Stephen W. Parsons  Stephen W. Parsons (born 19 June 1951, in Bridlington, Yorkshire), also known as Steve Parsons, Stephen Parsons, Snips, Mr. Snips, SWP, is a British musician, composer, songwriter and music producer. Steve Parsons debuted his musical career in the Hull scene, where (in the years 1968–1972) he played in several Beat music groups (21st Century, Spanish Leather, Flesh, Chest Fever and Nothineverappens). His talent was spotted by Island Records and, after a successful audition, he received an offer to join the newly created supergroup Sharks as lead singer and songwriter. The band included Chris Spedding and ex-Free bassist Andy Fraser. It was initially managed by Island founder Chris Blackwell. The initial album, "First Water", was released in 1973. The band travelled in a Sharkmobile (a customised Pontiac LeMans with a fin on the roof and teeth on the grill) and supported Roxy Music on their first UK tour. After this tour Fraser left the band due to musical differences and he was replaced by Busta 'Cherry' Jones from Memphis, Tennessee. The band added Nick Judd on keyboards and recorded their second album "Jab It in Yore Eye". Sharks successfully toured the US in 1974, but were unable to build on this as they broke up at the end of the year. As Mr. Snips, he joined the Baker Gurvitz Army in 1975 and sang on both their second album "Elysian Encounter" and their third "Hearts on Fire". The band toured extensively in Europe and the US before breaking up. He then contributed vocals and songs to Ginger Baker's solo album "Ginger Baker and Friends" in 1977. In the same year he contributed a vocal performance to the Intergalactic Touring Band, a science fiction concept album released on Passport Records in the US and Charisma Records in the UK. Other featured vocalists included Ben E. King and Arthur Brown. In 1978 he released his first solo album "Snips and the Video Kings" on the Jet Records label. He toured with the Video Kings which included John Bentley, Clem Clempson, Graham Deakin and bassist Jackie Badger. The album was produced by Steve Lillywhite. Parsons also contributed songs to Chris Spedding's "Guitar Graffiti" album for RAK Records. In November, Parsons produced what was planned to be Adam and the Ants' second single for Decca Records, "I'm A Xerox Machine"/"Kick" recorded at RAK Studios, but the Ants were dropped from Decca before the single could be released.