A NICE ALTERNATIVE BAND

Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in London. The band's first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot (1997), and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears (1998) andWhen It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001), were commercially unsuccessful and were released by the independent labels Electric Honey andJeepster respectively. The band then signed on to the major record label Polydor Records in 2002.