Jake Snider
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Jake Snider is the lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Minus the Bear
. He also plays guitar in Onalaska. He has previously been a part of the bands Sharks Keep Moving
and State Route 522. He writes sincere songs about drinking, girls and enjoying life.
Minus the Bear
Minus the Bear is an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2001, the group features current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving...
. He also plays guitar in Onalaska. He has previously been a part of the bands Sharks Keep Moving
Sharks Keep Moving
Sharks Keep Moving were a short-lived Seattle rock band that formed in 1998. The band’s original lineup consisted of Jake Snider , Jeff DeGolier , Nate Turpen , and Dan Dean , and J. Clark...
and State Route 522. He writes sincere songs about drinking, girls and enjoying life.
Discography
- State Route 522 7" - State Route 522 (1994, Henry's Finest Recordings)
- The Excursion Compilation - State Route 522 (1995, Excursion Records)
- Forecast Compilation - State Route 522 (1996, Excursion Records)
- State Route 522/Lying On Loot Split 7" - State Route 522 (1996, Excursion Records)
- Samson is Apollo - State Route 522 (EP 1997, Henry's Finest Recordings & Excursion Records)
- Sharks Keep Moving/The Kentucky Pistol 7" split - Sharks Keep Moving (1997, Henry's Finest Recordings)
- Desert Strings and Drifters - Sharks Keep Moving (EP 1998, Second Nature RecordingsSecond Nature RecordingsSecond Nature Recordings is an independent record label based in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It specialises in indie rock and punk and co-releases vinyl pressings for other labels...
) - Full Length album - Sharks Keep Moving (1999, Status Recordings)
- RetrospectiveRetrospectiveRetrospective generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle.-Music:...
- State Route 522 (2001, Status Recordings) - Pause and Clause - Sharks Keep Moving (2002, Status Recordings)
- This Is What I Know About Being GiganticThis Is What I Know About Being Gigantic-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jake Snider - Vocals & Guitar*Dave Knudson - Guitar*Erin Tate - Drums*Cory Murchy - Bass*Matt Bayles - Electronics-Other Personnel:*Recorded by Matt Bayles and Minus The Bear*Mixed by Matt Bayles...
- Minus the Bear (EP 2001, Suicide Squeeze Records) - Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them - Minus the Bear (EP 2002, Suicide Squeeze Records)
- To Sing For Nights - Onalaska (2002, Dim Mak Records)
- Highly Refined PiratesHighly Refined PiratesHighly Refined Pirates is Minus the Bear's debut full-length album, released on November 12, 2002 by Suicide Squeeze Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jake Snider - Vocals & Guitar*Dave Knudson - Guitar*Erin Tate - Drums*Cory Murchy - Bass...
- Minus the Bear (2002, Suicide Squeeze Records) - They Make Beer Commercials Like ThisThey Make Beer Commercials Like This-Personnel:*Jake Snider - Vocals & Guitar*Dave Knudson - Guitar*Erin Tate - Drums*Cory Murchy - Bass*Matt Bayles - Electronics-Other Personnel:*Additional vocals from Heather Duby on the track "I'm Totally Not Down With Rob's Alien"...
- Minus the Bear (EP 2004, Arena Rock Recording Co.) - Menos el OsoMenos el OsoMenos el Oso is the second album from Minus the Bear and was released on August 23, 2005 by Suicide Squeeze Records. The album title is a Spanish translation of "Minus The Bear."-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jake Snider - Vocals & Guitar...
- Minus the Bear (2005, Suicide Squeeze Records) - Planet of IcePlanet of IcePlanet of Ice is the third full-length album from Minus the Bear, released on August 21, 2007 by Suicide Squeeze Records. It was produced and recorded by the band's former keyboard player, Matt Bayles, in February and March of 2007...
- Minus the Bear (2007), Suicide Squeeze Records - You and the Fishermen - Onalaska (2007)
- AcousticsAcoustics (Minus the Bear EP)Acoustics is an acoustic EP from Minus the Bear. It was released on October 7, 2008, through Tigre Blanco Records. It contains an unreleased track, "Guns & Ammo," and acoustic versions of six tracks previously released in electric versions on Highly Refined Pirates, Menos el Oso, and Planet of...
- Minus the Bear (2008) - OmniOmni (album)-Recording and release:Omni is different from the previous Minus the Bear studio albums in that it was recorded in the style of a live show, with the band playing straight through each track rather than recording components of each track and "piecing" them together...
- Minus The Bear (2010)
Equipment
- Guitars
- Gibson Les PaulGibson Les PaulThe Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
Deluxe with two mini humbuckers - GretschGretschThe Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...
Roundup early Japanese reissue with two Filtertron Pickups - Fender 1952 reissue Telecaster
- GibsonGibson Guitar CorporationThe Gibson Guitar Corporation, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Nashville, Tennessee, manufactures guitars and other instruments which sell under a variety of brand names...
Les PaulGibson Les PaulThe Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
295 Goldtop (April 2008 Guitar of the Month)
- Gibson Les Paul
- Amplifiers:
- Just as guitarist Dave Knudson has done, Jake switched to a Mesa BoogieMesa BoogieMesa/Boogie is a company in Petaluma, California that makes amplifiers for guitars and basses. It has been in operation since 1969....
Lonestar (although Jake's is a 1x12 special) with custom white Tolex (with the exception of the 2X12" extension cabinet) circa Planet of Ice - Fender Twin Reverb (used as rental abroad)
- Just as guitarist Dave Knudson has done, Jake switched to a Mesa Boogie
- Effects pedals:
- 3 x Line 6 DL-4s
- BBE Green Screamer
- IbanezIbanezis a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
TS9 Tube ScreamerIbanez Tube ScreamerThe Ibanez Tube Screamer is a guitar overdrive pedal, made by Ibanez. The pedal has a characteristic mid-boosted tone popular with blues players...
(No Longer Used Live) - Moog Moogerfooger MuRF
- MaxonMaxon Effects PedalsMaxon is the name used by the Nisshin Onpa company of Japan for its line of effects pedals designed for guitar and bass. The unrelated Maxon Corporation is a major global supplier of industrial heating equipment.- History :...
Phase Tone - Electro-Harmonix HOG Guitar Synthesizer with foot controller
- Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Nano
- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb
- Loop Master five switch system which acts as an effects loop, making the pedals true bypass and allowing Jake to switch between effects while singing without having to "tap dance".
- Boss RC-2 Loop Station
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner Pedal
- FX Doctor-The Scalpel. Neat pedal which cuts the volume without losing tone.
- Line 6 M13