SNIDE were conceived in Spain in 2007, brainchild of Nobby Emmerick, an ex pat Brit with a need to create noise in his chosen homeland, his instrument was the bass guitar but his music was punk and in Spain, as with pretty much any other country in the world, the word, and the music, was treated with both suspicion and contempt.
Following a series of both successful and woeful live appearances playing covers in a punk style it was decided that a change of direction was required and this led Nobby and his compadres to form the nascent SNIDE and begin writing songs of their own. Here was punk attitude being translated into music, rebelling against a situation which was of the protagonist’s own doing.
In 2009 Nobby brought SNIDE back to the UK and set about playing relentlessly and shaping the band into the outfit they are today. Since that move many members have come and gone but stability began to be attained when, in 2014 Rob joined on guitar and Lou took over vocal duties bringing the feminine touch and an edge that had previously been missing.
By 2016 a scarcity of committed drummers very nearly put an end to the band until Alan Galaxy (a fan) happened to find out the band were lacking a skinsman and applied for (and landed) the post, this it appears has proved to be the final piece of the jigsaw.
The future is looking rosy now, an abundance of gigs are on the horizon and the band have recently been in the studio recording what is to become a limited edition EP which will simultaneously delight the faithful and enthrall any non believer who comes into contact with it.
As for punk…these days it is both an industry, and a state of mind….SNIDE are certainly on the latter train and continue to produce music which will in turn take you back to those heady days of the late 70s and remind you that the contemporary world is no better, and in many ways is worse than it was.