Jake Snider

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Name = Jake Snider

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Origin = Seattle, Washington, USA
Instrument = Guitar, Vocals
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Genre = Indie rock, Experimental rock
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Years_active = 1994 - Present
Label = Suicide Squeeze
Associated_acts = Minus the Bear
State Route 522
Sharks Keep Moving
Onalaska
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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.

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 Recordings)
*"Full Length album" - Sharks Keep Moving (1999, Status Recordings)
*"Retrospective" - State Route 522 (2001, Status Recordings)
*"Pause and Clause" - Sharks Keep Moving (2002, Status Recordings)
*"This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic" - 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 Pirates" - Minus the Bear (2002, Suicide Squeeze Records)
*"They Make Beer Commercials Like This" - Minus the Bear (EP 2004, Arena Rock Recording Co.)
*"Menos el Oso" - Minus the Bear (2005, Suicide Squeeze Records)
*"Planet of Ice" - Minus the Bear (2007), Suicide Squeeze Records
*"You and the Fishermen" - Onalaska (2007)

Equipment

*Guitars
**Gretsch Roundup with two Filtertron Pickups
**Fender 1952 reissue Telecaster

*Amplifiers:

**Just as guitarist Dave Knudson has done, Jake switched to a Mesa Boogie Lonestar with custom white Tolex (with the exception of the 2X12" extension cabinet) circa Planet of Ice
**Fender Twin Reverb (no longer used live)

*Effects pedals:
**2 x Line 6 DL-4s
**Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
**Electro-Harmonix HOG Guitar Synthesizer with foot controller

External links

* [http://www.minusthebear.com/ Minus the Bear official site]
* [http://www.tandoku.com/wikka.php?wakka=Onalaska/ Onalaska site run by Tom Harpel]