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The Snake Corps
12+ albums
post-punknew waveGothic Rock80sdarkwave
about
The Snake Corps came together in 1984 following the break-up of Sad Lovers & Giants (SL&G) the previous year. Aiming for a harder-edged sound, core members Tristan Garel-Funk and Nigel Pollard advertised in the Melody Maker for the necessary musicians. After many auditions they settled on Marc Lewis and Liam McGuinness on vocals and bass respectively. This original incarnation set about establishing its own sound - recording demos of songs later to appear on the band’s albums as well as a video of Look East for Eden at Kingston Poly where Marc was a student. After some initial success building a local following and reconnecting with many of the fans of SL&G, Nigel left the band and was replaced by Jon Greville from the seminal deathrock three-piece, Rudimentary Peni; and also synthpunk outfit, Soft Drinks, who had been featured on the classic "The Thing From The Crypt (I Nearly Died Laughing)" compilation alongside SL&G. This line up went into record the first album: Flesh on Flesh, released on Midnight Music. Tours in europe helped to build and consolidate the band's following, but at home the story was one of press and radio indifference. Feeling a need to broaden the scope of the Snake Corps sound the band decided to add keyboards. This resulted in the return of school friend and SL&G founder member David Wood. With the addition of Jim Blanchard from label-mates The S-Haters replacing Liam on bass guitar, this line-up recorded the band's second album Smother Earth. More
