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About Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol started at
university and was
originally called The
Shrug. They began by
performing gigs at the
university and also by
featuring in local pubs.
They later changed their
name to Polar Bear as
another group in America
already had the name The
Shrug. The band had to
change their name for a
third time soon after
releasing an Extended
play single for the same
reason and finally
settled on Snow Patrol,
as they are known as
today.
The band signed in 1997
for Jeepster and
released two albums
called Songs for Polar
Bears and When It's All
Over We Still Have to
Clean Up. Both of the
albums received good
reviews but were unable
to break into the charts
and earn the band fame.
The band were still,
however, laden with debt
and even had to resort
to sleeping on the floor
of some fans'
residences. They were
working incredibly hard
yet still having no real
luck.
This prompted Jeepster
to drop Snow patrol in
2001. A year later, the
band were signed to the
manager Jazz Summers.
They were increasingly
desperate to get signed
by a record firm and
even contemplated
getting second jobs to
finance their album.
They finally had a piece
of luck and released
their third album Final
Straw in 2003 under the
Black Lion record
company; the record
peaked at number three
in the UK and their
single Run managed
number five in the UK
singles charts.
They continued their
success by releasing two
songs from the album
Chocolate and Spitting
Games, both of which
made it inside the top
30. This preceded their
tour with
U2 as their opening
act during their Vertigo
tour in 2005.
Due to the pressures and
strained relationships,
Mark McClelland had to
leave the band and Paul
Wilson was declared as
his replacement. Their
next single followed
shortly after and was
entitled Eyes Open,
which was released in
2006. Chasing Cars
became one of the bands
biggest successes and
was released on its own
as a single following
its surprising
popularity.
Their last album to date
is A hundred Million
Suns and this wasn't the
great success that was
hoped for. Despite the
fact that it entered at
number two in the UK
album charts, it wasn't,
all things considered,
as successful as their
previous commercial
albums. The album has
nonetheless been
certified as reaching
platinum status in the
UK. They are committed
to releasing their next
album in 2010.
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