#Liam Howe

[nothing-but-music-videos]

Sneaker Pimps

"6 Underground"

Music video, 1996

[iamdangerace]

Sneaker Pimps, 6 Underground from Becoming X (1996).

In 1996, I had a crush on Kelli Dayton Ali's voice. Her voice is an ASMR experience, for me. It sounds like that feeling after really good sex. It sounds like the taste of good whiskey and a cigarette. It sounds like . . . a moment.

[l1zzygr4ntforever]

we're sippin' coctails lookin' down upon the riot

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[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...THEY HAVE A COOL SENSE OF POP HOOKS AND AN EDGIER GUITAR ATTACK THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on complete package design for the 1997 Clean Up Records version of "Becoming X" on CD, debut album by English trip-hop group SNEAKER PIMPS (originally released by Virgin Records in 1996).

OVERVIEW: ""Becoming X" is one of the most engaging byproducts of post-Portishead trip-hop. While the SNEAKER PIMPS don't have the doomed romanticism of PORTISHEAD or the nasty experimental tendencies of TRICKY, they have a cool sense of pop hooks and an edgier guitar attack than their predecessors. "Tesko Suicide" moves along with jagged guitars and rhythms, while "6 Underground" is coolly detached post-modern soul. "Becoming X" creates an airy, urban atmosphere, and while the record begins to unravel toward the end, it is an exciting, entrancing listen."

-- ALLMUSIC (Stephen Thomas Erlwine)

Sources: www.discogs.com/release/80986-Sneaker-Pimps-Becoming-X/image/SW1hZ2U6Mjg2NjcxNTE & Allmusic.

[rurpleplaysmuttingtonac]

"It's Martin, isn't it?"

"It is, what's your name?" Martin asked politely.

"I'm Liam."

"Good to meet you Liam. Wanna head inside? I've got some of my other friends who you can meet, seeing as you've only just moved in next door."

"Thanks, I think I'll take you up on that offer" Liam said with a smile.

"You suck!"

"Huh, you wish, hunni!"

"Yes! I overtook you!"

"Damn, you're a bad winner."

"Maybe I should congratulate you..?"

"Hey! Wait, d-did you just squeeze my butt?!"

"Is that a problem?"

"You can do that anytime you like babe."

"Umm...maybe I should just leave the room..?"

[mitjalovse]

The 90's electronic dance music consisted of a lot of varied triumphs. Some sadly didn't do much later on despite the promise they showed. For instance, Sneaker Pimps' debut gave us a different band than whatever the consequent versions were. True, we can applaud the group for taking that much of a risk, yet did they really have to go all the way here? I get their reasons, though they could've done the same with the original lineup, which had a certain chemistry. Then again, would that have much difference in their fortunes thanks to the way the style they worked in turned later on? True, they were put in a trip hop bracket despite having their own niche there. Maybe the latter meant they felt free to follow their whim by abandoning their most famous sound.

[1d-trashcan]

Is anyone else constantly going back and forth between disbelief and crippling grief all the while going through life with a constant but sort of quiet sadness in you?

[userautumn]

some of 1D's best songs exist because of liam payne, by the way. liam and louis were the dream team. they all wrote some good songs, but man. every time liam and louis joined up together, it ended up being a fucking banger. better than words. end of the day. fireproof. there are so many, so many strong songs that took 1D from being just a silly little "girl band" (which is what they always were and always will be to us, to me) to being something special, something that pierced through the industry whether people liked it or not. that was my band. they were my boys. i will miss liam for the rest of my life, and i'm not exaggerating that. not only because of who he was in the band, not only because of who he could have been once he held himself accountable enough to grow. i will miss his music, his talent. his voice. god. his voice. i'll just miss him. i miss him already.

[pierregaslays]

believing that liam’s family should be allowed to grieve his loss and not supporting an abuser are two things that can coexist btw

[umblrspectrum]

the Solver of the Absolute Fabric, the Void, the Exponential End acting like an entitled toddler is the funniest thing

[lunamoonxy]

oh.

[rusty-gloinks]

im sos;sorry I’ve never drawn many kisses ever.consider this a forehead kissy….thing or whatever. SOB

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"YOU SAY THE SNEAKER PIMPS ARE LIKE A DIFFERENT BAND SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF SINGER KELLI."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a print advertisement promoting the UK tour for "Splinter," the then newly-released second studio album by English electronic music group SNEAKER PIMPS, released on 25 October 1999 through labels Clean Up and Virgin Records.

Q: "Where were you when you penned your last lyrics? Can you reveal some of what you wrote?"

LIAM HOWE: ''On a train back to my house. I cannot reveal anything due to embarrassment.''

Q: "Someone called Lynsey left this question to put to you on the V99 website: why did Kelli Dayton really leave, and how have you fared without her?"

LIAM: ''Because we asked her to. We're fairing super-cool.''

Q: "You say the SNEAKER PIMPS are like a different band since the departure of singer Kelli. With guitarist Chris Corner now taking on this additional role, what changes can we expect from your live set?"

LIAM: ''The whole live machine is now a dynamic-sex-event-music-group."

Q: "Is there any special material you'll be including in your V99 set?"

LIAM: ''A track, "Splinter," is always a major buzz bomb."

-- SNEAKER PIMPS LEGACY, "V99 Interview," interviewer unknown, c. 1999

Source: www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/v99-interview.

NME Magazine - 30 October, 1999

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

1996-ERA SNEAKER PIMPS WERE:

Kelli Dayton − vocals, guitars

Chris Corner − guitars, keyboards

Liam Howe − production, keyboards, guitars, drums, samples, percussion, programming

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Kelly Dayton (not yet "Kelly Ali") being a lovable goofball when she was still a member of English electronic music group/trip-hop band SNEAKER PIMPS, c. mid '90s.

Source: www.last.fm/tr/music/Sneaker+Pimps/+images/531140030d6126ef03098d606a322aa1.

[scullysconstant]

most of us grew up with liam & one direction, both holding him accountable and being sad a part of our childhood is gone can coexist. i know he was not a good person but ig also feels like a part of my childhood is gone.

[luckthebard]

Keyleth and Vex: Give us Vax back!

Liam and Matt, monkey’s paw curling: Ok, you didn’t say for how long or what degree of Vax would still be there though