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Somato Sensory

What are your names and what instruments do you play? Andrew: Vocals Brian: Drums Chris: Guitar How did you come up with your band name? Andrew: Somato Sensory comes from the word somatosensory cortex which is the part of the brain which controls your senses like touch, tastes, etc. I thought it was cool and unique and it made sense to use as our band name because we are a band who writes about human emotion.

Which venue in San Diego is your favorite and why?
Andrew: Epicentre is our favorite venue in which we've played but the venue we are looking forward most to play is SOMA because we've seen our favorite bands play there.

In the next 5 yrs where do you each see the band?
Andrew: Hopefully Fucking Huge!
Brian: A lot of things can happen in five years, so hopefully still playing music
Chris: HIV FREE!

Who are your favorite bands/biggest influences on the music you write?
Andrew: I don't really have a band that directly influences my writing but my favorite band is AFI.
Brian: i dont really take after anyone in the way I write my parts or play drums, but if I had to take after someone, I would give credit to some jazz/big band drummers like Buddy Rich or Gene Krupa
Chris: Pretty much any artist that has written good music, but as far as my favorite bands, I'd say Blink-182 and Underoath.

What CD’s are in your each of your cars right now?
Andrew: Blaqk Audio and Stevie Wonder
Brian: Immortal Technique, Army Of The Pharros
Chris: Taking Back Sunday, The Sounds, Tech N9ne

How do you describe your sound?
Andrew: Fun & a little crazy sometimes
Brian: I think each of our songs have a different sound...I'd say diverse.
Chris: Orgasmic!

How do you feel about the local San Diego music scene?
Andrew: I'd say a lot of the up and coming bands are coming straight out of San Diego.
Brian: theres so many different styles of music coming out of San Diego. In my opinion, as long as you are passionate about the music you play, you can get anywhere you want within the music scene.
Chris: San Diego is the home to a lot of great bands, and a lot of these bands I look up to and listen to all the time such as Peirce The Veil, Off By One, Underminded, Lower Definition, Misdelphia, Blink 182, As I Lay dying... there are just so many...

What is the biggest thing about the band that you want to improve?
Andrew: I wouldn't mind getting vocal coaching one day...
Brian: I think our song writing is strong, but I'd like to improve our live set.
Chris: I'd like to be able to hear Andrew whenever we played...

Any last words?
Andrew: thanks for your time...
Brian: stay tuned, big shit is going to happen!
Chris: We play at Chain Reaction on Jan. 13th with some really rad bands and its our first time out of San Diego so we are planning on big things that night! And thanks to www.sandiegopunk.com for making us band of the month!

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