Snakedoctors are four friends who started the band in Gdansk, Poland in May of 2020. Since then they released twenty four singles (including a Christmas special and a song in Czech under name Jiri Blaha & Framuga Boys) and four albums: „Obligation”, „Joy Free Bowl”, „Mellow Joy” and “Four and a half”. With a new one - "Waiting" coming in May of 2023. Their biggest hit single so far - „Close That Door” has been a number one for over 30 weeks in Poland at Radio Olsztyn Top 40 and also at Radio Ostrowiec Top 20. That success was followed by “Too Many” and "Destroyed" feat. Nik Hughes from Bush at no. 1 at Radio Olszyn Top 40 and Radio Ostrowiec Top 20 and “Crime Story”  at no. 2 at the same chart. Another one - „Got Him Another Girl” reached number one at radio airplay chart for Central America. All singles charted at Poland iTunes Rock Top 100 (many of them reached number one), one of the indie radio charts in the UK (including four number ones - „A Song”, „Tinder Girl”, “Crime Story” and "Wuss") and other radio charts in the US, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. Their albums charted at Empik Top 100 muisc album sells chart and UK Albums top chart by one of UK based radio stations.

Snakedoctors songs get the airplay in many countries worldwide and on 4 continents. The same applies to reviews that their albums and singles receive.

Their fourth double album „Four and a half” was out in May of 2022. The album was officially supported by two radio stations in Poland - Radio Olsztyn and Radio Tczew. The songs on both cds are very diverse. On the first one there are songs influenced heavily by new wave, dark wave, post-punk and shoegaze. And the second one is definitely on the grunge side. As before the band managed to get to co-operate with many well known producers. That includes not only the regulars from Abbey Road Studios (Chris Bolster) and Metropolis Studios (Andy “Hippy” Baldwin”) but also - Joe Gibb who is well known for his work with Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Kinks, Jane’s Addiction, Stone Roses and The Mission and Kevin Paul who worked with Depeche Mode and the Kinks and also with Yazoo, Erasure and David Bowie. Another producer is Matt Gerhard working closely among many with the band Spoon. Also the vocalist and guitarist’s friend - Corey Alley (Hobbit Hole Records) appeared on the album.

There are also three remixes of album songs - two of them were made in Vancouver, Canada and another one was done by Wojciech the band member, the one who used to play in bands in the US during his college years. Two songs form first two Snakedoctors albums were mixed and mastered by Thomas Queyja from The Lip Studio in LA - Wojciech's friend from old US times when Thomas produced songs for The Implants formerly known as the Shriners album.

We will also have a few female vocalists appear in songs, including Christine Corless and talented Ukrainian vocalist Victory Vizhanska.

There are also three remixes of album songs - two of them were made in Vancouver, Canada and another one was done by Wojciech the band member, the one who used to play in bands in the US during his college years. The singles are promoted by videos made among many in Ukraine, Indonesia, Serbia and Germany.

Snakedoctors are:

Wojciech Wypych (vocals in most songs, guitar and also keyboards in some songs and drums in a very few songs)

Jaroslaw Szybowski (bass)

Jacek Karnat (keyboard and also vocal in “Dziwny Kraj”, “Bal Maskowy”, “Wódeczka” and “Semplice Una Canzone”)

Robert Porazka (Drums).

Most Snakedoctors songs were written and composed by Wojciech Wypych except for lyrics for “Dziwny Kraj”, “Bal Maskowy”, “Wódeczka” and “Semplice Una Canzone” - by Jacek Karnat, "Dreaming" - lyrics by Jaroslaw Szybowski, "Idą Święta" - lyrics by Wojcech Wypych and Jaroslaw Szybowski and "Czarna Dama" lyrics by Wojciech Wypych, music by Wojciech Wypych and Jaroslaw Szybowski).

As they say - they play music because it’s fun. It’s an indie band releasing their music on indie label Case Studio. Band’s albums are distributed by MyMusic.

More about the band at http://snakedoctors.com/, https://www.instagram.com/snakedoctors_official/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy-Pk-3rpgmBVePBOTgFiOQ, https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vyum9X5jhjw9xc5RpUuw6 and https://www.instagram.com/snakedoctors_official/.

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Snakedoctors to gdański zespół założony przez czterech przyjaciół w maju 2020 roku. Od tego czasu wydali dwadzieścia cztery single (w tym piosenkę świąteczną „Idą Święta” oraz na prima aprilis 2021 singla w języku czeskim jako Jiri Blaha & Framuga Boys - grany w jednej z praskich stacji radiowych w Czechach) oraz cztery albumy: „Obligation”, „Joy Free Bowl”, „Mellow Joy” i „Four and a half”. Najnowszy "Waiting" wychodzi w maju 2023 roku.

Ich największy przebój „Close That Door” przez ponad 30 tygodni był na pierwszym miejscu listy przebojów Raga Top Radia Olsztyn a także znalazł się na szczycie Playlisty Listy Przebojów Radia Ostrowiec. Sukces ten powtórzył na obu listach singiel „Too Many” oraz "Destroyed" z udziałem Nika Hughesa z zespoły Bush a „Crime Story” dotarł do drugiego miejsca listy w Ostrowcu. Inny singiel - „Got Him Another Girl” znalazł się na z kolei na szczycie listy przebojów Top 50 bazującej na air play w krajach Ameryki Centralnej. Wszystkie single znalazły się na listach iTunes Rock Top 100 (w tym wiele na pierwszym miejscu) oraz na jednej z list radiowych przebojów indie w UK (w tym cztery - „A Song”, „Tinder Girl”, „Crime Story” i „Wuss” na miejscu pierwszym) oraz na radiowych listach przebojów w Stanach, Kolumbii, Ekwadorze i Peru oraz listach przebojów Spotify w Stanach („Friday Night”) oraz You Tube w Japanii („Snake Doctor”). Ich płyty znalazły się również na listach Sprzedaży Empik Top 100 oraz na liście UK album jednej z brytyjskich stacji radiowych.

Ich piosenki grane są przez stacje radiowe w Polsce i kilkudziesięciu krajach świata - na czterech kontynentach (w tym w Stanach, UK, Australii i Rosji). Kilkukrotnie ze statusem płyty miesiąca (Polska) oraz zespołu i singli (UK) tygodnia. Recenzje ich płyt i utworów oraz płyt ukazały się m.in. w Polsce (m.in. Teraz Rock, ArtMundus, Muzykoholicy i Heavy Metal Pages) oraz w Wielkiej Brytanii, Stanach, Niemczech, Holandii, Portugalii, Brazylii, Francji, Włoszech, Kanadzie, Serbii, Egipcie i wielu innych krajach.

Ich kolejny, czwarty już dwupłytowy album „Four and a half” ukazał się w maju 2022 roku. Płyta wydana została pod patronatem Polskiego Radia Olsztyn i Radia Tczew. Znalazły się na nim utwory o szerokim spektrum gatunków. Na pierwszym krążku znajdą się utwory będące kontynuacją dotychczasowych wydawnictw zespołu - stylowo zbliżone do new wave, dark wave, post-punk i shoegaze. A na drugim - niejako powrót do źródeł - bliżej grunge. Zespołowi udało się - jak poprzednio - namówić do współpracy liczne grono znanych producentów. Oprócz dotychczasowego zespołu z Abbey Road Studios (Chris Bolster) i Metropolis Studios (Andy „Hippy” Baldwin) na najnowszej płycie znajdą się również piosenki zmiksowane przez Joe Gibb’a, który znany jest ze współpracy między innymi z Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Kinks, Jane’s Addiction, Stone Roses i The Mission oraz zmasterowane przez Kevina Paul’a, który również współpracował z Depeche Mode i the Kinks a także z Yazoo, Erasure i Davidem Bowie. Kolejną znaną postacią, która wzięła udział w produkcji jednego z utworów jest Matt Gerhard współpracujący na co dzień m.in. z zespołem Spoon. I to nie wszyscy.

W nagraniu kilku piosenek wzięły udział również m.in. wokalistki z Ukrainy, w tym utalentowana Victoria Vizhanska i ze Stanów Zjednoczonych (m.in. Christine Corless) a dwa z trzech remiksów zamieszczonych na płycie zrealizowane zostały w studiu w Vancouver w Kanadzie. Teledyski do ich singli promujących najnowsza płytę nakręcone zostały m.in. w Indonezji, Ukrainie, Serbii, Niemczech i oczywiście w Polsce.

Jeden z muzyków grał wcześniej w czasach studenckich w zespołach w Stanach. Na pierwszej i drugiej płycie znalazły się utwory zrealizowane przez przyjaciela Wojciecha z tamtych czasów - Thomasa Queyja z The Lip Studio w LA („Life’s No Prison” i „Convince me”). Thomas zrealizował dużą część nagrań z albumu ówczesnego zespołu Wojciecha („The Implants” dawniej znanego jak „The Shriners”) nagranej w Stanach.

Snakedoctors to:

Wojciech Wypych (wokal w zdecydowanej większości utworów, gitara a także klawisze w części piosenek a także perkusja w dosłownie kilku piosenkach)

Jaroslaw Szybowski (bas)

Jacek Karnat (klawisze oraz wokal w “Dziwny Kraj”, “Bal Maskowy”, “Wódeczka” i “Semplice Una Canzone”)

Robert Porazka (perkusja).

Muzyka i słowa większości piosenek - Wojciech Wypych (poza słowami do “Dziwny Kraj”, “Bal Maskowy”, “Wódeczka” i “Semplice Una Canzone” - Jacek Karnat, „Dreaming” - Jarosław Szybowski, „Idą Święta” słowa napisane wspólnie z Jarosławem Szybowskim i "Czarna Dama" z kolei muzyka napisana wspólnie z Jarosławem Szybowskim).

Jak sami mówią - grają, ponieważ sprawia im to przyjemność.

Więcej informacji - http://snakedoctors.com/, https://www.instagram.com/snakedoctors_official/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy-Pk-3rpgmBVePBOTgFiOQ, https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vyum9X5jhjw9xc5RpUuw6 oraz na stronie ich wydawcy Case Studio https://case-studio.pl/ . Płyty zespołu są w dystrybucji MyMusic.

Punk Head - 21.04.2023

This time a review on our new single and the interview with the band in Punk Head music magazine. Thank you Punk Head! The interview and full review are at the link below and the interview also further below.

https://thepunkhead.com/artist-spotlight/Snakedoctors-Brighter-Nik-Hughes

Tym razem recenzja naszego nowego singla i wywiad z zespołem w magazynie muzycznym Punk Head. Dziękujemy Punk Head! Wywiad i pełna recenzja znajdują się w linku powyżej a wywiad również niżej.

The interview:

Punk Head: I love the duality in "Brighter" and the creativity of it. Can you tell us a little bit more? What inspired you to write the song?

Snakedoctors: We all go thru some bad and some fine moments. The song reflects some actual stories but might be probably applied to things that happened to anyone’s life. We all hope that after dark days those bright might arrive. As simple as that. The lyrics have actually also a deeper second meaning is hidden in its final part…

PH: What was your favorite moment in making the music video?

Snakedoctors: We usually have a lot of fun making them. Imagine four friends who like to spend time together and have to do something serious… That’s actually probably the most serious production so far. The fun part was that… the onset restroom was out of service on that day. So we did all the filming quickly.

PH: What is your creative vision as a band?

Snakedoctors: So far it had been fun mostly. But with Waiting album arriving we believe we are actually making pretty good music with some quality in it. And that’s the plan - more music and better music.

PH: What is coming up next for you?

Snakedoctors: The new album is coming out in May. More promo videos, singles and shows. We actually already nearly finished songs for next year's album - so we want to close that one too. And then more songs, shows…

PH: What is the one thing that you’d like your fans to know about you?

Snakedoctors: That playing music is fun. And if you want to have a band - get yourself one. With friends. It’s a great way to spend time. And once you have it - send your music everywhere. Out of 100 mailouts 10 will respond and at least one will play it. As simple as that. That’s the math part of art:)

Wczoraj ponad godzinna rozmowa w Radiu Tczew a w brytyjskim blogu muzycznym "Lost in the manor" wywiad z nami. Całość wraz z informacja o Brighter, można znaleźć pod poniższym linkiem i niżej:
https://www.lostinthemanor.co.uk/.../musosoup/snakedoctors
Dziękujemy Lost in the manor!
Last night we had a nice over one hour chat on Radio Tczew an on the same day an interview in UK based "Lost in the manor" was out. The info on "Brighter" and the interview are at the link above and below.
We appreciate "Lost in the manor"!

Hey Snakedoctors, super nice to have the chance to chat with you. This is the third time I'm interviewing you. How would you summarize the last several months?

A lot of recording done. Having a new album out in May. Already working on the next one. Many collabs with new guest artists featured and with those we worked with previously.

What’s your strongest memory of your childhood?

Music my father listened to - mainly the Rolling Stones, the Animals and the Beatles.

Your latest release is 'Brighter (feat. Nik Hughes)'. Can you share with us the background of its creation and did any unusual things happen during its creation?

In October we had nearly 20 songs to pick from for a new album. Then we recorder “Waiting” and all changed. We put all those songs away and included only that one and songs recorder after. “Brighter” was the second one. It all took time from October of 2022 to March of 2023. We managed to involve Nik Huges again. And Stephen Marcussen who mastered “Brighter” and most of the new album.

Can you write something about the creation of the music video? Are there interesting anecdotes?

All of the filming too no more than 1.5-2 hours. As always spontaneous with script and shooting itself. Our lead actress filmed her part in a separate location. At ours we had a lot of fun doing the video.

How do you stay up-to-date with the latest musical trends?

Probably we don’t. We listen to a lot of music - including new stuff but still keep that old traditional grunge and new wave routine.

What do you feel is the best song that you have ever released and why?

The best one is probably on the new album to arrive. So far the best one was “Close that Door” which did very good for an indie band.

Why do you want to record and release your own music?

We love it. It’s fun to create music. Like the best hobby you can possibly have.

Please discuss how you interact with and respond to fans.

When we play shows it’s a direct contact. We maintain our social accounts and the website. Our main message to our fans it - listen to what you like, try also our music and do what makes you happy (as long as it doesn’t make others unhappy)

Do you think it's easy to become established in the music world, or is it difficult?

Difficult. Hard work. And it seems all place are already taken and managed by the few… But trying is the way…

What can I wish you regarding your career and private life?

Private one - happiness as it may be sometimes rare to find. And peace for all of us. Career - musically so we can continue that great journey. Else - just have enough to make the living.

Thank you for a chance for this conversation and all the best for you and the readers.

30.03.2023