Hometown: Los Angeles  

Can you explain how you chose the band name?

I was sappin on some giggle leaves in South Florida and needed a new artist name. Me and two friends ended up in a Taco Bell that had a TV — at least I think. But that TV played a Burger King commercial, directly followed by an Animal Shelter commercial. Yeah...deep, man...deep.

What was that defining moment when you knew you were meant to create music and how did you go about getting started?

I grew up playing music, as did Adam and Dave. We taught John to play bass (don’t tell anyone lol). The idea of playing music is great, but it stems more from our desire to share. We all create a lot. We want to share it and as time went on, it seemed that we might eventually gain a platform, which is an incredible tool. I mean, what if we can use this platform for something way better than everyone else? There are infinitely greatly things to focus on. Who gives a damn about a rock star? Psht. My main goal is to get enough money so we can fund Space Exploration.

How would you describe your music to people who had never heard it before? For someone who has never been to one of your shows, what can they expect to see at a performance?

Expect that same exact feeling you get when you are at a show and Tom Tom Club, A$AP Rocky, Hoobastank and Def Leppard all join the stage together and collectively cover Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up”. It’s pretty similar. 

Who are some of your musical influences? What aspects of their music drew you all to them and in what ways have they inspired you all?

They change pretty frequently, but Radiohead is always spinnin'. My biggest influences for the more recent content has been A$AP Rocky, Ab-Soul, Radiohead, Colour Revolt and The Flaming Lips. 

Taking into consideration your eclectic collection of influences, how did the band’s unique sound come about?

Well, we all play differently and we all have different influences. Instead of trying to get us all on the same sound and similar influences, we just decided to all do our own blizz for the songs. Dave shreds like a god — I don’t. His abilities combined with my dominating focus in melodic adventures and expansion has made for a unique tone. All of that lying over John’s intentional and patterned-based parts and Adam’s fat daddy, King Kong-slammin rhythm section — oh my glob. 

Would you mind elaborating on “Salad Rock,” this genre that you’ve coined for yourselves?

Well, as I slightly explained, we don’t have a collective influence and I’m not ever going to try and make us all aim for a musical influence. We make music the way we make music. We’re just lame humans, but we are intentional. This is our sound: INTENTIONAL and INCLUSIVE. The word salad has no significance. Some punk ass dude at Venice skatepark cussed Dave and Adam out and Adam’s response was “Geez, what a salad-noob." I mean, if that’s not symbolism, then sue me.

Tell us about your new single “Gholy Host” and your current musical endeavors.

"Gholy Host" is a reboot of one of our older songs. It’s the third track of our four-single extravaganza that we have been doing since the end of last year. We have one more single coming, then I’ll be hopping in the studio to record a longer EP which we are actually more proud of than anything we’ve written or played before. Keep them eyes peeled this Fall 2017.

What's the songwriting process like?

Typically, I (Taylor, Sleezy T, Saint Sleezy) will make some rough demos of the whole song and send it to the [other guys] and see what they think. If everyone’s into it, we’ll start practicing and fine-tuning, this is where everyone throws in their own biz n bingbongs. 

Tell us about one of the band’s favorite performances

I’d have to say probably some of our shows on tour with Sticky Fingers. Collectively, we would probably say [our shows at the] The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles and The Crocidile in Seattle. Both were filled to the walls with incredible human beings, human beings that we did not deserve to stand in front of for 45 minutes, I’ll tell ya that.

What’s in store for 2017?

We are going to try and hop on some sweetsalad tours and then get our new EP tracked. 

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