ION INDIE MAGAZINE January 2016, Volume 20 | Page 35

The very first thing you will notice about the band,
SYGNAL TO NOISE, is the stage presence from lead
singer COOPA. Draped in his formal wear and
matching contacts, he will draw you right in and
captivate you with his lyrics. Their new EP “Under
Construction” will smack you upside the head with
“Punch the Clown”’; and put you in a melodic trance
with their Ballad “Three Words”. This band hits the
scene hard and is ripe for their next step. Oh, and
they now have a Viking. Check them out…
Dagda: Where did you get the name “Sygnal to
Noise”?
Coopa: I was looking through some fonts on my
computer. I was doing a gig poster for somebody else
and was going down my fonts. As I was typing it in, I
thought it was pretty cool. It was spelled “Signal to
Noise”, so I tweaked it and kept it in my head. When
we were called “Dirt Nap”, we never really played out
because we were in the music-writing phase, and
eventually ended up nothing. I decided to revamp the
band, got rid of the drummer and brought in my son
AUSTIN and used the name “Sygnal to Noise”.
Dagda: Who writes your lyrics and music?
Coopa: I write the lyrics, and it is sometimes collaborative with the music. Sometimes I will have the song
all written and I will bring it to the guys. Most of the time we will sit in a room and start with a riff and jam
off of that, then someone will say, “We need a bridge.”…so on and so forth. That’s how we like to write, in
the room. It’s organic and everyone has their own piece. The problem I have when I write alone, is that I
have no other input and I get too attached to the work.
Austin: Everything is spontaneously collaborative….
Dagda: Talk to me about your outfit. It looks like you are
wearing a white suit covered in blood splatter.
Coopa: I like to have fun with fashion and I think you
should. I like to have fun and what better way to express
yourself when you are on stage playing Rock and Roll. I
feel like fashion and presence is lacking a lot in bands.
When the 90’s kicked in, much of the spectacle went
away. The music I loved, but unfortunately when your
credibility about being important and deep became
forefront, we lost some of the fun. I am bringing that fun
back.
Dagda: Where does the name Coopa come from?
Coopa: Basically when you live and speak in New England, people will get rid of the “R”. My last name is
Cooper, but everyone calls me “Coopa(h)”. No one calls me by my actual name.