Gary Lightbody (born Bangor, Northern Ireland, on June 15, 1976) is the frontman of the Scotland-based rock band Snow Patrol.
After attending Campbell College, he moved to Dundee, Scotland in 1994 to attend Dundee University. It is here that he formed Polar Bear with fellow student Mark McClelland, also from Belfast. Initially Richard Colburn of Belle & Sebastian featured on drums. Lightbody then asked Jonny Quinn to move over from Belfast to take over on drums. Facing legal action from an American band of the same name, the boys changed their name to Snow Patrol, the affectionate nickname a friend had dubbed them.
Over the years they released two albums, Songs for Polarbears, and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, and toured with bands such as The Levellers, Ash and Travis, before signing to Polydor offshoot Fiction. Their first album on Fiction, Final Straw, saw Lightbody working with producer Garrett "Jacknife" Lee, who went on to produce U2. After the success of Final Straw, the band headed back into the studio to record the next album for Fiction, Eyes Open.
He also formed in the Scottish supergroup The Reindeer Section., made up of 27 musicians from 10 different bands. In 2006 he featured in another musical collective, The Cake Sale, formed to raise funds and awareness for Ireland's Make Trade Fair campaign.
Lightbody now lives in Glasgow and is a friend of the BBC Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray.
Lightbody is known for being very into contributing to Charities, recording charity songs and helping raise awareness of such events.
Paul Wilson (born on 20 October 1978) is the bass player in the Northern Ireland-based Indie rock band Snow Patrol. He occasionally sings backup vocals.
Wilson formerly played both guitar and keyboards for Glasgow-based band Terra Diablo. In March 2005 he replaced longtime member and Snow Patrol co-founder Mark McClelland on bass. He played his first official show with the band in Dingle, County Kerry on April 1, 2005. As a multi-instrumentalist, he was considered an integral part of the creative process on Snow Patrol's 2006 album, Eyes Open.
An injury to Wilson's left arm and shoulder forced the band to cancel several of their French and Germany shows in late 2006.
Nathan Connolly (born Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 20, 1981) is an Northern Irish musician. He is currently the guitarist and backing vocalist for alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
Tom Simpsonis the keyboard player for the band Snow Patrol. Although he has played with Snow Patrol for many years on tour, he was only made an official member of the band after the album Final Straw.
Tom Simpson attended Monifieth High School in Angus, Scotland.
Mark McClelland was born in 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He was the co-founder of the band Snow Patrol along with Gary Lightbody and was the bass guitarist and keyboardist. He was ejected from the band after their 2003 album [Final Straw|Final Straw] for creative differences.
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