Genres: Jangle Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock Active: 90's, 2000's Born: in Syracuse, NY
Sneetches, Bill Lloyd, The Hang Ups, Wonderboy, Ric Menck, Matthew Sweet, Richard X. Heyman, The Greenberry Woods, Charley Dush, Scarlet Crush, The Rooks, The Van Delecki's, Eytan Mirsky, Million Yen, Shazam, Brad Jones, Marshall Crenshaw, John Wesley Harding, Holsapple-Stamey |  |
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 joined 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.
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Release: January 11, 2005
Label: Innerstate Records
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Release: May 9, 2006
Label: Mastromonia
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