Guitarist Keith Howland (currently with the band Chicago) wrote these words about the Howland/Laug/Morrison/Pinnick project, "I`d always admired guitarist Chris Pinnick who had worked with Chicago during their heyday in the early eighties. Chris was (is) an exciting, energetic and musical player with some frightening chops. I called my good friends and monster musicians Lance Morrison (bass, Don Henley, Rod Stewart) and Matt Laug (drums, Alanis Morrisette, Slash) to see if they were interested in recording an instrumental art project. Both were in, and my first meeting with Chris was the day he pulled up in front of my house, guitar in hand and we wrote and recorded what is now called "Snonga". The solos were live during tracking and there is a friendly competition evident there. Each song on the record was recorded exactly the same way, with someone (or nobody) bringing in a seed of an idea and the four of us hashing it out until we were all satisfied with the results. We brought in Jeff Babko to weave some of his keyboard magic on three tunes, and Tris Imboden came over and added some soulful "Blues Harp" to the rocker "Laug Jam". I now have a new good friend in Chris Pinnick, lots of guitar licks to steal and an album that I`m very proud of."
