Snow Patrol

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Snow Patrol is a Bangor, Northern Ireland based alternative rock band. Formed in Scotland by vocalist/guitarist Gary Lightbody and former bassist/keyboardist Mark McClelland, they achieved sudden success with the

Run single after years of obscurity in much the same way as Pulp. Originally highly lo-fi and guitar-driven, the band generally combine alternative rock with Coldplay style indie to create tasteful tales of relationships good and bad.

Originally formed in late 1994 as “Shrug”, the band started by performing gigs at Dundee University and the surrounding pubs before changing their name to “Polar Bear” (or “Polarbear”) in late 1995.

In mid 1997, they released a three-track EP, Starfighter Pilot, on the Electric Honey label. Richard Colburn, from Glaswegian indie band Belle and Sebastian, played drums on this record, and Stuart Murdoch, from the same band, sang on one of the b-sides. Due to legal threats from an American band with the same name (led by Eric Avery, the former bassist of Jane’s Addiction), they became “Snow Patrol”. There is a “thank you” to Gary’s English tutor Peter Easingwood in the sleeve notes of the original ‘Starfighter Pilot’.

At this point, Jonny Quinn, from Northern Ireland, joined as permanent drummer. With him rounding out the lineup, the band released their next EP Little Hide on Jeepster Records while still living in Dundee (its cover was a blurred photo of a football (soccer) crowd watching Dundee United at Tannadice Park). A follow-up single “One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed” was a minor independent chart hit. Both of these early singles were heavily promoted by Jeepster - with videos included as computer files on the CD singles, and Snow Patrol starting to appear on television. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist Chasing Cars full track	4:26	346,157	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Open Your Eyes full track	5:44	187,220	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Hands Open full track	3:15	178,029	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Shut Your Eyes full track	3:16	172,255	Buy mp3

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–	4	Add this track to your playlist Shut Your Eyes full track	5,620
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–	7	Add this track to your playlist You're All I Have full track	4,395
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–	14	Add this track to your playlist Set The Fire To The Third Bar full track	2,366
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1	16	Add this track to your playlist Grazed Knees	2,298
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–	18	Add this track to your playlist Gleaming Auction	2,191
2	19	Add this track to your playlist Whatever's Left	2,047
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Tiny Little Fractures	2,006

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Chasing Cars full track	133,695
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Run	79,470
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Open Your Eyes full track	75,738
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Shut Your Eyes full track	67,734
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Hands Open full track	64,633
–	6	Add this track to your playlist You Could Be Happy full track	60,315
–	7	Add this track to your playlist You're All I Have full track	55,359
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Make This Go On Forever full track	53,917
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Spitting Games full track	43,148
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Chocolate	36,740
1	11	Add this track to your playlist Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking	34,884
1	12	Add this track to your playlist Wow	34,256
3	13	Add this track to your playlist Headlights On Dark Roads full track	34,207
3	14	Add this track to your playlist How to Be Dead	33,361
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Grazed Knees	33,015
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Gleaming Auction	32,910
2	17	Add this track to your playlist It's Beginning To Get To Me full track	32,099
1	18	Add this track to your playlist Tiny Little Fractures	31,903
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Whatever's Left	31,080
–	20	Add this track to your playlist The Finish Line full track	29,719
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Set The Fire To The Third Bar full track	28,816
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Ways & Means	25,162
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Same	19,524
–	24	Add this track to your playlist Signal Fire	13,100
–	25	Add this track to your playlist Beginning To Get To Me	12,351
1	26	Add this track to your playlist Finish Line	11,558
1	27	Add this track to your playlist In My Arms	11,373
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Set The Fire To The Third Bar Featuring Martha Wainwright	11,125
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Warmer Climate	10,865
1	30	Add this track to your playlist Velocity Girl	10,748
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Starfighter Pilot	10,153
–	32	Add this track to your playlist Mahogany	9,991
–	33	Add this track to your playlist NYC	9,922
3	34	Add this track to your playlist Headlights	9,433
1	35	Add this track to your playlist Make Up	9,238
1	36	Add this track to your playlist Absolute Gravity	9,158
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