Red Snapper is a British instrumental band founded in London in 1993 by Ali… Read Full Bio ↴Red Snapper is a British instrumental band founded in London in 1993 by Ali Friend (double bass), Richard Thair (drums), and David Ayers (guitar). The three core members are also joined by various guest musicians and vocalists on different records. According to music journalist, Jason Ankeny (Allmusic) "the British acid jazz trio were notable for their pioneering synthesis of acoustic instruments and electronic textures".

Stylistically, Red Snapper's music contains elements of jazz, funk, jungle, trip-hop, hip-hop and breakbeat, as well as references to early psychedelic and progressive rock.

The band released three EPs before signing to Warp Records for their debut album, Prince Blimey (1996).[1] The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the record label primarily dealt in, the band had a live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass. In 1997, Red Snapper (along with the Foo Fighters) supported The Prodigy on their Fat of the Land tour in the UK

For their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det, Byron Wallen the jazz trumpeter and singer Alison David. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim Is to Satisfy (2000).

In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution.

Also in 2002 the compilation album It's All Good was released. It included a previously unreleased track, "Ultraviolet". The next year an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Thair remixed "Ultraviolet", and the "Odd Man Out" (Odd Man remix) was done by Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. The last track included vocals.

Later the Flameboy Records (owned by Jake Williams, former RS keyboard player) released a 4-track vinyl called "RedOne", which included a previously unreleased Red Snapper track entitled "Drill" featuring MC Det.

Red Snapper reformed in 2007 - this was posted on their MySpace page:

"After 6 years apart concentrating on different projects, Red Snapper return. Ali has been working with Beth Orton and his new band Clayhill. David has been focusing on writing music for TV with his work featuring on the highly acclaimed BBC show 'The Tribe'. Rich has been working with Jakeone on their band Toob, with Rennie Pilgrem and the TCR Allstars and Bomb the Bass".

They decided to rejoin before Christmas and after a jam session are back in the recording studio working on new material for their sixth album with saxophonist, Tom Challenger. Red Snapper also appeared at the Bloc Weekend in March 2008. The band released Pale Blue Dot (Lo Recordings) on 2 October 2008.

They appeared on the Glade Stage at Glastonbury 2009.

In May 2011 the band released 'Key', their seventh album on V2 Benelux with original band members Rich Thair (drums), Ali Friend (double bass/vocals) and David Ayers (guitar). They are joined by jazz saxophonist Tom Challenger and guest vocalists Gavin Clarke (UNKLE, Clayhill) and Mercury Prize nominee Eliza Carthy. The band are followed up the album with an extensive tour of Europe throughout the summer of 2011.

On 1 September 2014, Red Snapper released the album Hyena on Lo Recordings. It features music that the group composed to accompany the film Touki Bouki.
In 2016, the band toured Belarus and played at the Canary Wharf Jazz Festival.

Suckerpunch
Red Snapper Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Suckerpunch' by these artists:

Androcles Watch you walk away Step into the fire Not another word No m…
Billy Club Sandwich Raise your hand make sure it connects When I'm pummeling on…
Bowling for Soup Here she comes again with another boyfriend, Introduces me …
Carpathian So take a fucking step back and see what this…
Cop Shoot Cop How many times have I heard the same old line How…
Delain His frost performed it's art And it has stained my tainted…
Echobrain It's a wonder love every one that you take It's a…
Envy on the Coast 31 days to wreck your plastic face. And it's a…
Five Iron Frenzy Coke bottle glasses I'm sitting in the corner with my finger…

Fletcher I met you In the third week of June back in…
Gold Steps My head Is spinning to understand why I react the way I…
Ignore The Elephant Why do you come around to see me? I don’t like…
Pain I'm sick of only making peanuts. I'm sick of stale sandwich…
The Mayfield Four It's been about a dozen seasons Since the boy became a…
The Refreshments Never gave thought to fashion till Someone said I looked…
The Wildhearts can't believe that I got so down I dropped my…
Vivii Boom boom boom chicka boom boom sold out, not on the…
While I Breathe I Hope clock hits AM once again blood shot eyes and callused finger…
Wildhearts can't believe that I got so down I dropped my…
Xlovclo I don't want it You say I'm childish You took it to…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Red Snapper:

Image of You You say, you say There's something wrong with me You say, wh…
Image of You (feat. Alison David) You Say, You Say There's Something Wrong With Me You Say, Wh…
In Deep Just talk what you′re talking And walk like you're walking J…
The Sleepless Time to move on Can’t freeze ‘cause I’m blessed with a…
The Sleepless (feat. MC Det) Time to move on Can't freeze 'cause I'm blessed with a…

The Sleepless (Shut Up And Dan Time to move on Can’t freeze ‘cause I’m blessed with a…

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