Spare Snare
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Background information | |
Origin | Dundee, Scotland |
Genres | No-fi, Lo-fi. |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Chute Records |
Associated acts | White Leather Club The Sandflowers Better Backwards The Hate Foundation Muppet Mule Stoor Hamfisted Dubreq Condition Blue Man Without Machines Devotional Ensemble A Super Sound Single The Grand Gestures Bob Flambé & The Atoms of Desire Calamity Horse |
Website | http://www.wearethesnare.com |
Members |
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Past members | Paul Esposito Ross Mathieson Graham Anderson |
Spare Snare is a lo-fi band from Dundee, Scotland
Founded in the very early 90s the band have released 10 albums to date, mostly on their own Chute Records. They have also recorded 4 John Peel Sessions. In the 1995 John Peel Festive 50,[1] the band were number 32 with Bugs. Spare Snare have been cited as an influence[2] on acts such as Snow Patrol and the Fence Collective. Spare Snare was also voted as the 46th best Scottish band of all time,.[3]
Spare Snare released their 9th album "Victor" in June 2010, which was voted the 19th Best Scottish Album of 2010.[4] 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.
Spare Snare released their 10th album titled "Our Jazz" in April 2013, which was voted the 7th Best Scottish Album of 2013.[5]
Contents
Members
The members are:
- Jan Burnett – vocals, guitar, electronics, melodica, hospitality, captain, social-skillz
- Alan Cormack – bass, guitar, drums, ukulele, scowling, stink-squeezebox, 12-string-a-lings, casio, freaky dancing, ocarina, louder snoring, dog-napping
- 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
- Adam Lockhart – guitar, keyboards, bass, voice, noise, voice-noises, height
Discography
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.
- Our Jazz Released April 2013 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 |
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"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 | US 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 | US 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. |
"I Got You" | "If JFA Were Still Together" (Majesty Crush) | 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 song. |
"Bruising You" | n/a | Fierce Panda | 1995 | Appears on Mortal Wombat, a UK 7" double pack compilation, featuring various artists, including Super Furry Animals and Baby Bird, among others. |
"Smile, It's Sugar" (Spare Snare) | "French Campus" (Sone) | Anti-Social | 1995 | US 7" split with Sone release with hand coloured umbrella, various colours and variations were available. |
"Wired for Sound" | n/a | Deceptive | 1995 | UK one sided 7" featuring a cover version of the Cliff Richard 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 | US 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.[citation needed] 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 | US 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" | Chute | 2001 | UK 7" featuring covers of The Humblebums and Destiny's Child. |
"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. |
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External links
- Official Spare Snare site
- Spare Snare on MySpace
- Info from Jockrock
- Profile Check – A history of Spare Snare
- BBC Peel Sessions info
- Spare Snare live at WMBR Boston – 1995
- Spare Snare – Prospective Records site
- review of Spare Snare
- A review of Garden Leave
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