Member Since: 21/01/2006
Band Members: Current: Tony Frost on drums and J.B. Sheridan on bass;
The Others/Honorary: Price Harrison on guitar, Paul Buchignani on drums, Doug Easley, Jim Duckworth, Ross Johnson, John McClure, Dave Wiggins, Harris Scheuner, Kurt Ruleman, John Whittemore, Rolff, Knox White, Stuart Sykes, Jeff Allen.
Session Cats: Ric Steff, Robert Barnett, J. Kirkscey, Jim Spake, Marc Franklin, Roy Brewer, Scott Bomar and Dan Dugmore.
Influences: CDBABY LINK for SNAKEHIPS: Monster Bars --
Sounds Like: SNAKEHIPS
Monster Bars
(Twister/Feralette/Horizon)
Every few years Mark Harrison's Snakehips reappears with another album of roots rockin' power pop. Or is that power poppin' roots rock? Whichever, it's a fairly common blend, but Harrison's versionsort of that Marc Bolan/Keith Richards collaboration some of us wistfully dream aboutmakes it seem dazzlingly fresh. He invigorates the grooves the old-fashioned way, with equal parts melody, passion and craft. Applying elbow grease to catchy songs that veer from jangling pop ("Down & Out") to soulful balladry ("Along Way") to roughcut rock & roll ("When I Bend"), Harrison performs each cut as if it was the only song in the world that mattered. In a music biz that ping-pongs between self-conscious experimentation and slavish genre identification, it's nice to know someone makes the traditional virtues sound alive again. Michael Toland / High Bias
Record Label: Twister
Type of Label: Indie