''Starfighter Pilot'' is an
EP by Northern Irish–Scottish
alternative rock
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band
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish–Scottish Rock music, rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, keyboards, backi ...
, released on 15 June 1997 through
Electric Honey. The EP was released under the name Polarbear, the band's second name after
Shrug
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Shrug ...
. The name Polarbear was later changed to Snow Patrol because the band discovered the existence of
another band with that name.
Information
The song "
Starfighter Pilot" was later featured on the band's debut album, ''
Songs for Polarbears'' (1998) and was later released as the fourth and final single of the album.
The EP remains a rare find and is popular among collectors. The song "Holy Cow" later appeared as a bonus track on the U.S. release of "Songs for Polarbears". The song "Safety" though, has not been released anywhere else, nor has the EP been re-issued.
Track listing
#"
Starfighter Pilot" - 3:21
#"Holy Cow" - 1:54
#"Safety" - 3:06
Personnel
;Polarbear
*
Gary Lightbody - vocals, guitar
*
Mark McClelland - bass guitar, keyboards
;Other personnel
*
Richard Colburn - drums, keyboards
*
Stuart Murdoch - vocals, wooden flute, piano on track 3
*Jamie Watson - producer, engineer
*David McClelland - photography
*Ross Wilson - photography
*Divine Inc. - artwork
References
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1997 EPs
Snow Patrol EPs
Electric Honey (label) EPs