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Sneaker Pimps are an English electronic music band, formed in Hartlepool in 1994. [1] They are best known for their debut album, Becoming X (1996), and its singles "6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar". The band takes its name from an article the Beastie Boys published in their Grand Royal magazine about a man they hired to track down classic ...
Sneaker Pimps were originally formed in the northern city of Hartlepool, in the United Kingdom. In around 1985, Liam Howe and his brother Miles, apart from the usual time-filling activities of hanging around school with friends or pedalling off to the sea-front, would make their own home-made music, in which they’d dub to a cassette tape to ...
Formed in Hartlepool, UK in 1994, Sneaker Pimps immediately emerged as a musical force and pioneer of the trip-hop genre with their debut album, 'Becoming X' (1996). Known for clever sampling, bittersweet melodies and a moody sound which intricately combined organic & electronic production and morphed between femal
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Sneaker Pimps were one of the acts that crossed over into the UK mainstream in the wake of Massive Attack and Portishead bringing trip-hop to the public consciousness, and while they were always an electronic act, the guitar has always been a significant, if occasionally incongruous, component of that. As if to emphasise that duality, Corner, seate...
There’s one guitar in his collection that stands out, and one that Corner describes as “most dear to me, my favourite” – a 1973 Rickenbacker481 that he bought after he got his first paycheck from being a “real musician” with Sneaker Pimps. It felt like a lot of money to drop on a guitar in 1997, but it’s proven a wise investment in every sense. “It...
One of the things that fans will have missed in Sneaker Pimps’ long absence is their tendency towards the unexpected – be it an unusual time signature, a blast of distortion out of leftfield, or a quirky mood – and that’s all present and correct on Squaring The Circle. Some of this is baked in from the start, but other times it comes out of pure ex...
The Sneaker Pimps are a British trip hop group. They formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their songs "6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar". Their song, "6 Underground", went to #7 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [1] The band's founding members were Liam Howe and Chris Corner. [2]
The band was founded by electronic musician Liam Howe and guitarist Chris Corner. They later recruited Kelli Ali (then known as Kelli Dayton) as lead singer, plus guitarist Joe Wilson and drummer Dave Westlake as backup musicians. After Becoming X, the band decided to replace Ali with Corner on vocals.
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Sep 10, 2021 · With Squaring the Circle, the first Sneaker Pimps effort in almost 20 years, core members Chris Corner and Liam Howe—who themselves went their separate ways in 2003 but have been...
