Silly Goose - 'The Set It Off' Tour

Silly Goose is the audacious brainchild of Jackson Foster and Alan Benikhis, musicians who eat, sleep, and breathe the raw power of late 90’s rap rock and nu metal. Growing up, the two marinated in the vibes of Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, Gojira, and an eclectic mix of genres, all coming together to forge the unmistakable sound of Silly Goose. Where most young rock bands are happily constrained by the self imposed limitations of a ‘dead’ rock music scene, dreams of the arena. The pop music arena, specifically. Cheem’s music packs a punch, with finely tuned snares puncturing holes in sheets of crispy distorted guitars, while easily holding its own melodically through a sly humor redolent of peak-mid 2000s emo. Cheem fights for the future of rock by remembering it used to exist as a chart heavyweight in its own regard; their music swings for the senses and consistently connects. Led by Sam Nazaretian’s clarion tenor, grounded by Skye Holden’s deceptively complex rapping, and backed by a band that that can alternate between Limp Bizkit levels of blunt force impact and Pinback-esque effortless musical gymnastics; Cheem is the future of accessible heavy music.

Last updated October 10, 2026