"Destroyed" is a brand-new version of Snakedoctors' older song. The single features a guest drummer, Nik Hughes, a drummer for Bush. The mixing was done by Marshall Gallagher, a producer and leader of Teenage Wrist. Mastering was done at Howie Weinberg Mastering. Howie is a legend who made the most important music of all genres (mostly rock) in the last 30–40 years. The song is about how bad things can get in life at times. There's also a new video for the song, filmed in Serbia. "Destroyed" is the first single from a new album coming out in the first half of 2023 with more guest artists, producers, and good music.
By Kamil Bobin
Discovered via Musosoup
Kamil) Hey Snakedoctors, super nice to have the chance to chat with you. How has the time gone for you since our last interview?
Generally more fun, more new songs and recording.
What role does the artist have in society?
Educate and entertain. Within artists - keeping doing real cool things instead of getting into stupid things.
Your latest song is 'Destroyed'. Can you tell us more about the making of it and if there were any unusual things happening during the process?
The new version of the song we did with more attention than the original. And we asked Nik from Bush to join in. The song turned into a really cool project then. Then I thought there’s that band I love so much - this is when Marshall arrived with mixing. And since that songs for my US band in the past ended at Howie Weinberg studio already… I thought why not Snakedoctors. That’s how the mastering was done.
Can you write about the making of the music video? Where was it created? What was the accompanying mood?
Initially we wanted to do the band music playing video - think of 90’s grunge. But we couldn’t sync our schedules. Mainly due to that terrible flu going around. Here our good friend from Serbia came in. She nails exactly what we have on mind. So she did all the production based on rough screenplay draft. So, it’s her talents and hard work. Turned out great.
How was the cooperation with Nik Hughes? Can we expect more collaborative tracks?
Yes, we can but Robert is our drum player and it sure will stay that way. I remember watching Bush video with my old US bandmates. We loved it. Now it turned out Snakedoctors have that great chance to work with Nik… Life is awesome
Is the artistic life lonely? What do you do to counteract it?
Nope. We bandmates are all friends and we spend a lot of time together. Not only practices, studio work or gigs. We go out very often Actually all people around the band turn into friends, so nothing related to loneliness there.
What is your dream project?
Doing what Nik has done for some longer time now. Bush is touring with Jerry Cantrell and Bush. So that would be touring with AIC or a project with them.
Who is your favorite musician?
Alice in chains.
When were you generally fulfilled in your position as an artist?
Another good question… already right in the beginning in first bands in elementary school playing my first guitar and using sofa as a drum set. My then bandmate still owns the demo tape we had made back then;)
What can we expect from Snakedoctors in the near future?
More music. We believe good music.