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Chris von Sneidern is tagged as: power pop, singer-songwriter, pop, indie, indie pop

Chris Von Sneidern, born Syracuse, New York, is an American singer/songwriter. He earned a cult following with a string of indie releases during the 1990s and 2000s.
Von Sneidern played in a local band called the U-Turns in the early 1980s before relocating to San Francisco in 1985. In the Bay Area he played with several locally based power-pop bands, including the Lost Patrol and The Sneetches (the latter as bassist), before joining Flying Color as guitarist in 1987. After Flying Color broke up in 1990, Von Sneidern hit the road with former Beat leader Paul Collins and lived for a short time in New York before returning to San Francisco to pursue a solo career.
Von Sneidern issued his self-produced debut album, Sight & Sound, on the Heyday label in 1993. In addition to winning rave reviews from power-pop fans, it also featured a guest appearance from John Wesley Harding, with whom Von Sneidern would collaborate frequently in the years to come. The follow-up, Big White Lies, appeared in 1994, and as word of Von Sneidern’s music spread in the pop underground, he picked up more production work in addition to his own recordings, and opened his own Bay Area recording studio.
When Von Sneidern released his third album, Go!, in 1996, he was on the local indie label M...
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Top 10 Chris von Sneidern Songs
Open Wide
On My Hands
Big White Lies
Everything I Own
Here I Go
Doctor
Hard Again
Circles
Roll On
Dream Away
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Top 10 Chris von Sneidern Albums
Big White Lies
Sight & Sound
Wood + Wire
California Redemption Value
The Wild Horse
Go!
Like Me That Way
2-Cute 2-Be 4-Gotten
Wood Wire
The Sportsmen: "Spirited"
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