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Silversyde
By Jenny Johnston
S
ilversyde was birthed from turmoil, chaos, and
despair. Our lyrics tell a story of release from
addiction to many harmful behaviors including drugs,
alcohol, and an incessant desire to find acceptance in
people and behaviors that sought to destroy us.
Our music, tells a story of a great emptiness inside
that we have a longing to fill. No longer shall we be
slaves to depression and addiction.
Our lyrics are real, our motives are pure and our
hearts are set on reconciliation with the source of all
purposeful, abundant Life.
Let’s introduce the band. Who are the members
and what instruments do they play?
Our band is called Silversyde and we are based
out of north west Ohio. We originated in upstate NY
(where I’m from) until we started nationally touring in
2013 and relocated for a more central touring route. The
band consists of 4 members- Myself, Laura, I’m the lead
singer and founder of the band. Nathan on the bass,
Nate on the drums and our newest member Zach on
guitar.
So how long have you guys been playing in this
band? And is this everyone’s first band they’ve
played with?
The band has been going since 2011 but
it’s not everyone’s first rodeo. We all come from
different musical backgrounds, bands and
tastes in genre, but all of our differences fade
away when writing for the band and performing. We are like a family and are the same on
and off stage and that brings consistency and
stability to our environments.
Who in the band came up with your
name? What, if any, reason did you guys
choose it? Does it have a meaning behind it or
does it stand for something?
I came up with the name “Silversyde” and
wanted it to have meaning. We hope that eventually it’ll
become self explanatory for our fans based off our positive message, but we really wanted it to portray finding
hope in the worst circumstances- the “silver lining” to
the storm you’re in.
So when did you guys start as a band. Has anyone
played in other bands together? Share with us a brief
history.
I’ve always been our front man, but members have
come and gone through the years. It’s always an evolution of members who
can/can’t tour, get married or have too much
responsibility at home to
be gone for so long. All
of our previous members
have played an instrumental part in bringing
Silversyde to where it is
today. Our current line
up is one we believe will
be around for the long
haul though. The chemistry we all have is amazing
and we are all like-minded and goal driven.
Is there one person
who writes all the songs
or do you guys write as a
band?
Our first album in
2011 ‘Circus Circus’ I
wrote and composed,
then handed off to our
producers who put their
magic on it. Our newest
EP ‘Casting Shadows’,
which is available March
1st, 2015, I wrote the
lyrics to but the music
was composed by Nathan our bass player and Billy our
former guitarist (save for the song “Memories of You”
which I composed). Billy recently resigned as our guitarist for love and has plans to marry my sister Ali who
(ironically enough) was our original guitarist. We wish
them the best!
Where do you guys usually gather songwriting
inspiration? What is you guy’s usual songwriting process?
All of our songs are written from personal experience. It’s typically a dark place our lyrics generate from
that includes pain, depression, thoughts of suicide, loss
or brokenness. The difference we feel our music offers is
that along with our deep subject matter comes the “silver lining” of hope through those dark times.
Our most recent project touches on the pain of losing a loved one. I just lost my mother who was also our
bands original manager in 2013 to a rare cancer that
took her life painfully within 8 months. The pain from
that loss haunts me and my family everyday and at one
point even made me question what I was doing in the
band. It wasn’t until recently did I realize that I’m not
alone in my pain and it gives us another platform to relate to our fans.
If someone wanted to hear your music where could
they listen to it? Do you have a sound cloud or ReverbNation account?
We love it when people ask us where they can support our music. If you are so inclined to support our
music then you can find us on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby and of course at one of our many concerts across the
country. If you want to take a listen then you can find us
on reverberation.com/silversyde or you can create your
very own Silversyde Station on Pandora.com or iHeartRadio.com.
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