Spare Snare
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Spare Snare is a band from Dundee
, Scotland
Founded in the very early 90s the band have released 9 albums to date, mostly on their own Chute Records. They have also recorded 4 John Peel Sessions
. In the 1995 John Peel Festive 50, the band were number 32 with Bugs. Spare Snare have been cited as an influence on acts such as Snow Patrol
and the Fence Collective. Spare Snare was also voted as the 46th best Scottish band of all time,.
Spare Snare released their 9th album "Victor" in June 2010. The band made two rare live appearances at the Fence Collective Homegame festival in Anstruther and Tigerfest in Dunfermline in 2010. A live session was performed for the Marc Riley BBC 6Music radio show on 16 July 2009.
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Founded in the very early 90s the band have released 9 albums to date, mostly on their own Chute Records. They have also recorded 4 John Peel Sessions
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
. In the 1995 John Peel Festive 50, the band were number 32 with Bugs. Spare Snare have been cited as an influence on acts such as Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...
and the Fence Collective. Spare Snare was also voted as the 46th best Scottish band of all time,.
Spare Snare released their 9th album "Victor" in June 2010. The band made two rare live appearances at the Fence Collective Homegame festival in Anstruther and Tigerfest in Dunfermline in 2010. A live session was performed for the Marc Riley BBC 6Music radio show on 16 July 2009.
Members
The members are:- Jan Burnett - vocals, guitar, electronics, melodica, hospitality, captain, social-skillz
- Barry Gibson - drums, bass, guitar, atmosphere, jingle-jangle-bells, threats, short trews, flea/nit picking
- Graeme Ogston - guitar, bass, ukulele, lapdance-steel, height, wine-glass-pings, disapproving frowns, snoring, dog grooming
- Alan Cormack - bass, guitar, drums, ukulele, scowling, stink-squeezebox, 12-string-a-lings, casio, freaky dancing, ocarina, louder snoring, dog-napping
- Adam Lockhart - guitar, keyboards, bass, voice, noise, voice-noises, height
Albums
- Live at Home Released 1995 on Chute.
- Disco Dancing Released 1995 on 100 Guitar Mania.
- Westfield Lane Released 1996 on Wabana.
- Animals and Me Released 1998 on Chute.
- Love Your Early Stuff Released 1999 on Che.
- Charm Released 2001 on Chute.
- Learn to Play Released 2004 on Chute.
- Garden Leave Released September 2006 on Chute.
- I Love You, I Hate You Released June 2009 on Chute.
- Victor Released June 2010 on Chute.
Singles and non-album songs
This table shows all songs released as singles, and other songs that do not appear on Spare Snare studio albums.| Song title | B-Side | Label | Year | Release info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Super Slinky" | "As a Matter of Fact" | Chute | 1992/1993 | UK 7" with hand painted numbered sleeve. Original pressing of 110 had blue back print. Second pressing of 100 had red back print. Some copies included a 'Chute no wave' badge. |
| "Super Slinky" | "As a Matter of Fact" | Prospective | 1993 | U.S. 7" with hand numbered sleeve. Slightly different mix of "As a Matter of Fact" compared to the UK 7". |
| "Thorns (One)" | "Shine on Now" | Prospective | 1994 | U.S. 7" with two colour sleeve. The first recording of "Thorns", before the UK single. |
| "Thorns" | "Skateboard Punk Rocker" | Chute | 1994 | UK 7" with hand painted numbered sleeve. Pressed as an edition of 617 in three different coloured sleeves. |
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Che | 1995 | UK 7" split with Majesty Crush released on numbered coloured (green / clear) vinyl. "I Got You" is a cover of the Split Enz Split Enz Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere... song. |
| "Bruising You" | n/a | Fierce Panda Fierce Panda Records Fierce Panda Records is a London-based independent record label, with its first release in February 1994. It also produced a small number of releases that year by now famous artists such as Ash, The Bluetones, Baby Bird and Supergrass... |
1995 | Appears on Mortal Wombat, a UK 7" double pack compilation, featuring various artists, including Super Furry Animals Super Furry Animals Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band... and Baby Bird, among others. |
| "Smile, It's Sugar" (Spare Snare) | "French Campus" (Sone) | Anti-Social | 1995 | U.S. 7" split with Sone release with hand coloured umbrella, various colours and variations were available. |
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n/a | Deceptive Deceptive Records Deceptive Records was a British independent record label formed in 1992 by Steve Lamacq, Tony Smith and Alan James, which concentrated on rock and alternative rock. The most famous group signed to the label were Elastica.... |
1995 | UK one sided 7" featuring a cover version of the Cliff Richard Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide.... song. "MERRY XMAS MR WEBB" is etched on side two. Available in a rubber stamped Christmas envelope as part of a series of Christmas singles on the Deceptive label. Around 200 copies were signed by Spare Snare and sent to their mailing list. |
| "Wired for Sound" | "Bugs" | Prospective | 1996 | U.S. 7" featuring live tracks recorded at Radio K, Minneapolis in 1994. "Wired for Sound" is not the Cliff Richard cover version, but a Spare Snare song originally featured on the 1995 album Live at Home. |
| "Smile, It's Sugar" | "Indiekidsuck" / "Hanging Around" | Deceptive | 1996 | UK cassette single with 30 minutes of blank tape, allowing the owner to send it back and get 30 minutes of "live stuff, chat and noise" recorded onto the tape. Single also available on 7" and CD. |
| "Smile, It's Sugar" | "Indiekidsuck" / "Hanging Around" / "Boom Boom Boom" | Deceptive | 1996 | UK 4 track CD, also available on 7" and cassette. |
| "Haircut" (Spare Snare) | "Aye Aye Captain" (Lazer Boy) | Chute | 1996 | UK 7" split with Lazer Boy, with hand painted rubber stamped sleeve. |
| "Boom Boom Boom (One)" (Spare Snare) | "Away from the City" | 100 Guitar Mania | 1996 | Japanese 7" in blue vinyl and numbered. |
| "Bruising You" | "What You've Done" | Third Gear | 1998 | U.S. 7" available on clear or black vinyl. Features a different version of "Bruising You" to that on the Mortal Wombat 7". |
| "Hard of Hearing" | "Lesbians in Waistcoats" | Lissy's | 1998 | UK 7" release. |
| "Everybody Knows That" | "Say My Name Say My Name "Say My Name" is a song by American R&B group Destiny's Child. The song was the third single from the group's 1999 album The Writing's on the Wall, released through Columbia label in 2000 . The single is the most successful of the four releases from the album and is considered to be one of their... " |
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| "Calling in the Favours" | "Launch" | Bad Jazz | 2001 | UK 7" on white vinyl. |
| "Sort It for Afterwards" | "In the City" | Chute | 2006 | UK 7" on purple vinyl. 525 copies pressed. |
| "Riding (Bracken Mix)" (Spare Snare) | "Lost" (And His Voice Became) | Bracken | 2006 | UK 7" two-tone (blue and white) numbered coloured vinyl split single with And His Voice Became. Both songs exclusive to this release. Hand-made artwork on 90% re-cycled paper, 300 copies pressed. |