BC Hard Rockers SuckerTrap Bring an Epic 'Tell Me I'm Wrong': The Evolution of a Song's True Identity.
It's not an unpopular belief among song writers that we don't actually "write" songs. They come to us. We pick them up like human antennas, acting as mere conduits.
If that's so then our job is to deliver these received melodies in the purest and most unadulterated form possible. That is not what happened with the song titled "Nothing ever Came" we released on our EP titled "Scrolling for Godot" back in 2021. I wanted the song to be something it wasn't. I wanted to take a minimalist, lo-fi approach to really drive the message of the lyrics home. I wouldn't listen to advice and insisted. I convinced myself that the song turned out great.
But something kept nagging me about it. I put it out of my mind and got busy with other songs. But the nagging didn't stop. About half a year ago a friend of mine wanted to hear something a little softer from our catalogue so I put it on. I stopped it ten seconds in. Something was wrong. I called up my Co-producer Adam and told him we need to redo this song. He said ok. We started a bit but I changed my mind again and I decided to put the time and finances towards a new tune we were working on. But the nagging didn't stop. It kept torturing me.
Out of the blue another friend of mine David Ottoson from the band Stealing Eden contacted me and told me he'd love to mix something heavy for me. Naturally I decided to throw a balad at him. He reluctantly took it on and we started discovering together what the song always wanted to be. We replaced the steel string guitar with a piano (Jim McLaren) accented by a Spanish nylon guitar and synth. We revamped the entire rhythm section and added hot leads and were ecstatic by the results, except now the vocals didn't quite sit well with the new completely different vibe. So we ended up re-doing the vocals as well. The song is now what it always wanted to be. It kept telling me I got it wrong. So the new title, as Sam of SODEH records pointed out was sitting there all along as the main hook , is "Tell Me I'm Wrong". Hope you like it! - SUCKERTRAP
Biography
A dark celebration of heavy Rock and Roll music. It will sink its teeth into you and won't let go! The latest project by Pinto Stiletto, formerly of Crystal Pistol, Bonitos, Wett Stilettos and Randy Rampage band featuring Mr. Smyth on vocals. A mix of various influences from Iggy to Bauhaus, Sex Pistols to Sisters of Mercy Black Sabbath to Killing Joke and Judas Priest. A dark celebration of heavy Rock and Roll music.
Suckertrap was initially a studio project. After gaining interests from a few labels in Canada and U.S, who were hoping to see an actual live band, we decided to put a band together. We were still in the process of rehearsals for our first show when we signed a deal with SODEH Records out of Montreal (www.sodeh.ca). SODEH has taken on our back catalogue and are working hard. But the real work will happen with our new album. With a proper promotion campaign and videos we are planning on great success for this band.
"With a mixture of Gothic Metal, Industrial Rock and Alternative Song, a sound is created that the title itself describes, thus giving the perfect air for the presentation of an intriguing and mesmerizing letter from beginning to end." - Roadie-music
"Rock icons don’t always have to be subtle or get dressed from the fanciest stores in town. In fact, so many of the rockstars many of us still prize today were able to make it on sheer attitude alone." - Alt 77