We’ve been lucky enough to be asked back to sponsor Hella Rock Festival in Coventry for its third year! Once again, we’re getting to know the bands on the bill in the run up to the big day. We’ve got Silveroller tackling our “Road To” questions after doing so last year for Call of the Wild so let’s see what’s changed since then!
Simple things first – where are you guys from?
We’re from all over the place, which brings a great mix of people but makes getting together a little tricky sometimes! It has it’s pros and cons, but the people in the band are incredibly hard working and very dedicated. Jonnie here, I’m from Liverpool as is our bass player, Joe is from Stockton originally but is now in Darlington, Sammy our guitar player is from Chesterfield and Tadini our virtuoso organist is from Sao Palo with Italian heritage.
How long have you been playing together as a band?
Silveroller has been together since 2023, me and Joe have worked on other projects together; I think he must be tired of looking up from behind the kit and seeing me wiggling about in front or him! We’ve known each other a while, for me he’s a constant; he’s an unbelievable drummer and a great all-round musician. We’ve been working on new material for our next record and he’s contributed a lot of song ideas. Sammy is our new boy, he’s been amazing. Again, contributing alot to the writing process.
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Where does the name of the band come from?
We wanted something unique – Aerosmith, Supertramp etc. We set ourselves quite a big task! We’d also thrown a lot of ideas at one another. Joe had mentioned “a motion word” which was in the back of my head. I’d heard Paul Rodgers talking about naming Bad Company and it being inspired by a cowboy movie, so I was looking through a list of Westerns, and “Silver” kept popping up in the titles. Silveroller seemed to fall out of that. Sounds kind of timeless I think. It could be a 50s Cadillac etc.
Describe your music. What makes you unique?
I’m never really sure how to answer this. Maybe the way we approach music? We don’t really use click tracks in the studio or any tapes onstage. That’s no shade towards anyone who does, that’s just who we are. It’s the five of us playing. We record live together. I think we’re a very “feel” band. We’d always go for feel over absolute perfection. Life is imperfect, so are we!
What’s your live show like? Why are people going to watch you rather than hanging at the bar or grabbing some merch?
It’s honest energy. Pretty raw. When I saw Rival Sons last year I remember thinking “This is how I want us to come across”. Those guys are totally real, there’s no bs – I believe every word Jay is singing. Total honesty onstage, feeling the music. There’s that word feel again. It might look like 1976 but it’s absolutely real energy for the here and now.
Have you been to Hella Rock? What have you heard about it?
I know it always has great line ups, and you’re certainly seen as a band to watch if you’re on the bill, so I’m buzzing to be playing!
What sort of setlist can we expect?
Very excited to say that we’re bringing some new material with us, we’ve been working hard on getting songs together for a new album, so we’ll be putting some of the new material through its paces! We’ll ofc ourse be playing stuff off our EP as well, so anyone familiar with us will hear the songs they know! But we’re very excited to be playing brand new material too.
Which other band on the bill are you most looking forward to catching?
I knew Craig from Tailgunner when we were starting out in bands in Liverpool. So I’m really excited to see him and the band. Looking forward to catching up with the Crobot boys too, we were on the road with them last year, great guys and a great band!
What are you working on at the moment?
Our debut full length album! The writing has been a blast. It’s been hard work but it was been amazing. We did the bulk of the writing in a nine-day lock-in; it was really intense, and we’ve not worked like that before but it has rendered good results, I think!
What’s the wildest thing you’ve seen or done at a live show?
After our last festival in France, in the after party some dude kept shouting “IGGY POP” at me and trying to grab my shirt and take it off me. I thought we were going to have a fight; the security had to pull him away! Then another fella who was about 8 ft tall kept trying to put me on his shoulders, and as this is happening, I see Sammy being crowd surfed out of the door. This sounds sensational, but there’s video evidence!
What drink do you throw back to get yourself fired up before going on stage?
Herbal tea. It might look like the 70s in our dressing room, but I take care of myself. I think the days of getting plastered before going on are done. Everyone has a camera on them now, nobody’s getting away with a sloppy show anymore and neither should they. People have paid hard earned cash to see bands play live, I want to give them a show they deserve.
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Hella Rock Festival 2026 will take place at HMV Empire in Coventry on 5th September. Tickets are available here.
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