Bio
1,2,3 consists of long time friends Nic Snyder (vox, guitar & keys) and Josh Sickels (drums). Snyder grew up inspired by a steady diet of Mercury-era Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Bacharach and his all-time favourite, Roy Orbison, but he was lured into writing his own music by his father. A collector of punk 7"s back in the seventies, his dad was also a piano player in Pittsburgh’s monolithic Iron City Houserockers, probably the biggest band to come out of the Three Rivers area in the 1970/80?s. Surrounded by photos of his dad on stage with Springsteen and B.B. King, Snyder was inevitably influenced by Blues and Motown as well. Read More...
1,2,3 consists of long time friends Nic Snyder (vox, guitar & keys) and Josh Sickels (drums). Snyder grew up inspired by a steady diet of Mercury-era Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Bacharach and his all-time favourite, Roy Orbison, but he was lured into writing his own music by his father. A collector of punk 7”s back in the seventies, his dad was also a piano player in Pittsburgh’s monolithic Iron City Houserockers, probably the biggest band to come out of the Three Rivers area in the 1970/80?s. Surrounded by photos of his dad on stage with Springsteen and B.B. King, Snyder was inevitably influenced by Blues and Motown as well.
2011 was a busy and successful year for Pittsburgh duo 1,2,3. In June the band released their debut LP, New Heaven, which has now been featured on a number of year end lists. As a follow up to this record, they released the ‘Scared, but not that scared’ single, which featured two brand new tracks.
They began the year with the release of a free EP entitled ‘Dreamland Pt. 1 (For Daisy)’ and a string of tour dates, including a sold out Chicago show with Grouplove.
The band is now looking forward to touring the US throughout the spring and beginning to work on their sophomore release.
Career Highlights
- 1, 2, 3's "Dreamland Pt. 1" featured on Consequence of Sound
- 1,2,3's “It Gets Dark” featured on Pop Stache
- 1,2,3 Daytrotter Session
- 1,2,3 Highlighted in Nylon Mag's Band Crush
- 1,2,3's new track "Riding Coach" featured on Pretty Much Amazing
- 1,2,3 gaining ground with their pre-punk sound
- 1,2,3 featured in My Old Kentucky Blog
- 1,2,3 feature in Alternative Press
- 1,2,3 Live review in NME
Current Tours
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