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Instead, writing songs is a cathartic and collaborative process for the band, inspired through many sources—from a bad day at work to falling down the stairs...
...States emerge from the humble origins of Leverett House’s basement. Warren and Mackenzie had been playing in the Black Yankees, a hip-hop band, when Warren got a hold of one of Snyder’s self-made recordings and sent him an invitation to jam. Emerging from several sessions that just consisted of playing around with Radiohead covers, the group, by then dubbed the States, began playing in the local circuit at Springfest and Loker Commons before moving on to play at the Sky Bar, the Middle East, T.T. the Bear’s, Kirkland Caf?...
While the name of the band may have had political and psychological intentions, Warren ruefully explained that after time, the name stuck and is no longer intended to be political or a reference to the country. Although Snyder professes strong political opinions, such beliefs are not found explicitly in their lyrics, and he denies any similarities to the partially Harvard-bred Rage Against the Machine...
...More than a political band, we’d rather be an honest band,” says Snyder, “and if that means saying something about politics, it means saying something about politics. And we will, if pressed...
Joking about the trials of starving artistry and making negative money on gigs (if you account for gas), the members of the band have more typical, though perhaps less exciting day jobs. Snyder works for D.E. Shaw and Company in Midtown in New York City and Warren works at the Public Defenders Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn. While Snyder said that Stroll works at a Starbucks, the drummer denied the fact, offering one of his seemingly typical outrageous and obviously false responses that he trains pandas to shoot eucalyptus plants which emit gamma radiation...