SILENT SAINT
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In the February of 2007 Eric Battin met Myles Connor in a bar in Newark, New Jersey. They befriended each other after a while and went to hang out in Eric's apartment, where Eric showed Myles his large collection of Basses, his favorite being a 1951 Fender Precision Bass which was given to him by his father. The next day, they brought one of Eric's basses to Myles' house and jammed for a while with Myles' Tama Drum Kit. They eventually decided to form a band with Eric's old high school friend, Craig Pagolari on Guitar and Vocals, they named the band "Fear", and played a few gigs at the bar where Eric and Myles met, playing covers of Misfits songs. They went in search of a new vocalist after Craig thrashed his voice. They eventually chose Wes Haverland, who caught their attention with his Baritone vocal range. They changed their name to "Silence" and played a lot of gigs at bars and clubs around the city. There started to be personality clashes between Craig and Wes, eventually lead to a fist fight in 2008 which Eric and Myles had to break up. Wes finally decided he couldn't be in a band with Craig. So they set out for a new vocalist, After the audition was over, they chose Zack Navarette. Zack was felt that the band name needed a small tweak, eventually changing it to "Silent Saint". The band continued playing covers of various punk and grunge bands until early 2009. One day, Craig overheard Zack playing a song he wrote himself on guitar. After hearing Zack, Craig wanted him to be the second guitarist in the band, and sharing the lead/rhythm duties with each other. The other members of the band accepted and they started improving the song and named it "Wonderful You", with the lyrics being about a man and sarcastically saying how great a person he is. They started to write more songs and released a demo of four songs which they recorded in Craig's Garage. They named the demo "Rise" and the track list is as follows:
1. God Bless America
- The lyrics are about the American soldiers and how they risk their lives for this country and get little to nothing in return. The main riff is loosely based on the main riff in "Land of the Free?" by Pennywise.
2. Selling Happiness
- None of the band members really know what it is about because all they did was throw together lines from others songs they were working on but couldn't finish. Although, they it wasn't written with a meaning, the lyrics sound like they're about a drug dealer.
3. Dirty Truth
- The first song they ever wrote where Zack wasn't the only lyricist. The lyrics are mostly based on liars and cheaters, but have some references to sex.
4. Wonderful You
- The lyrics are about a man and sarcastically saying how great a person he is. This is the first song that the band has ever written and is one of the band's favorite songs to play.
In June 2009, they were approached by a small record company looking for unsigned amateur bands. They were signed and they began to write material for their first studio album. In November 2009, they were finally finished writing and recording, when they released the album and named it "Empty Promise", the track list is as follows:
1. Screaming Diamonds
(Navarette/Pagolari)
- The lyrics are about a rich man with no friends.
2. Broken Faith
(Navarette/Battin)
- Lyrics deal with Eric's issues with religion
3. Stop On My Mind
(Navarette/Connor)
- The lyrics are based on the time Zack saw a homless man's head get run over by a car.
4. Eternal Riot
(Connor/Battin)
- The lyrics are about war and how it never ends. This is one of the only two songs the band has released so far where Zack wasn't credited on the lyrics.
5. Wonderful You
(Navarette/Battin)
- The only song on the "Rise" demo which made it onto the album. They were only allowed to use this song because according to the record company, using the same songs on the album would only be re-selling the demo with a different name and cover.
6. Sucking On Bliss
(Pagolari/Connor)
- The only other song they have released so far to not have Zack credited on lyrics. The lyrics seem to be about oral sex and alcohol.
7. London Dungeon
(Glenn Danzig)
- A cover of one of the band's favorite Misfits songs.
8. Spoonman
(Chris Cornell)
- A cover of the band's favorite Soundgarden song.
