Mark McClelland

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Mark McClelland
Electric Honey, Jeepster, Polydor

Mark Peter McClelland[1] (born 30 March 1976)[2] is a Northern Irish musician known best as the former bass guitarist of the band Snow Patrol. McClelland is a recipient of the Ivor Novello Award for his work on the album Final Straw. He is now the bassist for alternative act Little Doses.

Career

Mark McClelland was born on 30 March 1976, and attended

Flood The Tanks
and Cut La Roc's eponymous debut album, playing the song "Post Punk Progression" with Snow Patrol.

McClelland departed from the band in 2005 after the success of their 2003 album Final Straw, allegedly over creative differences. Speaking to Scotland's The Daily Record at the time, McClelland claimed he was sacked as Lightbody "wanted more control and less interference", adding that Snow Patrol would effectively be a solo project now.[5] The NME later reported that the dispute centred on songwriting credits for Final Straw, with McClelland feeling his contribution had not been given sufficient acknowledgement, even though he is credited for the music on all 12 tracks on the album.[6][7]

McClelland has gone on to create Little Doses, along with girlfriend (now wife),[8] singer Kirsten Ross and drummer Michael Branagh of Degrassi.[9] The band is unsigned.

Litigation

On 10 September 2007, the BBC news site reported that McClelland has issued a writ at the High Court in London seeking 25% of Snow Patrol's earnings since he left the band in March 2005.[10]

Discography

References

  1. ^ "Run - Writers". ASCAP. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Ice cool band warms hearts". BBC. 29 March 2004. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d "Double first for star student". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 26 February 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  4. ^ "University of Dundee Thursday Morning Ceremony - Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Pitchforkmedia.com". Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Snow Patrol bassist exits group". BBC News. 17 March 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Ex-Snow Patrol member launches new band". NME. 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  8. ^ Johnston, Andrew (7 March 2012). "Former Snow Patrol Bassist on New Band, Little Doses". Culturenorthernireland.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Time to Make My Mark: Ex-Snow Patrol star unveils new band". Dailyrecord.co.uk. 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Ex-Snow Patrol member sues band". BBC News. 10 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

External links

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