Mark McClelland

Mark Peter McClelland (born 30 March 1976) 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 Sullivan Upper School as a youngster. In 1994, he started attending the University of Dundee to study Financial economics. A few weeks later, Snow Patrol released their first studio album Songs for Polarbears (a reference to previous band name Polarbear) 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.

McClelland has gone on to create Little Doses, along with girlfriend (now wife), singer Kirsten Ross and drummer Michael Branagh of Degrassi. The band is unsigned and have been largely inactive since 2016.

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.

Discography Starfighter Pilot (1997) Songs for Polarbears (1998) When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001) Final Straw (2003) Flood the Tanks Sessions@AOL (2004) La Roc Rocs (2000)