Snake River Conspiracy
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Snake River Conspiracy (SRC) is an American industrial rock band. It was formed in 1996 in the San Francisco Bay Area by producers Eric Valentine and Jason Slater. The band's vocalist, Tobey Torres, was recruited in 1998.[1]
History
Snake River Conspiracy was founded in 1996[2][3] as a project of producer Eric Valentine and Jason Slater, a former member of Third Eye Blind. After forming, the band hired Tobey Torres to be the band's singer. The band was initially signed to Interscope Records in 1998 on the strength of a two-song demo, and shortly after signing to the label Valentine opted out of the band to focus on his music production career.[1][4] Problems at Interscope led to the band moving to Elektra Records and then Reprise Records.[1][5][4] The band's debut EP/single, "Vulcan", was released on October 5, 1999; it received rave reviews from critics, and was named "Single of the Week" by the British music magazine NME.[6]
SRC's debut album, Sonic Jihad, was released in the United States on July 11, 2000.[7] The band found moderate success in the United States with their cover of "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths, which reached a peak of number 15 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart[8] and number 38 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[9] "How Soon Is Now?" was reissued as a single in the UK by Morpheus Records in July 2001, where it subsequently reached number 83 on the UK Singles Chart.[10][11][12]
In an episode of the official SRC podcast from 2005 addressing the numerous lineup changes, Slater named Mitchell Doran as the "best guitarist and most solid band member" in SRC.[13]
Slater died of liver failure on December 9, 2020.[14][15]
In July 2022, Torres and Mitchell Doran launched a new Instagram account for Snake River Conspiracy, announcing that new music from the band will be released in 2023.[16]
In November 2022, Mitchell Doran alleged that Jason Slater had stolen several compositions that were written by other Snake River Conspiracy members during the SRC2 recording sessions, and reused them with other bands he produced.[17]
Band members
Current members[18]
- Tobey Torres-Doran – vocals (1998–2004, 2006, 2022–present)
- Mitchell J. Doran – guitarist, producer (2005–2006, 2022–present)
Former members[19]
- Jason Slater – producer, bass (1996–2006, 2012–2020), guitars (2004–2005)[20] (died 2020)
- Eric Valentine – producer, engineer (1996–1999)
- Martina Axén – vocals, drums (2004–2005)[20]
- Geoff Tyson – lead guitarist, production (1998–2002)[21]
- Rob Patterson – guitarist (touring only; 2000)
- Fab Fernandez Hewitt – guitarist (2002–2004)
- Eric Hendrikx – guitarist (2003–2004)
- China – guitarist (2004)[22]
- Leo Larsen – guitarist (2006)[23]
- Ivo Ivanov – keyboards (touring only; 2000–2001)[24]
- Scott Engelter – keyboards (2001–2002)
- Ashif Hakik – keyboards (2006) (died 2021)[25]
- Jay Lane – drums (2000)[1]
- Neil Taylor – drums (2000–2002, 2003–2004)[26]
- Bobby Hewitt – drums (2002–2003)[27][28]
- Matt Lucich – drums (2006)[23]
Timeline
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Discography
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- Sonic Jihad (2000)
References
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External links
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