SILVER SNAKES were recently interviewed by Bang Style magazine.
Youโve been a mainstay in the Los Angeles music scene awhile (Cathedrals, etc). What about Los Angeles has kept you here?
Alex Estrada: The band and my studio are the only reasons Iโve stuck around for this long. I thought about moving to Oregon in 2009 but my plans sort of fell through. It definitely worked out for the best. Iโm completely focused on the band and Iโve been really busy producing records for other bands so I donโt see myself leaving anytime soon.
What would you say is your biggest influence lyrically? Sonically?
AE: 16 horsepower, Q and not U, Lack, Fiona apple and Billy Corgan are huge influences on me Lyrically/vocally.
For the most part, I write lyrics as if they were a movie script. There is a lot of back and forth dialog between characters, onlookers etc. The content really depends on whatever Iโm pissed off about at a given moment. Sometimes itโs something that personally affects me and other times Iโm just describing a hypothetical situation. Sonically, the record was influenced by a lot of bands from the 90s and early 2000s. Lack, Engine Down, At the Drive in, Hum and Recover, to name a few.
We are actually writing right now for a summer release and Iโm really stoked on the direction itโs headed in. The newer stuff is darker and heavier but not as straightforward.
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