Sneaker Pimps: The Definitive Story of 6 Underground - Alt Hit Wonders

In music as in life, sometimes you make the wrong decision. A move that should propel a band to stardom snakes them back to square one. Changes in sound, image and personnel have all spelt the end for one band or another. And no one will know how any particular move will impact a career until it's already too late. In 1996 Sneaker Pimps were on the doorstep of success. Adopted by Modern Rock Radio and Buoyed to the mainstream in the wake of the Bristol Sound, they had celebrity fans, Hollywood soundtrack-placements and a shining future ahead of them. But then one false move screwed everything up. This is Alt Hit Wonders and this is the story of “6 Underground”. #triphop #90smusic #musicdocumentary Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner. Soundtrack Luar - Citrine (  / luarbeats  ) Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present Luar - Anchor (  / luarbeats  ) You can also follow me here: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trashtheory.... Facebook:   / trashtheoryyt   Or support me on Patreon:   / trashtheory   Birmingham Rock and Metal Tour: voicemap.me/brumrocktour Sources “Sneaker Pimps' American Soft Shoe” Clare Kleinedler, Addicted To Noise, Jul 1996 “Snkr Pmps RGo!” Rachel Newsome, Dazed and Confused, Sep 1996 “Introducing: Sneaker Pimps” Jim Irvin, MOJO, Oct 1996 “Underground Resistance” Victoria Segal, Melody Maker, Oct 1996 “X Generation” Mark C. O’Flaherty, UK Boyz, Oct 1996 “Sneaker Pimps - Interview” Mara Schwartz, Launch Online, 1997 “Plastic Ntastic” Tobias Peggs, i-D Magazine, Jan 1997 “Plimsoul Asylum” Dom Stud, Melody Maker, Mar 1997 “Sneaker Pimps - Interview” Bruce Britt, Hits Magazine, Mar 1997 “Sneaker Pimps - Interview” Aidin Vaziri, Ray Gun, Mar 1997 “Sneak Attack” Slyvia Patterson, Spin Magazine, Apr 1997 “Sneaker Pimps: Fierce Pander” Stephen Dalton, NME, May 1997 “Sneaker Pimps - Feature” Kyle Swenson, Keyboard, Jun 1997 “Sneaker Pimps: It's Great in the States... Yeah?” Emma Warren, The Face, June 1997 “Trunk Rock” Mark Roland, Melody Maker, Jun 1997 “Thrice ‘N’ Sleazy Does It” Victoria Segal, Melody Maker, Aug 1997 “Dayton Confused” Roger Morton, NME, Aug 1997 “Sneaker Pimps - Interview” Chris Nelson, Addicted to Noise, Aug 1997 “Sneaker Pimps: Young Sole Rebels” Andy Crysell, Vox, September 1997 “Going Underground” Steve Lawson, Bassist, Dec 1997 “Everything But The Goth Girl” April Long, NME, Jul 1999 “Sneaker Pimps - Feature” Andy Basire, Making Music, Dec 1999 “Odd mix from the Pimps” Paul Lester, The Guardian, Dec 2000 “Sneaker Pimps - Biography” Kelli Ali, Psychic Cat Times, 2004 “kelli ali: working her way back to you” Léigh Bartlam, Wears the Trousers, Dec 2008 “From topping the 90s charts to ‘very controlled and predictable’ today: is the remix dead?” Ben Cardew, The Guardian, Jun 2024