Sniper (American band)

Sniper
OriginForest Hills, Queens, New York, United States
GenresGlam punk
Years active1972–1979
Past members
  • Jeff Starship
  • Bob Butani
  • Danny Wray
  • Peter (Morgan) Morales
  • Patrick Franklyn
  • Alan Turner
  • Frank Infante
  • Vinny (Bank) Sanchez
  • Michael Harrington

Sniper was an early American glam punk band [1] that formed in New York City in 1972. They were one of several bands that played at the Mercer Arts Center, Max's Kansas City and the Coventry alongside the New York Dolls and Suicide,[2][3] and were most famous for its former members, which included frontman Joey Ramone (Jeff Hyman), prior to his forming the Ramones,[4] and guitarist Frank Infante, later of Blondie.

  1. ^ "Biography for Frank Infante". IMDB. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ AS Van Dorsten (1990). "A History of Punk". Fast and Bulbous. Archived from the original on 10 May 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Pre-punks Let Their Freak Flag Fly at the Mercer Arts Center". This Ain't the Summer of Love. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  4. ^ Legs McNeil, John Holstrom (1997). Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-026690-9.