Snow Patrol

Featuring touchstones, Snow Patrol's compositions combine songwriting aptitude with pop/rock's sharpest strains. Although originally from Northern Ireland, vocalist/guitarist Gary Lightbody and bassist/keyboardist Mark McClelland first teamed up in 1994 at the University of Dundee, having relocated to Scotland for college. The duo band names, including Shrug and Polar Bear, before adopting the Snow Patrol moniker and enlisting Jonny Quinn to play drums in 1997. They signed with the U.K.'s Jeepster label in 1998 and, Songs for Polar Bears, in August of that same year. The record was., where the bandmates for their live show.

An opening slot on the European leg of U2's Vertigo Tour followed in summer 2005, and Snow Patrol's fourth album, the slickly commercial Eyes Open, arrived in May 2006. One year later, with a under their belt and the mainstream appeal of "Chasing Cars" maintaining the band's presence on American radio, Eyes Open was certified gold in the United States. It later. Snow Patrol also became the first U.K. rock act in 13 years to break into the Top Five of the Billboard singles charts, with the release of 2008's A Hundred Million Suns. Led by the single "Take Back the City," the album positive, romantic lyrics, something that Gary Lightbody had pointedly shunned in the past Snow Patrol

MATCH: Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right. Are your answers the same as other students’?

Paragraph 1 1. fusion a. types 2 strains b. a mixing 3. composing c. put out 4. moniker d. signing up 5. released e. name 6. enlisting f. writing

Paragraph 2 7. slot g. focus on 8. mainstream h. officially designated 9. certified i. disregarded 10. emphasis j. part 11 shunned k popular with many

PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article.

1. a fusion of a. through North America

2 began composing b. their debut album

3. released c. large fan base

4. a large success d. music under several different

5. also gained a e. platinum status

6. successful run f. several alternative stylistic

7. rose to g. emphasis on

8. a feat h. across the U.K

9. featured an i. in the past

10. shunned j. they sought to revisit

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Snow Patrol

Featuring a fusion of ______stylistic touchstones, Snow Patrol's compositions combine songwriting aptitude with pop/rock's sharpest strains. Although originally from Northern Ireland, vocalist/guitarist Gary Lightbody and bassist/keyboardist Mark McClelland first teamed up in 1994 at the University of Dundee, having relocated to Scotland for college. The duo began ______under several different band names, including Shrug and Polar Bear, ______the Snow Patrol moniker and enlisting Jonny Quinn to play drums in 1997. They signed with the U.K.'s Jeepster label in 1998 and released their debut album, Songs for Polar Bears, in August ______. The record was ______across the U.K., where the bandmates also gained a large fan base for their live show.

An ______on the European leg of U2's Vertigo Tour followed in summer 2005, and Snow Patrol's fourth album, the slickly commercial Eyes Open, ______in May 2006. ______, with a successful run through North America ______and the mainstream appeal of "Chasing Cars" maintaining the band's presence on American radio, Eyes Open was certified gold in the United States. It later ______platinum status. Snow Patrol also became the first U.K. rock act in 13 years ______the Top Five of the Billboard singles charts, a feat they sought to revisit with the release of 2008's A Hundred Million Suns. Led by the single "Take Back the City," ______an emphasis on positive, romantic lyrics, something that Gary Lightbody had pointedly shunned in the past.

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