List of SNFU Band Members

List Of SNFU Band Members

The following is a list of musicians who have played in the Canadian punk rock group SNFU. The band formed in 1981 in Edmonton, Alberta, and relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia a decade later. They have survived two breakups and an extended hiatus in their career, with singer Ken Chinn (known as Mr. Chi Pig) remaining the only constant member. Since their inception, 24 musicians (including two guests) have played in SNFU.

Chinn co-founded the band with guitarists Brent and Marc Belke, twin brothers who served as long-standing members of the group until 1998 and 2005 respectively. Their first run of activity, spanning from 1981 to 1989, saw membership from four bassists and three drummers. Bassist Warren Bidlock and drummer Evan C. Jones completed their initial lineup, though the latter was replaced by Jimmy Schmitz in 1982. This incarnation continued into 1985, when Dave Bacon replaced Jones before moving to bass after Schmitz's departure, at which time drummer Jon Card joined the group. Ted Simm spelled Card in 1986, while Bacon was replaced by Curtis Creager the following year.

For their 1991 reunion tour, Chinn and the Belke brothers reenlisted Creager and Card. When they returned to full-time activity in their new home of Vancouver several months later, Ken Fleming replaced Creager, while Dave Rees replaced Card shortly thereafter. Rob Johnson began a nine-year tenure as the band's bassist late in 1992, which completed their classic, best-selling, longest-lasting and most prolific lineup.

Brent Belke and Rees both departed early in 1998, and with drummer Sean Stubbs, SNFU became a four-piece band. Chris Thompson replaced Stubbs the following year, while Johnson was replaced by Matt Warhurst in 2001. The band went on hiatus shortly thereafter, however, with Thompson then departing. Chinn, Marc Belke and Warhurst employed studio drummer Trevor MacGregor and finished recordings for a new record in 2003, and returned to activity later that year with new drummer Shane Smith. This era of the group ended in 2005, when they again disbanded.

Two years later, Chinn and Fleming (now playing guitar) began a new incarnation of the group that would go on to involve three bassists, three drummers, and one second guitarist. The initial new lineup was completed by bassist Bryan McCallum and drummer Chad Mareels, although McCallum was soon replaced by Denis Nowoselski. Smith returned as the group's drummer late in 2008, and was spelled two years later by Card. Card thus became the only musician other than Chinn to play in all three eras of the band (being before, between and after the two breakups.) In mid-2010, rhythm guitarist Sean Colig was added, marking the group's first five-member lineup in twelve years. Kerry Cyr replaced Nowoselski in 2012.