The Sneetches were an American indie pop/power pop band formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 1985, who released several albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s. The band was described by Trouser Press as *”one of the most tasteful, consistently tuneful pop bands on the American scene”*. In 2017, All Music described The Sneetches as *”one of the best classic guitar pop bands in the late ’80s/early ’90s.”*
The Sneetches stood out amongst the contemporary grunge, industrial and hardcore scenes in the 1980s. Remaining obscure until their breakup during the peak of Britpop, The Sneetches have since gained a cult following.
The initial line-up was Mike Levy (vocals, bass) and Matt Carges (guitar) adding English drummer Daniel Swan, formerly of The Cortinas by 1986. The band showed influences from the likes of The Zombies, The Left Banke and The Easybeats, all of whom had tracks covered by The Sneetches. They signed to the London-based Kaleidoscope Sound label, and debuted in 1987 with “Only For a Moment”, followed by the mini-album Lights Out! With The Sneetches. They were then signed by Creation Records in the UK and Alias Records in the United States, who issued the band’s debut full-length album, Sometimes That’s All We Have, in 1989, described by Allmusic as *”a masterful album highly recommended to all fans of the style”*. Levy switched to guitar with the recruitment of former Sting-ray Alejandro “Alec” Palao in 1988. Slow followed on Alias in 1990, the band then moving on to the Bus Stop label for three singles between 1991 and 1993, later compiled on the Think Again compilation.
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The Sneetches were an American indie pop/power pop band formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 1985, who released several albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s. The band was described by Trouser Press as *”one of the most tasteful, consistently tuneful pop bands on the American scene”*. In 2017, All Music described The Sneetches as *”one of the best classic guitar pop bands in the late ’80s/early ’90s.”*
The Sneetches stood out amongst the contemporary grunge, industrial and hardcore scenes in the 1980s. Remaining obscure until their breakup during the peak of Britpop, The Sneetches have since gained a cult following.
The initial line-up was Mike Levy (vocals, bass) and Matt Carges (guitar) adding English drummer Daniel Swan, formerly of The Cortinas by 1986. The band showed influences from the likes of The Zombies, The Left Banke and The Easybeats, all of whom had tracks covered by The Sneetches. They signed to the London-based Kaleidoscope Sound label, and debuted in 1987 with “Only For a Moment”, followed by the mini-album Lights Out! With The Sneetches. They were then signed by Creation Records in the UK and Alias Records in the United States, who issued the band’s debut full-length album, Sometimes That’s All We Have, in 1989, described by Allmusic as *”a masterful album highly recommended to all fans of the style”*. Levy switched to guitar with the recruitment of former Sting-ray Alejandro “Alec” Palao in 1988. Slow followed on Alias in 1990, the band then moving on to the Bus Stop label for three singles between 1991 and 1993, later compiled on the Think Again compilation.
Source/more info on them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_(band)