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Hartlepool, England (1995 – present)
Sneaker Pimps were a downtempo/trip-hop band which formed in Hartlepool, England in 1995. The band best known for their first album Becoming X released in 1996, and particularly its highest charting single “6 Underground”. As line of flight and Frisk, DJs and childhood friends Chris Corner and Liam Howe (from Middlesbrough and Hartlepool in the NE of England) released two EPs: “Soul of Indiscretion” and “World as A Cone” in the early 1990s. While not nearly as complex as the song-based material they would produce, these bedroom-recorded mixes of sampled beats and folk sounds would form the blueprint for the later sound.
While at art college in Reading, Liam met David Westlake and Joe Wilson, who would both contribute to the first album and join the band on tour. When Frisk performed a gig with this line-up they later recorded some demos with Chris singing - these were considered the next stage in the evolution of Chis and Liam’s professional partnership; another in an ever-improving set of smaller projects intended for a few thousand records at most. Drafting in Ian Pickering in 1995 to help with lyrics, they recruited Kelli Dayton (aka Kelli Ali) for vocal duties after seeing her singing in a pub in Reading. The name ‘Sneaker Pimps’ itself was taken from a Beastie Boys article about a man they hired to track down classic shoes.
The first single Roll On preceded the first album, followed by Spin Spin Sugar,Post-Modern Sleaze, 6 Underground and Tesko Suicide.
6 Underground”. As line of flight and Frisk, DJs and childhood friends Chris Corner and Liam Howe (from Middlesbrough and Hartlepool in the NE of England) released two EPs: “Soul of Indiscretion” and “World as A Cone” in the early 1990s. While not nearly as complex as the song-based material they would produce, these bedroom-recorded mixes of sampled beats and folk sounds would form the blueprint for the later sound.
While at art college in Reading, Liam met David Westlake and Joe Wilson, who would both contribute to the first album and join the band on tour. When Frisk performed a gig with this line-up they later recorded some demos with Chris singing - these were considered the next stage in the evolution of Chis and Liam’s professional partnership; another in an ever-improving set of smaller projects intended for a few thousand records at most. Drafting in Ian Pickering in 1995 to help with lyrics, they recruited Kelli Dayton (aka Kelli Ali) for vocal duties after seeing her singing in a pub in Reading. The name ‘Sneaker Pimps’ itself was taken from a Beastie Boys article about a man they hired to track down classic shoes.
The first single Roll On preceded the first album, followed by Spin Spin Sugar,
Post-Modern Sleaze, 6 Underground and Tesko Suicide.
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Becoming X
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Splinter
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Bloodsport
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Becoming RemiXed
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placebo_molko wrote:
i'll never forgive.. god (?).. for letting post kelli ali stuff be so underrated. It's wonderful and unique. I should listen to them again, haven't done in years. Curl.. that song.
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phmf wrote:
<3
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little-bluebird wrote:
too bad.
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limpicatto wrote:
lolwat
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ativke wrote:
iF u down with Chris, we cool. If not then u better watch ur fuckin gback
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Unterschleif wrote:
6 Underground
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anibalalonso wrote:
Has anyone actually listened to the supposed SP5 demos? I read somewhere they are fake, anyway, they sound very crappy to me :/
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Freund_Hein_ wrote:
R.I.P.
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ojigbe wrote:
6 Underground!
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Alena_D wrote:
i can see a rainbow, i can see a rainbow... :) [2]
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guimaraesamanda wrote:
Lovely!
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green_sneakers_ wrote:
I love their...
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Yoshuu wrote:
just discovered, already loving
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Strychnyne wrote:
Becoming X is great, but I say Bloodsport trumps it by some.
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KakaSHnya wrote:
А кто поет на SP 5 ???
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marzynski wrote:
Awesome!
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Papryczka0507 wrote:
Maybe then you would'n get so sick of me;]
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PabloRH wrote:
But Becoming X does not feature the amazing M'Aidez :C
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sassyyetsimple wrote:
Sneaker Pimps is one of my most played artists, but I will ONLY play Becoming X. Partly because I'm fundamentally opposed to anything post-Kelli Ali. Partly because I really do think it's the best album. Judging from the fact that their top 9 most played songs are from that album, I see I'm not the only one who prefers it for whatever reason.
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rafilds wrote:
Splinter > Bloodsport > Becoming X (y)
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