SNOT RISES FROM THE GRAVE: JOHN TUMOR ON RESURRECTION, NEW BLOOD, AND BRINGING THE CHAOS DOWN UNDER.

SNOT RISES FROM THE GRAVE: JOHN TUMOR ON RESURRECTION, NEW BLOOD, AND BRINGING THE CHAOS DOWN UNDER

The nu-metal legends return with mystery vocalist Andy Knapp for Australian demolition with Soulfly and Nailbomb.

Twenty-seven years after Lynn Strait's death should have buried them, SNOT are back from the dead and angrier than ever. The Santa Barbara savages who gave us Get Some—that unholy 1997 masterpiece of groove, rage, and absolute fucking chaos—have clawed their way out of retirement with a new throat, new music, and a killer Australian tour package that reads like a fever dream from 1998.

This January, guitarist John Tumor and the boys are bringing their refurbished assault weapon to Sydney's Enmore Theatre and Melbourne's Forum Theatre alongside Max Cavalera's Soulfly and the newly-reformed Nailbomb, plus a scorching appearance at Adelaide's Froth and Fury Festival. It's a triple threat of artists who rewrote heavy music's rulebook when labels were still trying to figure out what the fuck nu-metal even was.

After a decade in the ground and a handful of reunion shows in California that proved they've still got teeth, SNOT are entering their most ambitious chapter yet: new vocalist Andy Knapp (a complete unknown who they kept hidden until showtime), fresh material after 25 years of silence, and a determination to prove that Get Some wasn't a fluke—it was a fucking prophecy.

We caught up with Tumor to talk about replacing the irreplaceable, why they chose mystery over celebrity for their new frontman, how SNOT's sound has aged like a fine whiskey while other bands from their era aged like milk, and what Australian crowds can expect when these reunited heavyweights hit the stage. Plus, we dug into his punk roots with Amen and why, in an era of algorithm-fed bullshit, raw aggression still matters.

Strap in. This one's gonna hurt.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: 

https://youtu.be/CvTG4eoHoIk

TOUR DATES

SOULFLY, NAILBOMB & SNOT - AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2026

Monday, January 26 – The Tivoli, Brisbane

Tuesday, January 27 – The Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Friday, January 30 – The Forum, Melbourne

Friday, January 31 – Froth & Fury Festival, Adelaide Showgrounds

Tickets available via ThePhoenix.au

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