“I grew up in like an MTV generation, so I grew up in the generation where there was music videos on all the time! I grew up on like Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day and Silverchair and all these bands that just made me want to just be an artist you know? Let’s quickly talk about your background you started playing guitar at quite an early age, besides the influence from your father, what inspired you to first pick up guitar? When I catch up with Nick he divulges that he is “hanging out in San Diego enjoying the sun” and as I look out the window at yet another chilly overcast day in Auckland, I can’t help but feel a small pang of jealously… This evolution, in the eyes of guitarist Nick Martin is a good thing and as a collective Sleeping with Sirens have embraced this growth in their sound. But with line-up changes that have resulted in a collection of musicians with a wide and varied taste in music, the evolution of their sound was inevitable.

With lead singer Kellin Quinn at the helm the band has completed something of a metamorphosis through their last three albums, their latest ‘Gossip’ released in September of last year seeing the band take a completely different direction embracing a more pop based sound rather than their traditional post-hardcore one. Soon amassing a legion of fans the five piece quickly followed it up with their sophomore release Let’s Cheers To This cementing their place with breakout single ‘If You Can’t Hang’. When Sleeping with Sirens first emerged on the scene with their debut album With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear in 2010, they immediately made their mark with their high octane live performances.

NICK MARTIN of SLEEPING WITH SIRENS – Geeking Out On Music An interview by Sarah Kidd.

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