Why the Bay Area?
I had been couchsurfing for two years before I moved to the Bay Area. It was a time in my life where I had no idea where I wanted to be. I was traveling coast-to-coast that whole time. [I chose] the Bay Area because my friend, who’s the bass player in Saros, Tim [Scammell], was already here. He just called me up one day during that time and said, “Let’s start a band.” Nothing was working out for me where I was living before, and I didn’t want to stay on the East Coast, which is where I’m from originally. Tim had an extra room in his house, so it was as simple as that. I had somewhere to go. Would Saros sound the same if it were somewhere else? I think lyrically it would be what it is wherever we were. The bands here do have an influence on our sound. Which ones? It’s a combination of the Bay Area thrash bands and classic metal bands that originated here. We’re inspired by other bands, by their creativity — bands like Hammers of Misfortune, Ludicra, Grayceon. These are bands that don’t
