Alex Sniderman

Blending a singer/songwriter's knack for clever songcraft with a rocker's love of crunchy guitar and a power pop-ster's jones for a killer hook, Alex Sniderman is an artist who obviously believes that strong, straightforward rock & roll doesn't have to be stupid, ponderous, or impossible to hum along with. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sniderman relocated with his family to Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a child. In the early 1990s, after developing an interest in music and picking up the guitar, Sniderman formed a band called the Tone Deaf White Boys, and when he discovered former <a href="spotify:artist:4WquJweZPIK9qcfVFhTKvf">MC5</a> guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:0JGfqnC4eGPGcRh7WL3DQg">Wayne Kramer</a> was living in Nashville (not far from Murfreesboro), Sniderman boldly asked <a href="spotify:artist:0JGfqnC4eGPGcRh7WL3DQg">Kramer</a> if he'd like to join the band. <a href="spotify:artist:0JGfqnC4eGPGcRh7WL3DQg">Kramer</a> declined, but after seeing the band he liked them enough to produce a record for them. In time, the record became an Alex Sniderman solo project, and after relocating to Brooklyn, New York, Sniderman released the self-titled album on his own <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Psych-O-Sonic%22">Psych-O-Sonic</a> label in 2000. After plenty of gigging in New York, Sniderman's album was reissued in 2002 by the Philadelphia-based independent label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Real-O-Mind%22">Real-O-Mind</a>, with four new tracks featuring <a href="spotify:artist:3PjnYCTkMUB2jyNSr8eLVf">Kevin Salem</a>, Billy Ficca, and Scott Yoder. Sniderman began worki on songs for his next album, which <a href="spotify:artist:0JGfqnC4eGPGcRh7WL3DQg">Wayne Kramer</a> was also slated to produce. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi