Clem Snide is an
alt-country
Alternative country, or alternative country rock (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, Americana, or y'allternative), is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and/or country rock that includes acts that differ significantly in style f ...
band featuring
Eef Barzelay
Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (born May 12, 1970) is an Israeli-American musician. He is the principal songwriter and singer of alternative country band Clem Snide, but has also toured as a solo act, both as a headliner and in support of various artists ...
(guitar, vocals), Brendan Fitzpatrick (bass) and Ben Martin (drums).
History
"Clem Snide" is a character in several novels by
William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...
, including ''
Naked Lunch
''Naked Lunch'' (sometimes ''The Naked Lunch'') is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the narr ...
'', ''
The Ticket That Exploded
''The Ticket That Exploded'' is a 1962 novel by American author William S. Burroughs, published by Olympia Press and later by Grove Press in 1967. Together with '' The Soft Machine'' and ''Nova Express'' it is part of a trilogy, referred to as ' ...
'' and ''
Exterminator!
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''. The band Clem Snide was started by songwriter and singer
Eef Barzelay
Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (born May 12, 1970) is an Israeli-American musician. He is the principal songwriter and singer of alternative country band Clem Snide, but has also toured as a solo act, both as a headliner and in support of various artists ...
, Jason Glasser, William J. Grabek Jr., and drummer Eric Paull in Boston in 1991. A few years later, with the addition of bassist Jeff "SweetBread" Marshall, the band made its first record, ''
You Were a Diamond'', with producer
Adam Lasus
Adam Lasus (born September 2, 1968 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States) is an American record producer, recording engineer and musician.
Career
Lasus credits include albums by Yo La Tengo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Lilys, Helium, Juliana Hat ...
. After building up a local following they attracted the attention of Seymour Stein, who then signed them to the Sire label for whom they recorded ''
Your Favorite Music'' in 1999.
A couple years later Clem Snide released their third album ''
The Ghost of Fashion'' on indie stalwart SpinArt Records. The record received some mainstream attention due to the song "Moment in the Sun", which was used as the theme song for the second season of the
NBC
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program ''
Ed''.
After an ill-fated post-9/11 tour, the band began to unravel, but not before completing two more records: ''
Soft Spot'' (2003) and ''
End of Love'' (2005). After beginning work on another record, the strains of life in the music industry became too great and Clem Snide broke up. Barzelay went on to release two solo records, ''
Bitter Honey'' and ''
Lose Big''.
In 2009, the band re-grouped and released their sixth record ''
Hungry Bird
''Hungry Bird'' is the sixth album by indie rock band Clem Snide. The album was recorded in 2006 and released on the 429 Records label on February 24, 2009 in both the U.S. and U.K. Lead singer Eef Barzelay
Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (born May 12, 19 ...
'' on 429 Records. On February 23, 2010, Clem Snide released their seventh long-player, ''
The Meat of Life
''The Meat of Life'' is the seventh studio album by indie rock band Clem Snide, released on February 23, 2010 on 429 Records. It is the first entirely new album by the band since singer Eef Barzelay
Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (born May 12, 1970) i ...
'', also on 429 Records.
The band's music featured in the series ''
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'', when "Faithfully" was played during the end credits of "Waiting for a Miracle", the fourth episode of season 5 (originally broadcast January 2012).
In February 2013, Clem Snide released a new track, "The Woods", which was written for "Senses", the second episode of the
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