The vinegar tears was created in 2002, in Stockholm ,
Sweden when Jakob Mattson (bishop) and Daniel
Samuelsson (d.) decided to merge their ideas of what
good music consists of together into a band. Besides
being class mates in high school, before launching
their project d. had a long career in different bands,
mostly in the field of rock/hard rock, while bishop
had been involved in indie and electronic style of
music. In the band Bishop is handling the keyboards
and synth stuff, as well as most of the programming,
while d. is playing guitar, bass and performing the
lead vocals. Since both d. and bishop are occupied in
other projects the vinegar tears’ working process is
somewhat erratic. This means that the songs always
comes to life in a different way, i.e. through a
guitar riff, a programmed drumloop, three chords with
a melody, jamming with two guitars etc. The way the
ideas thereafter develop into full songs is a complex
process of bouncing ideas (more or less extreme)
between the band members to build the song block by
block. The philosophy is to blend different styles of
music into a sound landscape that is complex and
timeless, where a good melody is a central
component...

Peter Gabriel, Korn, Sting, DM, Deftones, Skinny Puppy, Filter, NIN

Stockholm

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