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Biography
Snakeryder is a group of musicians who have been
veterans on the local New Jersey club scene for a number
of years. Formed in Jan, 2002, by Song Writer, Lead
Vocalist & Lead Guitarist, AJ FedZ. AJ had been
writing songs reminiscent of the 80’s long after the
80’s were gone. Building his own studio, brick by
brick, he recorded and demoed many songs by the year
2000. By this time, AJ’s personal catalogue of songs
were in the hundreds. AJ soon discovered the Melodic
Rock Scene! AJ being a determine individual, set forth
his goal to land a deal with one of the AOR labels.
Submitting demos to every quality label, AJ had offers
from 3 Record companys. After speaking to executives
from all 3 record companys, Metal Mayhem seemed to be
the best Choice! The label seemed like they catered more
towards the style of music AJ wrote and the staff at MMM
seemed to be very genuine.
It
was time to put together the band!
AJ
thought of the best possible candidates, made a few phone
calls and Snakeryder within one week was hatched from
their egg! The first call was made to long time friend and
X-band mate , Drummer Dino Castano. Dino has worked with
Vick Lecar and many New York Bands in his day. The second
call was made to Guitarist Karl K. Karltson. AJ had also
worked with Karl in prior bands. Karl In the 80’s had
played in a popular LA club band Called Tokyo Rose, then
relocated to Germany to play with a signed act. The third
call was made to another long time friend of AJ’s,
Bassist Joey Reno. In the 80’s Joey had played with
Grudge recording artist Metal Wolf, he also played with
Robert Hazard. Robert is the song writer: {girls just
wanna have fun} Recorded by Cyndi Lauper.
Now
that all the essential elements were in its proper place,
it was time to put the band in a room together and crank
it up!
Before
they even struck a note, there was strong personal
chemistry and admiration for one another. They then set
up, tuned up, and AJ said, what song do you guy’s want
to do first? Love It Bites seemed to be unanimous. From
the moment they kicked into the song, it was like magic.
The power & chemistry was incredible! At the end of
the rehearsal, there was a euphoria, that lasted for days.
It was time to pick the material for D.O.A. They had a
very hard time picking the songs themselves. Being to
close to the material, they let MMM pick all of the songs
for the Record. End of Story! They then began
pre-production in AJ’s studio. After submitting the
production tapes to the Record company, Ryan at MMM said
"you guys are ready to do this Record"!
They received an advance on royalties, and because of
their reputation, they chose to record the Record at a
local recording studio called Fair Bank Studios in
Blackwood NJ. The engineer had years of experience and a
long list of Bands under his belt. They were extremely
happy with the work he had done with other band's and
their music! There was no doubt in their minds, this was
the studio for Snakeryder! They entered the studio on Tue.
April 2, 2002. The recording and mixing was completed on
Wed. Dec 11 2002. Mastering was done in January 2003 and
scheduled for a March release. Due to the war and slow
economic times, they all felt the Snakeryder Record should
not be released until timing was right!
The
Snakeryder Record D.O.A. was released on December 20th
2003. "It was time, and the time was theirs"!
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