Spencer Setolo is the lead vocalist of the American progression metal band Periphery. The band was formed in Washington DC in 2005. Spencer Setolo joined the metal band in 2010 when he replaced Chris Barretton. He replaced Barrette barely three months before the release of the band’s debut, self-titled studio album. The band released four charting albums from 2010 to 2015.
He later became the lead vocalist of the post-hardcore band, ‘From First to Last’. Sotelo was with the band for their first post-hiatus album, Dead Trees that they released in 2015 under Sumerian Records. He was with From First to Last from 2014 to 2016.
Here are 10 unknown facts about Spencer Setolo
1. Spencer Setolo’s early life and background
The metal singer was born on February 22, 1987, in the United States of America. Spencer Setolo has not shared many details about his family. Details about where he was raised and the schools he attended are also not available at the moment.
2. He has other side projects
Spencer Setolo is a talented vocalist and songwriter. He revealed that when he is not with the band performing he does other things. Setolo stated that he does a lot of studio production and writing when he is not busy with the band.
3. Spencer Setolo’s King Mothership
Spencer Setolo started a new project which featured Periphery drummer Matt Halpern and ex-Slaves’ drummer Tai Wright on bass. The project took some time before it came out. Setolo was in charge of guitars, keyboards, and vocals. King Mothership made its debut with the lead single, ‘Cosmic Meltdown’ which was released on October 2nd, 2020. Setolo was happy to finally share the record with everyone. He revealed he worked on it for some years.
4. Personal life: Wife and Children
It is not known whether the singer has ever been married or not. He has kept details about his personal life private. In 2013, he was tweeted about how he missed his girlfriend but was not clear who he was referring to. He also mentioned that he smokes weed with his wife in an interview but no details about her. Sometimes back, his fans complained about social media how he keeps changing women but he has not anything about them.
5. His worse experience with drugs
Spencer Setolo revealed in an interview his worst experience with drugs. He mentioned that he doesn’t like being high in public so he’d smoke a bit of weed with his wife. He doesn’t want to be judged by people so he feels safer doing it indoors. He also shared his experience when he was about to perform. It was so terrible that he said he sounded like a ‘dying cat’ and he panicked at that time.
6. Spencer Setolo is active on social media
Spencer Setolo joined Twitter in July 2010 and he has amassed 35.4k followers while he’s following 304 people. On his Instagram account, he has 59.k followers and he’s following 30 people.
7. His band got a Grammy nomination in 2017
His band was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2017. The nomination came unexpectedly, and they were preparing to on tour. According to Setolo, the tour in Australia was more important to them, and seeing the other bands they were up against, they already knew they were not going to win so they did not even bother to attend the awards.
8. He lost his sister a few years ago
Setolo’s worst moments were when lost his sister. The singer explained how he was talking about it with his friend and he got so emotional.
9. His first experience as a Rock star
He had his first memorable experience as a rock star in 2012 when he was in the Philippines for a festival called pulp summer slam. He didn’t know anything about the festival but he was asked to attend. When he got there, the walkway, the huge stage, and the jumbotron screens made him feel that everyone should get a chance to feel what he felt at least once in a lifetime.
10. The best piece of advice he has ever been given
Spencer Setolo revealed that the best piece of advice he has ever been given is “that you’d better be in it for the music, because you sure as hell aren’t going to make any money from being in a metal band, certainly in this day and age”.
