Snow Patrol is a Scottish alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee by Gary Lightbody and Mark McClelland. They gained mainstream success with their 2003 album Final Straw, which included the hit single "Run." The band is currently based in Glasgow and signed to Polydor Records. They have released several successful albums including Eyes Open in 2006.

1. Chasing Cars, by Snowpatrol
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
they're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

2. Snow Patrol
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Snow Patrol en el festival Pukkelpop 2006
Información general
Origen Escocia
Estilo(s) Indie, Rock alternativo
Tiempo 1994–actualidad
MCA Music, Inc.
Discográfica(s) Polydor
Interscope
Sitio web www.snowpatrol.com
Miembros
Gary Lightbody
Paul Wilson
Jonny Quinn
Nathan Connolly
Tom Simpson (músico)
Otros miembros
Mark McClelland
Iain Archer
Snow Patrol es una banda de rock originaria de Escocia.
El grupo se formó en 1994 en Dundee por el vocalista y guitarrista Gary Lightbody, y
por el bajista y teclista Mark McClelland, dos estudiantes de Irlanda del Norte que se
encontraban estudiando en la universidad de la ciudad. Más tarde el batería John Quinn

3. se agregaría a la formación. Con su primer disco, Songs for polar bears (1998), lograron
un notable éxito en la escena alternativa del Reino Unido. Las variadas influencias del
trío se dejaban sentir en este álbum, que recibió buenas críticas por su pop punk
infeccioso con una inclinación a la distorsión.
Tras finalizar sus estudios, el trío se instaló en Glasgow, a finales de 2000. En 2001
publican su segundo álbum, When it’s all over we still have to clear up, que incorporaba
precipitados ataques de guitarras distorsionadas, baterías efervescentes y vertiginosos
himnos pop. Mientras tanto, la banda se hizo con un buen número de admiradores.
Durante todo este tiempo la banda no había mantenido buenas relaciones con su antigua
discográfica, pasando a trabajar con la Fiction Records, un sello de Polydor.
Anteriormente, el guitarrista Nathan Connolly se había incorporado al grupo.
Como cuarteto sacaron Final Straw (2004), un tercer disco que fue candidato a un
premio Mercury como mejor disco ese mismo año. Por ese entonces la banda está lista
para embarcarse en su primera gira por Estados Unidos. Al mismo tiempo se reeditaba
el álbum “Final Straw” en Reino Unido, que en la primera semana entró directo al
número tres en las listas de ventas.
En 2005 el bajista Mark McClelland dejó el grupo. Paul Wilson, que había colaborado
con la banda anteriormente, le sustituyó. El teclista Tom Simpson, que asimismo había
colaborado con ellos, también se incorporó al grupo.
En 2005 actuaron como artistas invitados en algunas ciudades de Europa en el Vertigo
Tour, gira de U2.
En 2006 publicaron su último disco hasta la fecha, Eyes Open, que ha sido alabado por
la crítica [1]. El album subió rápidamente a lo más alto de las listas de ventas de Reino
Unido e Irlanda, consiguiendo el número uno. Con singles como You're All I Have o
Hands Open han conseguido un gran éxito a ambos lados del Atlántico, ofreciendo
multitudinarios conciertos [2]. Con este disco Snow Patrol inició una gira en Madrid
presentando sus nuevos temas.
[editar] Discografía
• Song for Polar Bears
• When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear
• Final Straw
• Eyes open
[editar] Miscelánea
• Al principio el nombre de la banda era Polar Bear
• Han teloneado a U2, en el Vertigo Tour (Verano de 2005, en algunas ciudades
de Europa)

4. • Zach Braff elegió a Snow Patrol, entre otros, para la banda sonora de su nueva
película The last kiss, con la canción Chocolate.
• En mayo de 2006, Snow Patrol versionó la canción de John Lennon Isolation,
para dar apoyo a una campaña de Amnistía en internet, que pedirá justicia para
Sudán. La idea de la campaña es llevar frente a la justicia a los criminales de
guerra causantes de la violación masiva de mujeres en Darfur. Bono, de U2, fue
quien invitó a Snow Patrol a ayudar en la campaña. En el vídeo difundido por
internet, mientras suena la canción, se pueden ver entrevistas a gente de Darfur
para pasar luego a una intervención del actor estadounidense Don Cheadle.
Después de ver el vídeo, se pueden hacer donaciones o enviar una tarjeta
electrónica al Ministerio de Justicia de Sudán.

5. Snow Patrol
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Background information
Origin Dundee, Scotland
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Indie rock
Britpop
Years active 1994 – present
Label(s) MCA Music, Inc.
Polydor
Interscope
Associated The Cake Sale
acts The Reindeer Section
Website http://www.snowpatrol.com/
Members
Gary Lightbody
Paul Wilson
Jonny Quinn
Nathan Connolly
Tom Simpson
Former members
Mark McClelland
Iain Archer
Richard Colburn

6. Snow Patrol are a rock band who formed in Scotland, with the majority of their
members being from Northern Ireland. They are currently based in Glasgow and are
signed to Polydor Records. Originally formed as an indie rock band, Snow Patrol has
sought a more alternative rock sound in recent years on the heels of mainstream success
with the songs "Run" and "Chasing Cars".
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[edit] History
[edit] Early years
Originally formed in late 1994 as "Shrug" by students Gary Lightbody and Mark
McClelland at Dundee University in Dundee, Scotland, the band started by performing
gigs at the university and surrounding pubs before changing their name to "Polar
Bear" (or "Polarbear") in late 1995.
In mid 1997, they released a three-track EP, Starfighter Pilot, on the Electric Honey
label. Richard Colburn, from Glaswegian indie band Belle & Sebastian, played drums
on this record, and Stuart Murdoch, from the same band, sang on one of the B-sides.
Due to legal threats from an American band with the same name (led by Eric Avery, the
former bassist of Jane's Addiction), they became "Snow Patrol". In a recent issue of
Rolling Stone magazine, bass player Paul Wilson said the reason for the name stemmed
from an encounter with police in Telluride, Colorado. The band members apparently
were caught trying to cut down a Christmas tree from the skiing hotspot. The band
successfully eluded the police when they hid in a cave for over five hours. Drummer
Jonny Quinn suffered from pneumonia after the ordeal. There is a "thank you" to Gary's
English tutor Peter Easingwood in the sleeve notes of the original 'Starfighter Pilot'.
At this point, Jonny Quinn, from Northern Ireland, joined as permanent drummer. With
him rounding out the lineup, the band released their next EP Little Hide on Jeepster
Records while still living in Dundee (its cover was a blurred photo of a football crowd
watching Dundee United F.C. at Tannadice Park). A follow-up single "One Hundred
Things You Should Have Done in Bed" was a minor independent chart hit. Both of these
early singles were heavily promoted by Jeepster - with videos included as computer
files on the CD singles, and Snow Patrol starting to appear on television. Their first
MTV interview was in 1998, and they briefly appeared on a Channel Four documentary
about Jeepster Records (which concentrated mostly on Belle and Sebastian) that same
year. Two albums on Jeepster followed: Songs for Polarbears in 1998 (including a
slightly remixed version of their debut single Starfighter Pilot) and When It's All Over
We Still Have to Clear Up in 2001 (both recorded while the band lived in Glasgow).
Also in 2001, Gary collected a group of Scottish independent musicians from such acts
as Mogwai together to perform as a "supergroup", "The Reindeer Section", who have so
far released two CD albums. Gary also performed vocals on a single by Cut La Roc.
[edit] Breakthrough success

7. It wasn't until after being dropped by Jeepster that guitarist Nathan Connolly joined, and
the band signed to the mainstream Polydor label. They gained mainstream success with
their song "Run" (which debuted at No.5 in the UK singles chart), as well as the album
it was from, the 2003 release, Final Straw which was produced by Jacknife Lee. Iain
Archer, a touring guitarist and songwriting collaborator from 2001-2003, won an Ivor
Novello award for his contribution to the Final Straw album. The record peaked at #3 in
the UK albums chart. Archer's final date with the band was September 27, 2003 in the
St Andrews Students' Association. They followed the success of "Run" up with three
more singles from the album: "Chocolate", a re-release of "Spitting Games", both
reaching the top 30, and "How to Be Dead" reaching number 39.
The band's highly successful 2004 album, Final Straw.
The release of Final Straw in the United States in 2004 saw the album notching up well
in excess of a quarter of a million sales and becoming the 26th most popular British
album of that year. Their single "Run" was the 22nd most played British song on
American airwaves, having been played just under 28,000 times on US radio stations in
that same year.[citation needed]
On March 16, 2005, McClelland left the band, with Gary stating 'a whole new set of
new and unexpected pressures... have unfortunately taken their toll on working
relationships within the band, and it was felt the band could not move forward with
Mark as a member.' Former Terra Diablo member Paul Wilson replaced him on bass. In
April 2005, Snow Patrol declared longtime touring keyboardist Tom Simpson an
official member of the band.
In the midst of touring on U2's Vertigo Tour in Europe in the summer of 2005 as an
opening act, the band played in London at Live 8. After finishing their opening act
duties and extensive 2-year tour of Final Straw in late July, the band took a few weeks
off and began writing and recording songs for a new album. Snow Patrol's new version
of John Lennon's "Isolation" was released on December 10, 2005 as part of Make Some
Noise, Amnesty International's campaign about music with a message.
[edit] The follow-up
The band completed recording Eyes Open in December 2005, with Jacknife Lee
returning for production, and this album was released in the UK on the May 1, 2006,
with the first UK single "You're All I Have" having been released on the April 24, 2006.
The album was released in North America on May 9. While "Hands Open" was the first

8. American single, "Chasing Cars" pushed its way onto the download and pop charts after
it was heard in the second season finale of the television show Grey's Anatomy on May
15, 2006. Due to the song's surprise popularity, it was released as an overlapping single
in early June and the video was re-recorded to include clips from the show. Also, it was
featured in another television show, One Tree Hill, during its season finale. On the
December 30, 2006, it was voted by Virgin Radio listeners to be the number one song
of all time. Another of their songs, "Open Your Eyes", was heard on the season finale of
another medical program, ER, on the May 18, 2006, the The 4400, and the second
episode of Grey's Anatomy's third season on September 28, 2006.
The band was forced to postpone a majority of the American Eyes Open tour after
polyps were discovered on Lightbody's vocal cords, and failed to heal after initial
postponement of three dates on the tour. Dates were rescheduled for August and
September. The year would continue to be difficult on the band for the U.S. legs of their
tours, as they were also forced to cancel two west coast festival appearances in mid-
August due to the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S.-bound flights from the UK. Two
band members made it to the U.S. while two were stuck in London. Sequentially, they
all made it to the lone U.S. tour stop in Boston days later but failed to recover any of
their luggage, forcing them to shop for clothes on Newbury St. that afternoon. Their
gear arrived hours before showtime, just in time for sound check.
Earlier on in the year at the Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt/Kewit Belgium, the band's
equipment failed to get through security at Heathrow airport, and all of their instruments
got held-up in customs. However, they managed to bring two of their acoustic guitars
with them. This saw two members of the band perform a short acoustic set, with Gary
Lightbody saying, "Next time we'll bring our equipment on the plane, even if it kills
us!"
The band also had to cancel appearances in Germany and France after bassist Paul
Wilson injured his left arm and shoulder.
As of November 26, 2006, Eyes Open was the UK's best-selling album of the year. It
sold 1.5 million copies. The album reached gold certification in the US as well, and as
of January 2007, it has sold over 800,000 copies. It has maintained a spot in the upper
quarter of the Billboard 200 list for over fifteen weeks, on the heels of the popularity of
"Chasing Cars". The band also holds the distinction of having one of iTunes' top
downloaded albums and songs of 2006.
Ahead of the band's February tour, Eyes Open topped the Australian charts some eight
months after its release on January 22, 2006. This February tour, the band asked long
term friend and Boss Volenti drummer, Graham Hopkins to play drums as Jonny Quinn
had broken his arm.
[edit] Band members
Current line-Up
• Gary Lightbody: Lead vocals, Guitar
• Paul Wilson: Bass guitar
• Jonny Quinn: Drums/Percussion

9. • Nathan Connolly: Guitar
• Tom Simpson: Keyboard
Previous members
• Mark McClelland: bass guitar, Keyboard
• Richard Colburn: Drums
• Iain Archer: Vocals, Lyrics
[edit] Trivia
• In the early days, the band used to pretend to be members of the Scottish band
Belle & Sebastian in order to gain free entry to the Student Union club at the
Glasgow School of Art.
• Many of their songs, including most from Songs for Polarbears, are songs with
titles that do not appear in the lyrics. Eyes Open is the first album of the band's
that largely bucks this trend.
• Gary Lightbody has a side project called The Reindeer Section, a supergroup
comprising members of famous Scottish bands including Astrid, Belle &
Sebastian, Idlewild, Teenage Fanclub and Mogwai. They have released two
albums to date on the Belfast label Bright Star.
• He has also started a solo act called "Listen... Tanks!"
• The band considers U2 to be one of its biggest influences.
• The band was the final ever act to perform on long-running BBC music show
Top of the Pops, performing "Chasing Cars" on the show's penultimate edition.
• While Zane Lowe was on holiday on January 10, 2007, Gary Lightbody co-
presented the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Songs for When It's All Over Final Straw Eyes Open
Polarbears We Still Have to (August 4, 2003) (May 1, 2006)
(August 31, 1998) Clear Up Black Lion, Polydor Interscope Records
Jeepster (March 5, 2001) UK, Fiction (UK) #1 IRL, #1 UK, #19
Records/Never Jeepster Records CAN, #27 US, #1
Records #129 UK Interscope (U.S.) AUS, #21 GER, #1 NZ
#143 UK
#5 IRL #3 UK, #91
US (Originally
charted #103 UK)

10. [edit] EPs
Live and Acoustic at Park
Starfighter Pilot
Ave.
(1997)
(2005)
(Electric Honey)
(Polydor UK)