Moby Starts a Metal Band

Moby is a vegan. He owns a cute little restaurant and tea bar in NYC called Teany. His website is covered in drawings of the twee-est little sad-looking aliens you’ve ever seen. And now, he plays in a metal band.

The band, called Diamondsnake, teams Moby on lead guitar with with Dave Hill (Valley Lodge) on bass, Phil Costello (Satanicide, Valley Lodge) on vocals and Tomato (The Sound of Urchin) on drums. The band originated in a January conversation between Moby and Phil Costello back in January according to the band’s Myspace. “Combining such disparate influences as rock, hard rock, metal, and heavy metal, New York City’s Diamondsnake was borne out of a shared love for entering a small, dark, and musty room, plugging into a few amps, and playing as loud as possible for a seriously long time.”

So far, the band has recorded 15 songs that according to them, “address every topic and emotion worthy of honoring through song. Love, lust, good women, bad women, the power of rock, and predatory sea creatures.” You can hear many of the songs on Diamondsnake’s Myspace and Facebook pages. The band will play their first live show June 17 at New York’s Highline Ballroom, with shows in L.A. and other cities to “follow at the behest of the seers.”

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