ION INDIE MAGAZINE November 2014, Volume 6 | Page 74

Spiders & Snakes
“YEAR OF THE SNAKE”
By Kiki Plesha
On October 28, SENSEI RECORDS will release the ninth studio album from underground Hollywood Glam
Metal rockers SPIDERS & SNAKES, YEAR OF THE SNAKE, as part of the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut.
On the 11-track YEAR OF THE SNAKE, band founders Lizzie Grey (guitars/vocals) and Tim Yasui
(drums/keys/vocals) are joined by Phil St. Vincent on bass/vocals and former SWEET SAVAGE and KOTTACK
lead guitarist/vocalist Chris Sheridan.
The album shows off the
lineup’s all-over depth as
each band member shares
their lead vocal chops as
well as songwriting duties,
differentiating this album
from previous releases
sung mainly by front man
Lizzie Grey. YEAR OF THE
SNAKE includes 10 new
original tracks, plus a
gloriously campy remake of
the 1978 Angel hit, “I Ain’t
Gonna Eat Out My Heart
Anymore”, which features
members of other 80s L.A. Metal legends STEELER and BITCH. Additional guest appearances by Angelo
Moore (FISHBONE), Billy Sherwood (YES), Ryo Okumoto (ASIA) and Dave Soble (THE FREEWHEELERS), “Put
the album above and beyond even our own expectations,” says Grey, who was recently put back in the
spotlight after the re-release of the Penelope Spheeris classic film “Decline of Western Civilization: The
Metal Years”, as the leader of the infamous Hollywood band LONDON.
The album was mixed by Anthony Focx (Steven Tyler, Vince Neil, NIGHT RANGER) in Nashville and mastered
by Maor Appelbaum (Rob Halford, SEPULTURA, DOKKEN, YES) in Los Angeles. A 25th Anniversary and