Artist description A hardcore/metal band from some hick town in Georgia.

Music Style metalcore (hardcore/metal/grindcore)

Musical Influences Snot, Propagandhi, Megadeth, Pantera, Adamantium, Will Haven

Similar Artists Snot

Artist History Josh Hurr (the guitarist of SNATCH) moved to Effingham county, Georgia when he was 11. He practiced playing guitar with his Brother Bobby, who played bass, and Wesely O'neal, who played the drums and joined his first band (Sugarush) when he was 13. Sugarush was a speed metal band (much like Megadeath and Slayer) that played around the Savannah area. This is how Josh met Tommy Canady who played bass for the first time filling in at a Sugarush gig and became the bands full time bassist. Josh eventually left Sugarush and played rythem for a funky Red Hot Chille Pepper like band called Raining Aliens until they finished their demo. He then met Derek Roberts and started a band him, Bobby and Wes. Influenced by the local Savannah metal scene and by bands like Megadeth and Korn, they played their own version of new wave mixed with old school metal under the name "HateH8" (pronounced HATE-"H"-EIGHT.) They played through '97 and into '98 reaching their peak with Derek when they played at the Cage in South Carolina on New Years Eve and in February before Derek moved away. Eric Munroe, who now sings for the band Pig = Donut out of Cochran, GA, replaced Derek as the new lead singer. That, however, was short lived and by spring '99 they were once again singerless, only this time with the addition of rhythm guitarist Bryan Carney. They continued practicing together, further developing their sound and even playing a party at Wesley's house without a singer. It was during this time period that the music for the song 740 was first written. Toward the end of August '99 Bryan met the current lead singer, Daryl Richards at Franklin's, the restaurant Bryan worked at in Statesboro, where the band now resided and still resides. Daryl brought with him influences from all varieties of music. Bands like Snot (punk influenced new wave metal), Vision of Disorder (hardcore/grindcore), Propagandhi (political pop punk), and even the Bloodhound Gang (trendy radio band with an excellent sense of humor). This combined with the development of the playing styles of Josh, Bobby and Wes and the additional guitar provided by Bryan created the band that would eventually develop into SNATCH. Combining Daryl's lyrics and style with the bands old and new material, they wrote a few songs and started playing out, this time under the name "Roadiside Memorial." The first show was played at the Ogeechee Fair Grounds in Statesboro after they had all been together just two weeks. On Halloween night they played a party that Wes could not attend. Tommy Canady filled his place and eventually took over the roll as drummer due to a lack of transportation on Wesley's part. Tommy's heavy fast drumming style (and his two twenty-four inch bass drums with the ugly wizards on the front) added a phenomenal amount to the band including the double bass sound it had lacked and so desperately needed. Sometime after Bryan decided his job at the Huddle House and his 15-year-old girlfriend were more important than the band, the name was changed for the last time to SNATCH. The four remaining members: Josh, Bobby, Tommy and Daryl are still playing in a style that a good friend of the band, Drew Bannister, described as: "A melodic grindcore band without the f***ed up lyrics." SNATCH, as a metaphore describes the sound of the band perfectly, as well as the attitude and style of the band members: It's only vulgar if you think that way and you want it to be… or maybe you just can't take a joke… bitch.

Group Members Josh - GuitarBobby - BassTommy - DrumsDaryl - Vocals

Instruments broken, stolen and borrowed equipment.

Albums The f***ing demo... bitch

Location Statesboro, Georgia - USA

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