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Snapper is a New Zealand indie/alternative band formed by Peter Gutteridge (previously in The Clean, The Chills and The Great Unwashed). Snapper's activity since the late 1990s has been sporadic at best. The Gutteridge-penned song "Gentle Hour" was covered by Yo La Tengo in 2009. The band evolved from the line-up of another Gutteridge-led band, the Dunedin-based Phromes. A show supporting the Delawares featuring Christine Voice drew her melodic organ and haunting vocals to the fold and with input from Alan Haig on drums and Dominic Stones (who went on to the 3Ds) on guitar, the line-up was complete. Snapper's...

Британское эйсид-джаз-трио Red Snapper появилось на свет в 1993 году Великобритании. Состав коллектива заполнили: гитарист David Ayers, басист Ali Friend и барабанщик Richard Thair. Али Френд, Ричард Тэйр и Дэвид Айерс до участия в Red Snapper играли в разных группах и были немного знакомы между собой. В 1990 году Ричард обустроил свой собственный лейбл «Flaw», а через некоторое время трио приступило к выступлениям в различных клубах. Дебютный мини-релиз «The Snapper» был выпущен весной 1993 года. После выхода двух очередних мини-альбомов «Swank» и «Hot Flush», музыканты прописались на лейбле «Warp Records», на котором были скомпилированы и изданы ранние синглы трио «Reeled...

Whippersnapper is the name of at least two bands: 1) an American five-piece melodic punk band that formed in 1992 and disbanded in 2002 2) an English folk-rock "super-group" formed in 1984 and led by ex-Fairport fiddle player Dave Swarbrick 1) Whippersnapper was an American five-piece melodic punk band, formed in 1992 hailing from Atlanta GA. Their music was fast paced punk with a melodic touch, much in the vein of Lagwagon, Strung Out, etc. Whippersnapper released 3 albums in their career, the first released in 1998 and the last in 2002. Sometime shortly after their last album Whippersnapper unfortunately...