Clem Snide photographed on the cover of their 1999 album Your Favorite Music.

Clem Snide is an alt-country indie rock band from New York, NY and Nashville, TN consisting of chief songwriter/singer/guitarist Eef Barzelay, bassist/cellist Jason Glasser, and current members including multi-instrumentalist Pete Fitzpatrick, and his cousin Brendan Fitzpatrick. Image File history File links Clemsnideyourfavoritemusic. ... Image File history File links Clemsnideyourfavoritemusic. ... Alternative country can refer to several ideas. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... Eef Barzelay is an American musician. ... A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ...

History

The band formed in 1991, when Barzelay wanted an outlet for his songwriting, but separated in 1994 after releasing a couple 7" singles. A few years later, Barzelay met back up with Glasser and began writing songs again, performing under the name Fruit Key. After adding a bassist and drummer, they reclaimed the name Clem Snide, recorded songs, continued performing, and, in 1998, issued their first album, You Were a Diamond (produced by Adam Lasus) on Tractor Beam Records. This album received some short-term major label attention, enough for Clem Snide to release their second album, Your Favorite Music, on Sire Records, before being dropped prior to the album's release. You Were a Diamond is the debut album from indie rock band Clem Snide. ... Your Favorite Music is the second album by indie rock band Clem Snide. ... Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Brothers Records The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. ...

In 2001, Clem Snide released the album The Ghost of Fashion, which received some extra press due to the song "Moment in the Sun" being featured as the theme song for the second season of the NBC program Ed. At this time, then-bassist Jeff Marshall left the band citing the touring schedule, as the band had performed a number of world tours in support of Fashion. He did, however, stay with the band to help record their fourth album, Soft Spot. The Ghost of Fashion is the third album by indie rock band Clem Snide. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Ed was an NBC television program produced by Worldwide Pants Incorporated from 2000-2004. ... Soft Spot is the fourth album by alt-country band Clem Snide. ...

Clem Snide released their fifth album in 2005, End of Love, and in February 2006 Eef Barzelay released his first solo album, Bitter Honey, on SpinArt Records. End of Love is the fifth full-length album by indie rock band Clem Snide. ... Eef Barzelay is an American musician. ... Bitter Honey is the solo debut album by American singer/songwriter and Clem Snide head Eef Barzelay. ... spinART Records is a popular independent record label. ...

Trivia

• "Clem Snide" is a character in the novel Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.

• Clem Snide found an interesting way to break their new single: "Moment in the Sun" became the new theme song for NBC's "Ed," after the show lost the rights to the Foo Fighters' "Next Year." Fans were allegedly distraught by the change, and Ed went back to the Foo Fighters for the third season.

• Clem Snide is often noted for their unique takes on popular songs. Their version of Christina Aguilera's hit single "Beautiful" was released on an EP in 2004, and have been known to perform the Kelis single "Milkshake" on recent tours as well as covering Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" as an intro to "Don't Be Afraid of Your Anger."

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Discography

Clem Snide has released a number of singles, albums, and EPs on a variety of record labels.

Albums

• You Were a Diamond - CD - Tractor Beam Records - 1998
• Your Favorite Music - CD - Sire Records/spinART Records - 1999
• The Ghost of Fashion - CD - SpinArt Records - 2001
• Soft Spot - CD - SpinArt Records - 2003
• End of Love - CD - SpinArt Records - 2005
• Suburban Field Recordings: Volume One/Early Home Recordings: Volume One - MP3/iTunes - SpinArt Records - 2005
• Suburban Field Recordings: Volume Two - MP3/iTunes - SpinArt Records - 2006

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EPs

• Moment in the Sun EP - CD - spinART Records - 2002
• A Beautiful EP - CD - spinART Records - 2004
• A Beautiful EP - CD - Fargo Records - 2004 (European release)

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Singles

• "I Love the Unknown" - CD - Cooking Vinyl - 1999 (European release)
• "Ice Cube" - CD - Cooking Vinyl - 2001 (European release)
• "Song for Bob Crane/Frustrated Poet" - 7" - Self Starter Foundation - 2001
• "Moment in the Sun" - CD - Cooking Vinyl - 2001

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Non-album compilation tracks

• "The Ballad of David Icke," from Future Soundtrack for America

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External links

• Clem Snide's official site.
• Clem Snide at Allmusic.
• Clem Snide at MusicBrainz