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Nico Santora is a good guy, and we've had many occasions to hang out with this talented player during his tenure with Suicidal Tendencies. It was a surprise, to us as much as anyone, when Nico let us know that he was departing from that well-established band in 2015 to take the adventurous move of starting a new band of his own. Pairing up with respected ST drummer Eric Moore and other members, Nico took the role as frontman for the new band, and earlier this month released their debut album Become. Lillake's music is hard to define; there's certainly a metal aspect to it, but it's also darkly alternative and somewhat progressive. We like it.

Nico was recently interviewed by ESP dealer zZounds, where he mentioned this about his guitar of choice.

"I’ve been with ESP Guitars for a while now, and I absolutely love them! The guitars are amazing and the people over at HQ are the best. Right now I’ve got 3 different models that I choose between, all of which are great. The M-1, M-2, and the ST-2." - Nico Santora, Lillake

You can read the whole interview here,  and while you're there, take a look through zZounds's excellent offerings of ESP, ESP E-II, and LTD guitars and basses. Also, be sure to check out Lillake. You probably won't regret it. Let us know what you think of Lillake in the comments below!