Spiders & Snakes (band)
| Spiders & Snakes | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Glam rock, glam metal, hard rock |
| Years active | 1991–2001, 2003-present (as Ultra Pop 1988-1990) |
| Labels | Cleopatra, CPR, Sansei Records |
| Associated acts | London, Sister, Joshua, Forty Thieves, Sweet Savage, Roxy Roller |
| Website | spidersandsnakes |
| Members |
Lizzie Grey Tim Yasui Phil St. Vincent Chris Sheridan |
| Past members |
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Spiders & Snakes is a Los Angeles-based glam rock band fronted by ex-London co-founder Lizzie Grey and former London drummer Tim Yasui (aka Timothy Jay). The band draws heavily from British glam rock of the 1970s and performs regularly on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and throughout the Los Angeles club scene.
When Lizzie Grey left London in 1988, he made a conscious decision to return to his roots in 1970s British glam rock. Grey began a project under the name Ultra Pop to pursue this end, recording the first album, Ultra Pop (1988), largely as a solo effort.Kerrang! magazine critic Malcolm Dome gave the self-titled Ultra Pop album a 5-"K" review in 1988, after which Grey formed a band and began to tour under the "Ultra Pop" name with members Vince Votel, Chris "Cupcake" Taylor, and Ernie Machado. According to drummer Tim Yasui, "Ultra Pop borrowed their stage image from a combination of Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange film and the Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Grey hired ex-London drummer Tim Yasui (stage name Timothy Jay) in late 1990 to replace departing drummer Ernie Machado during the writing of a third album, and decided to change the name of the project to "Spiders & Snakes" to reflect the heavier sound that Yasui brought the band, as well as to quell confusion and fan dissatisfaction the name "Ultra Pop" was creating. The name "Spiders & Snakes" is taken from the song of the same name by country/western artist Jim Stafford.
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