The reunion of nu-metal icons Snot at Welcome to Rockville subsequent yr, plus at a handful of California dates forward of the competition, is form of a giant deal. But it surely nonetheless leaves one massive query that’s been on everyone’s thoughts: who would be the vocalist for this reunion? Frontman Lynn Strait was killed in a automotive accident in 1998, which means that their second album was launched with a distinct substitute singer on every observe, and their final reunion noticed them undergo just a few totally different substitute vocalists. However, in accordance with Snot guitarist Mikey Doling, no person’s going to search out out who the brand new vocalist is till the second he steps on stage.
In a current interview with The Kevin Powell Podcast (that was transcribed by Blabbermouth), Doling was requested concerning the new vocalist, and the guitarist performed coy about who the brand new vocalist could be:
“Let him come on stage. That’s it. And determine who he’s by yourself. If he says his identify, nice. However the very last thing I wanna do is go on the Web and put his identify on the market, after which individuals go to his social media and whatnot and begin scrutinizing him earlier than he even will get on stage. As a result of that’s what’s going to occur. I imply, you’re residing within the shadow of the nice Lynn Strait [SNOT’s late vocalist]. So it’s gonna be a tough street for him. He’s gotta show himself on stage first. And, we’re giving him that consolation. ‘Trigger like I stated, if I stated his identify proper now, we’d have lots of people simply going proper to his social media.
“However he’s superior. Let me simply say when he despatched me his audition reels, tapes, recordings, I used to be blown away like I’ve by no means been blown away since [the demise of the original SNOT lineup]. And I despatched it to Tumor very first thing, my proper arm, my bass participant from SNOT. He often doesn’t like something. He’s very cynical. He’s the best man ever, he’s my brother, however he’s a cynical individual at instances. And he referred to as me straight away and simply stated, ‘Holy shit balls.’ That’s a quote. ‘The place’d you discover this man? We discovered our dude. We discovered him.’ And that’s the way it went down. Then, after all, I despatched it to Jamie and Sonny, and so they each agreed he’s the man. And right here he’s. We obtained him.”
Whereas it’s a bit of irritating that Doling received’t merely announce who the brand new vocalist is, he did give us some new info. One factor he informed us is that this vocalist is somebody new to the band, and presumably even somebody who’s new to performing professionally on the whole, which guidelines out any of the substitute vocalists that the band has used earlier than. Additionally, Doling used he/him pronouns to explain the brand new singer, implying it’s a man, so we will rule out Emily Armstrong not less than. Apart from that, there’s not a lot we’ll be capable to discover out concerning the vocalist till after Snot’s first present of the upcoming reunion on January 17.
If you wish to be one of many first ones to see who the brand new vocalist is, right here’s the whole record of reunion dates introduced up to now for Snot:
The complete record of dates is listed under:
Jan. 17 – Anaheim, CA – The Parish at Home Of Blues
Jan. 18 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
Feb. 08 – Santa Barbara, CA – SohO
Might 15-18 – Daytona Seashore, FL – Daytona Worldwide Speedway (Welcome To Rockville)