Vocalist Marc Lewis responded to an advert in Melody Maker for a singer and shared a flat with Garel-Funk, the pair recruited Liam McGuinness on Bass and John Greville of Rudimentary Peni on drums.
Not unlike Sad Lovers & Giants before them, they focused on creating dreamy rock anthems and at least partly, discarded the post-punk influences of many their contemporaries.
The Snake Corps made a triumphant return to live performance with a gig in Salamandra Venue[6] Barcelona, Spain on 18 September 2010.
Now with 3 original members they also played several sell out gigs in Spain in the autumn of 2011 (including the Rock Kitchen in Madrid) these now featured Simon Meek on keyboards, with Liam McGuinness moving to guitar, and original bass player Jim Blanchard also rejoining the band, with Dave Vigay on drums.
The band played London's 02 Academy in Islington on 21 April 2012 supporting Chameleons Vox and had their best gig[7] since reforming 2 years before.