* En anglais uniquement
The London-based alt-metal act
Snowdogs is comprised of Ville Leppanen (vocals/guitar), Mat Leppanen (bass), and Benjy Reid (drums). The Leppanen brothers, who are of Finnish decent, attended American schools while training as classical pianists in the late '90s. Once school was out of the way, the pair joined Reid for
Snowdogs.
Snowdogs' debut album, Animal Farm, appeared in 2001 and was a critical hit among the British press. Such praise also led
Snowdogs to a U.S. deal with Victory a year later. Dates with
MXPX,
Less Than Jake, and
the Alkaline Trio sharpened the boys' live performance while strengthening their rock & roll hunger. Such maturation was found on
Snowdogs' sophomore effort, Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies, released in early 2003. ~ MacKenzie Wilson