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 Chris von Sneidern's Profile |
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Going solo is tough, but keeping a band is murder |
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| Location: | SAN FRANCISCO, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jan 18, 2008 (263 days back) |
About Me |
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| A longtime fixture of the Bay Area power pop scene, Chris von Sneidern was one of the pop underground's more accomplished singer/songwriters, earning a cult following with a string of indie releases during the '90s. Born in Syracuse, NY, von Sneidern formed a local outfit called the U-Turns in the early '80s before relocating to San Francisco in 1985. He played with several locally based power pop bands — including the Lost Patrol and (as bassist) the Sneetches — before joining Flying Color as guitarist in 1987. After they broke up in 1990, von Sneidern hit the road with former Beat leader Paul Collins and lived for a short time in New York before returning to San Francisco to pursue a solo career. He surfaced on the Heyday label and issued his self-produced debut album, Sight & Sound, in 1993; in addition to winning raves from power pop fans, it also featured a guest appearance from John Wesley Harding, with whom von Sneidern would collaborate frequently in the years to come. The follow-up, Big White Lies, appeared in 1994, and as word of von Sneidern's music spread in the pop underground, he picked up more production work in addition to his own recordings, and opened his own Bay Area studio.When von Sneidern returned with his third album, Go!, in 1996, he was on the local indie Mod Lang; that label also released the follow-up, 1998's Wood + Wire. For his next project, von Sneidern formed a soul/R&B-influenced outfit called the Sportsmen, which also featured pianist Khoi-San, guitarist Dave Gleason, bassist Rob Douglas, and drummer Derek Ritchie. Their debut album, Spirited, was released in 1999 by the Japanese Lazy Cat label. Von Sneidern subsequently formed his own label, which allowed him to release several idiosyncratic projects in 2000. First came London Payne (subtitled Searching the Muse: Memoirs Across America), which set poetry by John R. Dykes to music; it was followed by 2-cute 2-be 4-gotten, a similar exercise that drew from poetry written by teenage girls. Finally, there was an additional live album spanning 1998-2000, Live Start Lifting. Accompanying a tour of Spain, von Sneidern released The Wild Horse in 2001, which has been picked up by three labels worldwide.In 2002, von Sneidern moved to Seattle, where he spent most of his time working on California Redemption Value, released on Mastromonia in 2005. He has since relocated to San Francisco where he continues to produce bands in the studio, and tour the USA in a VW van.(adapted from allmusic.com bio by Steve Huey) | |
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Music:Member Since: 12/13/2005Band Website: cvsmusic.com Band Members: Pete Straus- bass Michael Israel- drum Khoi-San- keyboard Paul Robinson- guitar CVS- "1, 2, 3, 4" Record Label: Heyday, Mod Lang, Mastromonia, Innerstate, Lovecat Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Powerpop / Rock / Pop) |
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friend? we hardly knew ye! |
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| I'm in a quandary, sorta. I'm very private when it comes to what goes out there in the world. I mean, I'll dance around in my underpants on Conan (if they'd have me) but cannot stand the idea that som... Posted by Chris von Sneidern on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:20:00 PST |
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how big? |
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| when you add a new friendster to your myspace, and they in turn post a "comment" which is actually just a promo for their band, how big should it be? meaning, it's a picture saying "thanks for t... Posted by Chris von Sneidern on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:39:00 PST |
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Charles Gonzalez, Graham Elvis, Make-Out Room, The Riptide, Mercedes, LuLu, minnie, Bradshaw, noblynne, KateDolce, Russ Tolman, Sarah(me just purely), Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands, The Music Lovers, Candy Churilla, Gary Bauder and the Cosmic Tumblers, Anthony Bautovich, Gary Ritchie, clarke martty, Gary, Christine, Jennifer, Michael (of SinnersProductions), Hector, The Fallen Archies, Jonna, Bill, ViXia VeX, in the tower above the earth, Jose Palmer, alisha, Popdude, Chris Degnore, Jeffrey Foskett, Vanessa Van Spall, Mr. Teenage Symphony
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