Distorted Sound x SYNCR Music: Cyanide Sundae

After we announced that we have entered a partnership with SYNCR Music to highlight new and emerging talent, we are happy to present our first feature here on Distorted Sound. Enter CYANIDE SUNDAE. A unique hard rock band from the south coast of England, the band have been making waves in the local independent rock scene since 2016. 2017 saw the release of their debut EP Nothing To Lose, which features four thunderous fast paced songs demonstrating their full on approach to a sonic rock songwriting. January this year saw their debut album Blinded Generation released on Sliptrick Records, and they have had three of their tracks showcased on BBC Introducing as well as Kerrang! Radio. Now, we are happy to shine the spotlight on this promising talent, giving you the insight into who they are and what they hope to achieve with their brand of hard rock.

Can you give a brief background to the band? Who are you, where are you from, what do you play?

Paul Fielder (vocals/guitars): Hello! CYANIDE SUNDAE happened at the right time. My previous band has disbanded and I need fresh invigour to get my creative juices flowing again. I have been playing music for the best part of 15 years and one day my girlfriend (now wife) got fed up of me strumming a guitar and encouraged me to sing. I think the first song I tried to sing and play at the same time was Best of You (not the easiest!) and lo and behold a few years later I was playing the part of Dave Grohl in a FOO FIGHTERS tribute band!

André Andrews (bass & effects): I’ve been in quite a few bands, always originals. I formed this band as I wanted to form something that was bold and different and express how I play as a bass player with my unique style. A handful of our first songs are from riffs I’ve had bouncing around in my head since from the very early years of playing, over 20 years ago, but just never got the opportunity to be used. A good example of this would be the track The Rebound, which appears on our first EP Nothing to Lose and our album Blinded Generation.

The name of the band, CYANIDE SUNDAE, was ready to be used before I even had another member. It had to mean something. It is actually quite political, although some people find that hard to believe as I’m not really one for following much of the news. But CYANIDE SUNDAE is referring to all the media and government bullshit we’re made to believe. How bad things are sweetened up to sound good for our benefit and how we’re spoon fed the information. Also, conspiracy theories. A good example is how pharmaceutical companies makes billions a year by keeping people on a drug for life, that does more harm leading to later on need more drugs or rather than working on cures. Another example is the poisons in our foods, and how the government wants to slowly kill you rather than living long healthy lives and claiming pensions. This one is close to my heart for the name CYANIDE SUNDAE.

Top five musical influences?

André: There’s too many bands to list that have inspired me for CYANIDE SUNDAE. Sure we’re a hard rock band, but for me getting to this point has been a collaboration of my musical life journey. Sure I listen to modern heavy bands that I love and inspire me now for our sound like ALTER BRIDGE, KORN, and some older ones like RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (I never get bored of their sound as it still sounds great today), but I was inspired to play bass by listening to more pop bands in my early days like U2 and DURAN DURAN. But very quickly after starting to play I found myself more inspired by rock music and I knew that’s where my home was as a bass player, driving energetic thunderous basslines that make people wanna move.

Paul: Creativity for me. Whether it is a simple lyrical line or a whole song piece, that is what drives me to becoming better and better at what I do.

Biggest moment you have achieved so far?

André: We’ve been played on Kerrang! and BBC Introducing three times. Plus we’ve just done a live session on BBC Radio Kent, which was amazing fun. We headlined Mammothfest in Brighton in 2018. This year we are supporting some massive awesome bands like KILLIT and JOANOVARC. 2020 we are playing at The Haunt in Brighton, which is a dream for me to play there, amazing sound.

Immediate future plans (touring/record releases)?

Paul: We’re currently working on a new four track EP. The first single is due out in November. We’re planning a very detailed high budget video, which is not something you wanna miss. Tour planned for summer 2020 in the UK, some dates confirmed including festivals

André: I manage a music promotions company, Indya Music Promotions with my good friend Natalie INDYA West of the band INDYA. We have some great events booked for 2020 including working in association with Musicians Against Homelessness. We already have three events planned in Brighton for 2020 and our first one is this year in October. I want to make these events bigger and bigger with some huge bands to headline. The October one we have KILLIT from London playing.

Where do you see the band in five years?

André: Who knows. We are living the dream as best as we can. We don’t have crazy expectations, we are enjoying the journey. However, each year things seem to be getting better and better for us with opportunities I never thought would happen. As long as we’re playing some great venues, events, festivals.

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