Short Biog.
Snide Remarks are a punk rock band hailing from Teesside,
England. They've been around since 1982, making them a cornerstone of the
Teesside punk scene. Known for their high-energy performances and a blend of
punk, glam, and alternative rock, they've cultivated a strong following over
the years.
Snide Remarks 2023
History
In 1981-82 Teesside punk-new wave band Forward Childhood
split up. Keith Barnard (Barney) wanted the band to stick with punk sound, but
the other members wanted to move on. So together with Colin Wiltshire on guitar
and Barny on bass and vocals they recruited Ian Dickens to play drums ‘Snide
Remarks’ was born.
The band were together for a couple of months when they
played their first gig at Stockton's Y.M.C.A.. The band went off to do several
gigs and a 4 track demo at Bull's-eye Studio Newton Aycliffe .The demo was played on local
Radio Tees over a few nights which included the track Ugly which became underground
cult musical history on Teesside having had a track with The F. word played on
main stream radio was taboo in 1982 not even The Sex Pistols had managed to do
it a few years previous. Not long after this the band had their indifferences and
split up
Ten years later Barny met up with new hopeful Andy Bain who
took up learning the bass and together they came up with some new cracking tunes.
The two of them decided to create a new revamped Snide Remarks. Barry Walker who had a brief spell in Snide in 83 and friend of Keith was brought in and helped out on vocals but couldn't commit himself to join the band permanently (watch this space).
Andrew Vernel came in as drummer, and John Gibbs joined as vocalist previously with
Emergency Purge.
Snide Remarks did numerous local gigs around Teesside and
North Yorkshire in 1993-1996 and supported the likes of The Toy Dolls Anti
Pasti and The King Crabs. (Jimmy Nails punk band who made his name acting
shortly after in TV shows Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Spender, and had the 1992 number
one hit single, "Ain't No Doubt"). Things were tough at first and a
few rough demos at Studio 64 in Middlesbrough were recorded ,changes were made
and sadly certain members fell out as friends, the band split, Snide was put to
rest.
Barny and Andy got back together to talk about the good old
days and what if the band had continued, and how far could they have taken it? This
inspired them to have another go January 2007
Snide Remarks put out a plea for a new singer and Robert
Thompson replied and took over as vocalist 2007 and drummer Ritchie idle
previously with local band Punch was enrolled ,The band went into Cut'n'Sussed studio in
Durham and created an unreleased demo cd that represented Snide Remarks at this
point! Shortly after Andy left the band and was replaced by Nigel Craig
Rob had a career change in late 2007 which forced him to put the
band on hold. Barny asked once again old friend Barry Walker to help on vocals
temporarily whilst Rob sorted his career out. The Band members decided Baz was a
better man for the job and he was asked to stay permanent in 2008 Baz free from
commitments this time agreed to stay, and Barney finally got his first-choice
frontman on board again ,but shortly after the band imploded. After several talks and
auditions with many time wasting
drummers throuout 2008. Snide Remarks finally came across (Spider) Dave Martin in early 2009 through
local guitarist Andy Wilson from original punk band No Way which had supported The
Undertones in 1977 at Newcastle city hall, Spider was an old school punk
drummer who's been in many bands including Teesside band The Lice.
Nigel Craig played bass for a year and did numerous
gigs before standing down as he was finding it too much, playing in his own band Afraid to Sleep and Snide Remarks, as gigs were a plenty. The band was advised a bassist Dave Heard formerly with Mod
Band Jarvis Humby who had supported Brit Pop Band Badly Drawn Boy in New York
was available and after he saw us decided to join the band in early 2011.
Then just before recording was planned in 2011 Dave was
relocated by his employer to Aberdeen and the saga of a new bass player started
again. Dave returned a few years later to join Teesside Mod band King Mojo in 2015.
After several unsuccessful
auditions, the band was advised Steve Hoggart bassist with The Amazing Space Frogs
and Ardkore, was available and he was approached, and he immediately agreed to
take up the position in June 2011. Steve a professional musician had experience
with touring bands and with a combination of ‘local musical politics’ and Steve’s
experience and contacts Snide Remarks decided to start booking shows around the
UK and host their own shows locally with the likes of 999,Vice Squad , The
Members ,Sham 69, XSLF etc. In May 2012 the band celebrated 30 years by making a
live In the Studio demo album (30 Years of Ugly) celebrating the anniversary of the
track Ugly. This was released by Nil by Mouth Records. It was decided to bring
in a rhythm guitarist in 2013 to project the overall sound and Paul Tattersall
from The Amazing Space Frogs was keen to take up the challenge as the band was
getting a reputation for its live performances and he joined the band permanent. The
band raised the bar during 2013/14 including playing The Hillsborough Campaign /Truth and Justice in Orgreave Sheffield and at Whitby Goth Festival and The Star and Garter for STP Records Manchester and a few all day Festivals around the UK including The Volks Power Festivals and Stockton Performing Arts Festival. In August 2014 the
band finally returned to the studio and recorded the long overdue album now named Reserekted (Released May 2015 by Nil By Mouth Records) after the completion of recording
Steve Hoggart and Paul Tattersall decided to leave the band and concentrate on
new projects.
Replacing Paul was (George Martin) Spiders son and Nigel Craig returned on bass for the third time
completing a new Autumn 2014 line up. Due to work commitments George departed in
August 2015 and Nigel departed November 2015 as the gigs diary was just too
demanding and he wanted to concentrate on his own new metal project. Steve Hoggart Returned to
fill in until a replacement was found.
Then in April 2016 we were approached by Kev Watson from
hard-core punk bands My Rules and Bastard Face from Durham. Kev played many a
gig thru-out 2016 including The Great Alternative Festival at Butlins Skegness. Just as
Recording was about to commence in Feb.2017 for a new album yet again it had
to be cancelled now due to Kev Watsons work commitments. Kev Watson departed
shortly after and joined Loaded 44 and later tribute act The Skapones and then Toured with China Drum in Asia in 2024.
Steve Hoggart again returned to help out. Now playing in Durham punk
band The Relitics as well as The Space Frogs. We decided we would start recording the new album at
Steve’s studio Nil by Mouth.
In June 2017 we were advised by Steve that bassist
Martin Thirlwell formerly with Teesside Punksters Nothing Waits was
interested in joining and he highly recommended him. Mav agreed to take up the
bass position immediately just as recording commenced Steve moved aside and
let Mav take over.
In July 2018 just after recording was completed for the album now
titled ‘Life Is Hell’ we had the shocking and devastating news that Barny had
passed away suddenly.
This left the band with the decision if we continued or not
after great debate we concluded Barny founder member would have wanted us to
continue and to get the album released.The next chapter was difficult without Barney but we were determined to move forward as he would have wished.
After using stand in drummers through 2017-and
2018 due to Spiders work commitments we regrettably came to the mutual decision to have a shake up and release him after 10 years.
Shortly after Spiders
Departure we were advised drummer Tommy Heaney was available previously with
Loaded 44 and Dogsflesh and had stood in for Punk Band The Lurkers. Tommy was asked to join
the band which he accepted in July 2018. Steve Hoggart yet again came to the bands
aid to play lead guitar this time until a source could be found.
We played
Liquid Rooms Edinburgh 25th August 2018. Our first official gig without Barney just 6 weeks after his death on the last night of the
Edinburgh Fringe. In Oct 2018 we were advised through fans a local guitarist had recently come back to the area Mark Fallais previously with The Flower
Drum People in the 80s and more recently involved with Teesside Band Johnny Seven. Fal had
seen Snide Remarks and liked what we did. So we auditioned and immediately decided
he was our man as he was in a similar back to basics style to Barney. Steve Hoggart stood down
in December 2018 after several shows. Steve went on to join metal band Abaddon
with Tony Bray original drummer from Black Metal Band Venom.
The album ‘Life is Hell’ which had sat on the shelf for over 6 month was finally completed, co-produced
by Baz and Steve in April 2019 and officially released July 2019.
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Then as things were becoming settled and we were getting back to playing many a show. Covid Lockdown hit us just a couple of days after we played The Great Alternative Festival for the second time at Minehead Butlins this co-insidered with the release of Album - Life is Hell on Vinyl.
After a 4 month spell without gigs or rehearsals in June 2020 Tommy made the decision he wanted to spend more time with his family and concentrate on his new career so Dave Martin (Spider) returned to the fold for his second time as Snides drummer after a 2 year break. In July 2020 we played one of the first gigs in the UK aloud in Covid Times, a drive in gig at ROF. Newton Aycliffe Activity Centre on the playing field organised by Aycliffe Radio.
Also in the Autumn of 2020 we were approached by Bri Anthony from County Durham to see if we were interested in having a second guitarist, which we agreed too.
Bri plays in local Alternative Band The Floral Detectives from Darlington and he has played in many bands including , Captain (with Captain Sensible ) and had a brief spell touring with the Damned and The Cult .We agreed after a short audition for him to join in November 2020. Kid Chaos as Bri likes to be called comes from a interview Captain Sensible and him did after doing Solent Radio (says Bri )after playing the Isle of Wight Festival. They asked who I was and Captain said 'him' he's a real kid chaos.Then it stuck from then on,
In summer of 2021 Conor Mc Naughton from The Floral Dectectives stood in for Spider because of health issues.Then in 2022 we decided we had to to move on without Spider and was advised by Steve Hoggart that David Borrows (Boz) previously in Teesside band Zeitgeist 77 and Riot Act which ex Snides Hoggart and Paul Tattersall had played in was available and would be a good match. Boz immediately agreed to take up the position
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In 2024 we finally made the decesion to travel to Europe and had a amazing time touring Sweden and Norway.
After the positive feedback another tour of Sweden is booked for 2025.
We are available for a bookings around the UK and Europe and looking forward to recording new material soon, with a new album been worked on with a slightly different direction .
Official Realeases.
Ugly Ep - Released Demo - 1982
(Un-Official Release - Burglers - 2007 (Digital Only)
(Un-Official Release - Burglers - 2007 (Digital Only)
30 Years of Ugly Album Live in The Studio - Released -May. 2012
Resurekted - Album - Released - May 2014
Life is Hell - Album - Released - July - 2018
Resurekted - Album - Released - May 2014
Life is Hell - Album - Released - July - 2018
(Vinyl -Feb 2019)
Glam EP- Released - May. -2019
Out and about Live Album (2011-2014) - Released - July. 2021
Apologies Single 21st January - 2023
Never Trust That Girl Single - 24th Feb. -2023
Punkshow EP - 24th May -2023
BE PREPARED FOR DECIBELS (you won't need your hearing aids)
Line up 2025
Mav - Bass - departed April- 2025
Boz - Drums
Baz- Vocals
Fal -Guitar/bass
Bri - guitar
Mav -2017 - departed April 2025
2022/2023/2024-Line Up
Baz-Vocals
Mav- Bass
Fal- Guitar
Bri - Guitar
Boz -Drums ( Permanent from March 2022)
Conor Mc Noughton - 2021-2022 - (Stand in Sept. 2023
Steve Hoggart - (Stand In) - July 2022/ Nov. 2022/ Oct-2024
Boz
2021 -Line Up
Baz - Vocals
Mav - Bass
Fal - Guitar
Spider - Drums
Bri Anthony (Kid Chaos) -Guitar
Stand in Drums - Conor Mc Naughton -(Floral Detectives) from May 2021
Kid Chaos
Baz- Vocals 
Mav - Bass
Fal- Guitar
Tommy - Drums
Spider -Drums - July Onwards
2019 Line Up
Baz - Vocals
Mav - Bass
Fal - Guitar
Tommy - Drums
LINE UP- 2018
Mav - Bass
Baz - Vocals
Steve Hoggart - Guitar (July- Oct)
Tommy Heaney - Drums - (July)
Mark Fallais - Guitar (October )
Keith Barnard - Guitar - (R.I.P.) July
Spider - Drums
Steve Hoggart joining with Barny - 2018 
Line Up - 2017
Spider- Drums
Mav- Bass
Baz - Vocals -
Barny-Guitar (R.I.P.)
STANDING IN 2016 , 2020
(Drums - Pete Collins - No Way )
(Bass - Steve Hoggart -The Relitics and The Amazing Space Frogs/Abbadon/Ardkore )
(Drums -Josh James Robson - Dogsflesh 
2016 line up-
Guitar - Keith Barnard (R.I.P.)
Bass- Kev Watson
Drums - Spider
Vocals - Baz
Bass- Pike -(departed Feb)
BASS - KEV WATSON - April -2016 -Feb 2017
Bass- Andrew Graham - Nov 2015 - - Feb - 2016
Nigel - 2014 George Martin 2015
Spider - Barny - Baz - Nigel - Blackpool 2015 
Line Up - 2014 - 2015
Vocals - Baz
Guitar- Barney (R.I.P.)
Drums - Spider
Bass- Steve Hoggart
Bass - Nigel Craig
Rhythm - Guitar - George Martin
Bass - Andrew Graham
Hoggart - Spider - Baz - Tatters - Barny- 2013
LINE UP- 2012 - 2014
Bass - Steve Hoggart
Guitar - Barney (R.I.P.)
Vocals - Baz
Drums - Spider
Rhythm Guitar - Paul Tattersall (Tatters) 2013 - 2014
Barny - Baz - Hoggart - Spider 2012
Line Up- 2011
Bass - Dave Heard
Bass - Steve Hoggart
Bass - Nigel Craig
Guitar - Barney (R.I.P.)
Drums - Spider
Vocals - Baz
Snooty Fox - Wakefield - 2011 - Barny - Baz - Dave Heard - Spider
Baz- Spider- Barny -Nigel - 2009
2007-2008
Bass - Andy Bain
Bass - Nigel Craig
Vocals - Baz
Drums - Spider
Guitar - Barney (R.I.P.)
The Sun - Stockton - 2007 - Barny - Rob - Ritchie Idol - Kevandy
2007
Bass - Andy Bain
Drums - Ritchie Idol
Guitar - Barney (R.I.P.)
Vocals - Robb
Bass - Andy Bain
Drums - Ritchie Idol
Guitar - Barney (R.I.P.)
Vocals - Robb
1993-1996
Vocals - John Gibbs 1994-1996 - (R.I.P)
Vocals - Bugsy- (1996)
Vocals Baz - (1993)
Guitar - Barney (R.I.P.)
Bass - Andy Bain
Drums - Vern
Drums - Bam Bam
1981-1983
Vocals - Guitar - Bass- Barny (R.I.P.)
Drums- - Ian Dickens
Bass - Ross Weston - R.I.P.
Guitar - Colin Wiltshire- (R.I.P.)
Vocals - Baz - (1983)
Ross Weston - R.I.P.
Forward Childhood - 1980 - Barney - Allen Hoggarth - Martin Gunn
