Say No More Music
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General InfoHometown: Los Angeles, CAAbout Me: Even by rock ‘n' roll standards, their story is a stretch. Who the hell voluntarily migrates from the sea breezes of Steinbeck country to America's porn capitol? Who goes from roping steers to rocking the house in some Hollywood dive? The answer is SAY NO MORE, and a more fired-up group of rockers you won't find. No surprise, considering their Drive-Thru Records debut, What You Thought You Knew. Stripped bare of all adornment, augmentation and illusion, the new CD puts SAY NO MORE in the pole position as the year's most exciting young band. The four small town kids taught themselves how to rock in the holiest of rock temples: their parents' garages. Says drummer Tim Spier, "We've been playing a long time, and we can almost predict what the others will do. We always said we're a family first. The hardest thing about doing a band is finding people to do it with. You have to like them as people and have similar taste." Good thing they do, as all four moved together to L.A.'s San Fernando Valley two years ago to try to break into the business. Bu then they had recorded their debut indie CD, Stranger in Dreams. Last year they scraped enough money to cut a second CD, The Transition. But the band's big break came when they entered and won a battle of the bands contest sponsored by MTV U, "Best Music on Campus" at California State University, Northridge. First prize: a contract with Drive-Thru Records. That's when the hard work began, with the band members struggling to perfect their original voice. "We wanted to have a great hi-fi sounding record," recalls drummer Spier, "but we didn't want super-produced bells and whistles. We put a lot of thought into everything." With the new CD done, all four are eager to load up their puke-green colored 1973 Tioga van (nickname: Gumby) and head out on the road. They're confident they can win over audiences around the country just as they did in L.A. Says Pedrazzi, "We're big dreamers. These days I find it hard to sleep, because we're so fortunate. I don't need to go to sleep to dream. I just drink coffee all day." Myspace URL: http://www.myspace.com/saynomoreRecent Blogsno blogs posted yet |
