Sophia Ramos
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Swear on Your Life
Bio:
SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE was created in the spring of 2005 by MilitiA. (from
FUSE, MTV2, VH1 and DEE SNIDER’s VAN HELSING’S CURSE.)
Often described as “Riot grrrl meets Rage Against the Machine,” SOYL is
exhilarating, empowering, triumphant, daring and mean with a vengeance-
while putting a bullet into every cliché associated with female-fronted
hard rock / heavy metal.
Heavily influenced by Nine Inch Nails, Skunk Anansie, Primus, Faith No
More, PJ Harvey, Korn and L7; this NYC-based band has mastered the art of
welding punishingly heavy grooves and blistering guitar noise with soaring
melodies and mile-wide hooks. Add a dash of biting existentially thematic
lyrics and SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE creates a unique brand of rock so hard it
leaves bruises.
Their first E.P., “BURN MY CROSSES”, was BANNED at two colleges (and
counting…) within the first week of the album’s release and deemed
“offensive.” However, the record also received very positive attention via
the hard rock and college radio circuit- charting as high as #3 at some
schools.
SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE has recently shared the stage with Twisted Sister [Bent
Brother], Made Out of Babies, Bella Morte and Voltaire. The band has
appeared on TALKING METAL (www.talkingmetal.com), headlined BLACK ROCK COALITION events (BRC Director, Earl Douglas named SOYL’s album as one of the Top 10 Best of 2008), “TAKE BACK NEW YORK” benefits and THE GITS MOVIE
NYC Premiere Party – where original riot grrrl KATHLEEN HANNA (Bikini
Kill, Le Tigre) described MilitiA’s voice as “some of the best live vocals
(she’s) ever heard.”
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Swear on Your Life