The Day I Snapped

The Day I Snapped is a melodic punk band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in late 2000. The band have been in their current form of Vocalist/Guitarist Alan Easton, Guitarist Richie Bradford, Drummer Craig Brennan and Bassist Stuart Burnside since 2011 after Stuart replaced Andy McFarlance becoming The Day I Snapped's 7th Bassist.

Since their inception The Day I Snapped have been a mainstay of the Scottish music scene sharing stages with the likes of Alkaline Trio, Bowling for Soup, The Lawrence Arms, Strung Out, Biffy Clyro, A Wilhelm Scream and many others.

Their first show was opening for King Prawn at the Legendary King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in early 2001. In 2002 they joined Bouncing Souls on a memorable Punkorama bill and in the same year secured an appearance at the T in the Park festival by somehow impressing the fickle judges and bypassing the politics. In 2004, while sweeping up dead pigeons at work, singer Alan received a phone call asking The Day I Snapped to step in and open for Punk Rock giants Offspring at a sold-out Glasgow's SECC with 4 hours notice. In 2006 they were able to fulfill the dream of every aspiring Scottish band by playing at the world famous Barrowlands, sharing a bill with the All American Rejects and Zebrahead.

Over the years the band have enjoyed a modicum of national radio exposure and in 2003 were invited by the BBC to record a live session at the for Radio 1's Vic & Jill show.

The Day I Snapped have entered the studio 5 times to date. Three demos were recorded between 2001 and 2003 with tracks from these recordings appearing on various compilation albums. A 12 track album entitled "Hooked On Disaster" was completed in 2006, produced by former bassist Chris Gordon (Baby Chaos/Union of Knives) and was released on UK label Lockjaw Records in October of that year. Two songs from this debut, Start Again and History, were featured on the soundtrack of the Hollywood film Loveless in Los Angeles.

A second album, Tales of Ordinary Madness, was recorded in 2010 with Chris again at the helm and is set for release in December 2011 on the band's own label, Tremendous Hill Records. The album's Opening track "Cohesion and Derision" has appeared in commercials for Orbit Gum and UK Comedian Rufus Hound.

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