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after a short While working with garage rockers Pandora's, Susan Hyatt formed alternative punk band Pillbox in London in the early '90s and began generating impressive press. I should have done that. Britain's Pillbox line-up was thrilling, both on record and live.
“I formed Pillbox with two British gentlemen in London in the '90s,” Hyatt says. “'Pillbox' was all about teenage angst and the raw emotions I was still processing.”
By 2001, Hyatt launched a new project, the new wave/synth pop influenced Stimulator. Hiatt's musical partnership with guitarist and producer Jeff Tyson, Stimulator represented a more mature side of her musical journey.
The Stimulators ended up touring the United States as an opening act for Duran Duran. Meanwhile, Hyatt discovered that both Pillbox and Stimulator songs had been licensed for use in film and television. Most recently, Hyatt (now based in Nashville) reinvented Pillbox with an all-new lineup.
“I try to keep that authentic Pillbox sound, using the same musical gear, like the Boss Super Feedbacker and Distortion Pedal, to recreate the 90s experience for people who were too young to have been there. doing.”
Pillbox recently released a new album. grunge chronicles, compiling their heavier, edgier material (“not pop stuff”). Hyatt says her EP is therapy for her.
In addition to music, Hyatt provides therapy and coaching to bands and artists.
“When I was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in 2017 as an artist who actually went to therapy with bands, I knew I wanted to be a certified band therapist,” she says. Masu. “Songwriting is about expressing your emotions, and when you write a song you become emotionally intimate with your audience.”
For more information, visit susanhyattmusic.com.