Sneaky Toy Reinvigorates The Italian Punk Scene

The Birth Of A Punk Band
The story of Sneaky Toy begins in the Italian city of Trieste with two members of My Space Invaders, a historical local band. Guitarists and singers Andrea Zanolla and Simone Stocheli were ready to try something new and different. They wanted to focus on playing their instruments and letting a charismatic singer take over vocal duties. Although their time in My Space Invaders was a wonderful experience allowing them to “grow as musicians and introduced us to a wonderful world made of crazy nights, strong emotions and a lot of friends who shared the same passion for music. They are like our second family and we thank them a lot for all.” However, it was time to move on. Their goal was a simple one, to form a new kind of punk band with a powerful female voice. “Me and Andrea always envisioned a band with a female singer, mostly because of out musical taste. We really enjoyed female voiced pop and pop-punk bands such as Paramore or the early 2000 Avril Lavigne and I also really liked Courtney Love and Brody Dalle’ s voices… the ultimate crush came in 2017 when at Punk Rock Holiday in Tolmin I saw “Not On Tour” performing live. They are a band from Israel and the singer’s energy and naturalness really left me speechless. That was when I realized our band needed a female singer. We really think women have a lot to say and for a long time they have been victims of an unfair society and have been underestimated. This is the right historical moment for them to free their voices and be finally heard and kick everybody’s asses.”
The next question facing the young punkers was what to call themselves. After putting over forty names in a hat and coming up with choices like The Frijoles and Beer Stealers, it was Laura who came up with Sneaky Toy and it just seemed right. With influences from NOFX to The Offspring and The Misfits, coming up with song ideas was the next project to tackle. The band’s sound is fierce, kind of a pop-punk with hard-hitting guitars and lyrics that condemn societal injustices and bigotry but also show a light-hearted side that focuses on good times. Sneaky Toy would record six tracks at Track Terminal Studio for their debut EP Dino Sour, playing gigs as often as they could to support the release.
Sneaky Toy Is:
Laura Mandich-Vocals
Andrea Zanolla-Drums
Simone Stocheli-Guitar
Manuel Vascotto-Bass
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