Sneaker Pimps are a British Electropop band formed in Reading, England in 1995. They are best known for their first album Becoming X (released in 1996) and particularly the singles "6 Underground," "Spin Spin Sugar," and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album. They took their name from an article the Beastie Boys published in their Grand Royal magazine about a man they hired to track down classic sneakers.

The band's founding members were Chris Corner and Liam Howe (both ex-DJs), who then recruited Kelli Dayton (formerly of Lumieres, now recording under the name Kelli Ali) for vocal duties. After the first album, the band felt that demos for second album (on which Corner provided the guide vocals) better suited his voice, especially in regard to the more raw, personal quality of the lyrics. Combined with the fear of being identified with the fad for trip-hop acts (e.g. Portishead), Dayton was asked to leave the group, and Corner became the singer.

Currently the band are recording material for an untitled fourth album, having shelved a number of songs previewed live during 2003, and having recruited a new, yet unknown, female singer.

Sneaker Pimps are a british downbeat band formed in Reading, England in 1995. They are best known in America for their first album Becoming X , released in 1996 and particularly its highest charting single “ 6 Underground ” As line of flight , DJs and childhood friends Chris Corner and Liam Howe released three EPs: “Soul of Indiscretion”, “F.R.I.S.K.” and “World as A Cone” in the early 1990s. While not nearly as complex as the song-based material they would produce, these bedroom