Big Fat Snake
Encyclopedia
Big Fat Snake is a Danish
pop
/rock
music group that was founded in 1990.
Peter Viskinde and Anders Blichfeldt first met in 1988 for the recording of a demo tape for the band "The Werners" that later changed name to "Verners Verdensorkester" ("Verner's World Orchestra"). The band soon fell apart due to lack of audience. They later formed a new band named after the lyrics of the Bob Dylan
song "Wiggle Wiggle"
and released their first album "Big Fat Snake" in 1991. Throughout the 90s, they released several records and built up an devoted audience in Denmark.
In 1997, the band's original bass player, Jacob Perbøll, quit the band and was replaced by Asger Steenholdt. In 2003 they recorded a live album, "One Night Of Sin", together with the original Elvis Presley TCB Band
and The Sweet Inspirations
.
On March 3, 2009, it was announced that Peter Viskinde had left the band due to disagreements with the other bands members; in particular, lead singer Anders Blichfeldt. Viskinde then released the album Reel 1 under the Big Fat Snake name, claiming he owned the rights to it. A period of media war ensued, during which there existed two bands with the name. On June 16, 2009, the band name was given to the original band members in an out-of-court settlement, where Viskinde agreed to use another name for his new band. He chose the name Sheriff.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
music group that was founded in 1990.
Peter Viskinde and Anders Blichfeldt first met in 1988 for the recording of a demo tape for the band "The Werners" that later changed name to "Verners Verdensorkester" ("Verner's World Orchestra"). The band soon fell apart due to lack of audience. They later formed a new band named after the lyrics of the Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
song "Wiggle Wiggle"
Under the Red Sky
Under the Red Sky is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 27th studio album, released by Columbia Records in September 1990.The album was largely greeted as a strange and disappointing follow-up to 1989's critically acclaimed Oh Mercy...
and released their first album "Big Fat Snake" in 1991. Throughout the 90s, they released several records and built up an devoted audience in Denmark.
In 1997, the band's original bass player, Jacob Perbøll, quit the band and was replaced by Asger Steenholdt. In 2003 they recorded a live album, "One Night Of Sin", together with the original Elvis Presley TCB Band
TCB Band
The TCB Band was a group of professional musicians who formed the core rhythm section of Elvis Presley’s band from August 1969 until his death in 1977. TCB stands for Taking Care of Business, a personal motto Presley adopted in the early 1970s...
and The Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
The Sweet Inspirations were founded by Cissy Houston , mother of Whitney Houston, and sister of Lee Warrick...
.
On March 3, 2009, it was announced that Peter Viskinde had left the band due to disagreements with the other bands members; in particular, lead singer Anders Blichfeldt. Viskinde then released the album Reel 1 under the Big Fat Snake name, claiming he owned the rights to it. A period of media war ensued, during which there existed two bands with the name. On June 16, 2009, the band name was given to the original band members in an out-of-court settlement, where Viskinde agreed to use another name for his new band. He chose the name Sheriff.
Current members
- Anders Blichfeldt (1990-) vocals and guitar
- Pete Repete (1992-) keyboard
- Jens Fredslund (1992-) drums
- Asger J. Steenholdt (1997–2009) bass (2009-) guitar
- Morten Jay Jakobsen (2009-) bass
Former members
- Peter Viskinde (1990–2009) vocals and guitar
- Jacob Perbøll (1990–1997) bass
- Holger Kølle (1990–1992) drums
Discography
- Big Fat Snake (1991)
- Born Lucky (1992)
- Beautiful Thing (1994)
- Midnight Mission (1995)
- Fight for Your Love (1996)
- JBL Power Performance (1996) (published by JBL/Harman Group as a promotion for their sound systems)
- Big Boys In Red & White (1996)
- Flames (1997)
- BFS Forever (1998) (only released in Asia)
- bigfatsnake.com (1998)
- Recycled (1999) (compilation)
- Running Man (2000)
- Live (2001) (live album)
- Play it By Ear (2002)
- One Night of Sin (2003)
- More Fire (2004)
- Between the Devil and the Big Blue Sea (2006)
- NU (2007)
- What is Left is Right (31 August 2009)
- Come Closer (2011)