Rott on! The story begins. Rott came about after singer Molly Sirenne brings over her huge Rottweiler and belts out some Shirley Manson tune over the PA. The rest of the band is stunned. Not just because her Rottweiler Alika is chewing on the Vic Firth 5B's but something else. This chick can really sing. "Put those Tool lyrics down a second and lets jam some Otep." And so it continued...
With the new vocalist now in the line-up, Rott is poised to gain even more attention from fans in Europe where they have received recognition from magazines and webzines in the UK, France, Italy, Greece and The Netherlands.
Their latest single “Bring Me the Flame” is rapidly becoming one of the top tracks for fans on their new label Ravenheart Music Records. The song is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming thriller ‘Breath of Hate’ by Velvet Hammer films.
The bands music has been described as an influence of several artists. As Dave Smith from Ravenheart Music summarizes, “the music Rott play I suppose is similar to Lacuna Coil, Tool, Alice In Chains and Evanescence.”
Rott entered the studio in April 2007 and released the single Afterlife June 1, 2007 which appears on their first release Out of Time. Afterlife was an immediate hit for fans starving for new material from the group which hails from Spirit Lake, Idaho where they formed in May 2001. The single was picked up immediately on Internet radio station Livehardrock.com and an interview with founding member Danny on mainstream rock station Rock 94 ½ in Spokane, Washington followed on June 8th.
This is not the first time the band has received such amazing support from media and fans alike. "I am so grateful to have such a positive response from fans", said guitarist Danny, "It's a huge honor."
Thanks to the overwhelming response from European fans after their 2002 debut CD received airplay in Greece, Rott then became noticed in major webzines Born to Die™zine in Poland, Temple of Metal in Greece, rock-in-chair.com in France and even received attention in Argentina from webzine musicextreme.com.
Since that time, Rott has developed a following in Europe, South America, Mexico, Australia, Asia and the United States.