Longevity in a band is somewhat of an anomaly. So when a band finds itself in its 25th year of being a band, it’s cause for celebration. Guitarist Murf and vocalist Chris Matthews met over 30 years ago and established a strong musical connection within their friendship, and in 1993 both men created the Novato-based hard rock band Flanelhed. “I had no idea the longevity of this,” says Matthews, “At that time, I wasn’t really thinking about where we were heading. I just thought ‘this looks fun, I’m gonna do this.’ ”
 
The Flanelhed history in a nutshell: the band gigged, put out many albums and changed various members throughout the years, but they persevered with a lot of hard work, a continued refining of their sound, and a fine-tuning of their chops. Along with drummer Evan Frank, who returned to the band in 2008 after originally joining in 1998, and with the recent addition of bassist Jeff Cox, Flanelhed has a solid lineup that still creates the explosive sound they have become renowned for. Says Murf, “When Chris and I started writing songs together, the creative momentum started to flow and the music scene was really happening. I was motivated to keep going.” 

øoI grew up in the era where MTV actually played music videos, yes, its’ true! My generation was at the forefront of experiencing music in a whole new format, visually as well as auditorily. For the first time, songs were interpreted for us via the video story lines and we became familiar with the faces of the musicians that created the music. It was a wondrous time that created a new world of bringing music to your eyes that continues to this very day.
 
With the current fluctuations of today’s music business, it’s an open playing field for anyone with talent, but that playing field is FILLED will competition, so bands and musicians need to stay on top of their game, often doing things on their own yet in their own way. SF indie-rock band Milk For The Angry (guitarist/vocalist Dana Lindström, drummer Cole Bailey, bassist Kyle Stringer and guitarist Jackson Langford) is just such a band doing things their own way, and you can see the fire under their talented tushie begin to ignite as they reach for the stars.
 
Milk For The Angry’s premier video release just hit most formats of social media (Die MTV, DIE!) and they are killing it with that video of their newly released song, “Snake Eyes”. The men in Milk For The Angry are a rambunctious group in general, youthful and filled with energy for their psychedelic-punk music. “Snake Eyes” is a great peek into that energy as the band pounces and bounces their way through the song that speaks the story of bad things going wrong like a pit of snakes, if you will.