: Associ ation ▁football ▁def enders ▁Category : English ▁football ▁chair men ▁and ▁invest ors ▁Category : S outh end ▁United ▁F . C . ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁S nake ▁Corps ▁are ▁an ▁ind ie ▁band ▁based ▁in ▁London , ▁England . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Form ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁from ▁the ▁as hes ▁of ▁the ▁( then ) ▁broken - up ▁Sad ▁Lo vers ▁& ▁Gi ants , ▁Tr istan ▁G arel - F unk ▁and ▁N ig el ▁Pol l ard ▁conce ived ▁the ▁band , ▁but ▁Pol l ard ▁left ▁prior ▁to ▁recording ▁the ▁first ▁album . ▁V ocal ist ▁Marc ▁Lewis ▁respond ed ▁to ▁an ▁advert ▁in ▁Mel ody ▁M aker ▁for ▁a ▁singer ▁and ▁shared ▁a ▁flat ▁with ▁G arel - F unk , ▁the ▁pair ▁rec ru ited ▁Li am ▁Mc Gu in ness ▁on ▁Bass ▁and ▁John ▁Gre ville ▁of ▁Rud iment ary ▁Pen i ▁on ▁drums . ▁ ▁The ▁music ▁was ▁an ▁original ▁fusion ▁of ▁post - p unk , ▁ind ie ▁rock ▁and ▁a ▁dynamic ▁guitar ▁and ▁vocal ▁sounds cape . ▁Not ▁unlike ▁Sad ▁Lo vers ▁& ▁Gi ants ▁before ▁them , ▁they ▁focused ▁on ▁creating ▁dream y ▁rock ▁anth ems ▁and ▁at ▁least ▁partly , ▁disc arded ▁the ▁post - p unk ▁influ ences ▁of ▁many ▁their ▁contempor aries . ▁Con sequently , ▁the ▁band ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁European ▁market ▁was ▁more ▁aligned ▁to ▁their ▁musical ▁style ▁and ▁they ▁tou red ▁abroad ▁extens ively . ▁ ▁Dist ancing