior to his passing entitled "Strait Up" which featured singers from the alt- metal/nu-metal genre, including the likes of Korn, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot.
Read the full article at Blabbermouth.
Members of Snot, Nothingface & Prong Form New Band
NOISE WITHIN is the name of the new Los Angeles-based project featuring singer Boris Bouma (EPIDEMIC), bass player John "Tumor" Fahnestock (SNOT, AMEN, LO-PRO), guitarist Aaron Slipp (PRONG) and drummer Tommy Sickles (NOTHINGFACE). Four of the band's tracks — "Opportunity", "Privilege", "In the Room" and "829" — are currently available for streaming on the NOISE WITHIN MySpace page.
Bouma had just entered Billboard at 34 and was touring with his band EPIDEMIC. Fahnestock had toured the world as a founding member of SNOT and later AMEN, and was now doing the same with LO-PRO. However, when a widespread panic hit the recording industry, Elektra and Geffen Records left both their bands homeless.
Having lived through the death of Lynn Strait, singer from SNOT, and the loss of two recording contracts, John took a break from music and started a T-shirt business, 313 Merch.
Boris, having moved to Hollywood from his native Holland across the Atlantic to chase his dreams, devoted himself to drugs.
Forming any type of band wasn't on the agenda, until the universe placed the two backstage at a NINE INCH NAILS show, where they both worked as roadies to finance their new careers. Not only had the paths that lead them there been similar, they shared a taste for music, "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime" by FAITH NO MORE being one of their favorites.
Boris had been piling up material, and with the help of Aaron Slipp, who after being PRONG's touring guitarist now was a free agent, the first NOISE WITHIN demo's were made with a drum computer.
After a long search, a drummer was found in Tommy Sickles.
"We are doing this for our pleasure, at our convenience", the one-year sober Boris says. "In my previous bands music became a job, and the studio may as well have been a cubicle. NOISE WITHIN didn't meet through the classifieds or management, we're friends. Van-proof. I really long to smell these guys asses and feet."
About the dying industry, he raves. "I think it's awesome. Kids have been ripped off for years, and stealing music is a natural result. Everything changes, and labels that resist that will go under. In the end, music will survive. There will always be music."
"The last label I was on gave us half a million in advance — ridiculous. We ended up sculpting our music to the taste of marketing guys. NOISE WITHIN recorded a demo in six hours, for one-hundred and fifty bucks — old school."
If schedules allow it, NOISE WITHIN will play its first shows in 2008.
Invitro Announces Album Release Date
INVITRO, the California-based band featuring ex-SNOT/SOULFLY guitarist Mikey Doling, has been added as the support act on a number of upcoming dates on the STATIC-X/OTEP tour.
"We rocked 57 shows with my best brothers from my SNOT days and with Sonny Mayo in SEVENDUST now so it's been an awesome experience for everyone," says Invitro guitarist Mikey Doling. "We are going home for a week and then we start touring with STATIC-X. I'm very stoked to be touring with these guys, as we did a bit of touring together when I was in SOULFLY. It's always great to tour with old friends and I'm looking forward to a lot of good times with INVITRO."
In other news, INVITRO has announced the release date for its debut album, "When I Was A Planet', which is now scheduled to land in stores on August 7, 2007. The album will be released by Gridiron Records, a new label founded by Doling and Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Kyle Turley.
"I'm very excited to announce our release date for our debut record," commented Doling. "We've been working our asses off to reach this goal and we are releasing the record August 7th, 2007 which is Lynn Strait's [late SNOT frontman] birthday. The date is very symbolic for me personally. I can't wait for everyone to finally hear it."
Here are the INVITRO tour dates with STATIC-X and Otep: More...
Invitro To Play Free Benefit Concert
Invitro, featuring ex-Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mikey Doling, have announced a free benefit concert at Minxx strip club in Las Vegas on April 4th, 2007 at 12 noon. The show will be hosted by comedian Ralphie May of the NBC's hit reality series, "Last Comic Standing". Proceeds raised during the performance will go towards the medical bills for three Minxx employees who were wounded in a February shooting that broke out at the club.
43-year-old Minxx security guard Tom Urbanski was left a paraplegic as a result of the multiple gunshot wounds he suffered during the shooting. Since then, Urbanski has endured a series of costly medical procedures and rehabilitation that will continue for the rest of his life.
"I've been good friends with Minxx owner Dwight Chornomud since we played college football together at San Diego State," says Gridiron Records Kyle Turley. "When I heard about the horrible tragedy that happened at Dwight's club I had to do everything I could to help these people out and get back on track. I also think this incident cast a shadow on NFL players and wanted people to know that most of us don't condone the reprehensible actions of a few select players on the evening
in question."
Invitro are currently finishing up a 57-date tour with Sevendust and Diecast. The band is set to release their debut album, When I Was A Planet, in summer of 2007 through Gridiron Records, the new label founded by Doling and Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Kyle Turley.
Snot To Reform Under The Name Invitro
Three out of five members of the legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT — guitarists Mikey Doling (ex-SOULFLY), Sonny Mayo (SEVENDUST) and bassist John Fahnestock (KCUF, AMEN) — reunited for the first time since the passing of SNOT frontman Lynn Strait. Mayo and Fahnestock joined Doling and his new band INVITRO for a cover of SNOT's "Stoopid" during their November 1, 2006 performance at Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California.
SNOT frontman Lynn Strait died in a car accident in 1998, putting an end to a career that generated considerable promise but only one studio album, the 1997 Geffen Records release "Get Some". Also killed was the band's mascot Dobbs, Strait's dog who adorned the cover of SNOT's debut album. The band had been recording their sophomore album and had completed 10 songs at the time of Strait's tragic passing.
INVITRO recently finished recording its debut album, which will be released in early 2007 through GridIron Records, a new label founded by Doling, Kyle Turley (offensive tackle for Kansas City Chiefs), Max Harris and former SNOT manager Nic Adler. Audio clips of the band's debut album can be heard at their MySpace page.
Ex-Snot/Soulfly Guitarist To Launch Record Label
Ex-Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mikey Doling is proud to announce the formation of his new label GridIron Records. The label is a joint venture between Doling, Kyle Turley, (Offensive tackle for Kansas City Chiefs), Max Harris and former Snot manager Nic Adler.
“I was on tour with Pantera and had just got off stage in New Orleans. I’m on the bus drinking beers and Kyle Turley, who at the time was an offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints, comes on the bus and says ‘Who's the guy from Snot?”, remembers ex-Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mikey Doling. “So I raised my hand like a school boy thinking he was gonna kick my ass for something Lynn or I did in the past, but he freaked because he was a huge Snot fan. From there on we’ve been really good friends.”
“There's so many great bands out there that are amazing but if you’re not the trend of the week you don’t have a chance of getting a record deal,” continues Doling. “I was getting frustrated seeing all these great bands without a record deal and I asked Kyle to start up a label with me and here we are. We’re going full force and we're signing good bands with serious talent, devoid of trends.”
The first two records released from the label will be psychedelic rockers The Hairbrain Scheme and Doling’s own Invitro, a new project he put together with ex-members of Los Angeles based The Wizards. Both artists will release their debut album through the label in early 2007.
The label is also in negotiations with a number of other artists including LA thrash metal outfit Instinct of Aggression and Asesino, the new death metal project featuring Dino Cazares (ex- Fear Factory) and Tony Campos (Static X). Asesino’s debut album, “Cristo Satanico”, is also slated to feature guest appearances by Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed).
GridIron Records recently launched a MySpace site at and has uploaded tracks from Invitro and The Hairbrain Scheme on their MySpace page.
KCUF Prepare To Unleash Debut Album
KCUF, the new project of Crazy "White" Sean (Ex-GWAR roadie) and former Snot/Amen/Lo-Pro bassist John "Tumor" Fahnestock, will release their debut on February 21st via 313 Recordings/Corporate Punishment Records. The album titled 'Modern Primitive Punk' includes guest appearances from Shavo Odajian (System of a Down), Sid "DJ Starscream" Wilson (Skipknot) and James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn). Audio is available on from the band's MySpace page.
UPDATE: You can also check out the track "Bloodbath" (featuring Shavo of System of a Down on guitar and Tumor from Snot/Amen on Bass) on the Corporate Punishment Records Myspace page.
Sean says "KCUF was just a project I had in my head for a long time, and I hooked up with Tumor and T-Shirt (AKA Jeff Myers, also one a significant musical contributor to the record), and they helped bring it to life,”he says remembering how the project came together. “And from doing my Freakshow thing, I'd meet all the touring bands that come through Europe and a lot of them became friends, so I just asked them to be involved. A lot of people have called it a "side-project", or whatever, but it is what it is. It's just a record we made for fun, and asked some of our friends to come jam on."
The result is Modern Primitive Punk, a fiery punk-thrash explosion much more akin to the likes of DRI, SOD, and the Circle Jerks than the modern metal styles one would expect from such a collaboration.
According to Tumor, it comes as a result of growing up with a musically mixed background. " I can speak for myself that I really am not trying to appeal to any one genre. I grew up, and it’s safe to say the same for Sean, with both sides of the coin. I mean one minute I was headbanging to Judas Priest and the next I was worshipping bands like DRI, SOD or DEAD KENNEDYS."
ex-Snot, Amen Guitarist Joins Sevendust
Former Snot/Amen guitarist Sonny Mayo has joined Sevendust. He replaces Clint Lowery, who left at the end of the year to start his own band, Dark New Day.