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Big Fat Snake
Big Fat Snake in Odense, 2005
Background information
GenresPop, rock
Years active1990–present
MembersAnders Blichfeldt
Asger Steenholdt
Jens Fredslund
Pete Repete (Peter Sørensen)
Morten Jakobsen
Past membersPeter Viskinde
Jacob Perbøll
Holger Kølle
Websitebigfatsnake.com
Lead singer Anders Blichfeldt

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").[1] 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 a 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 3 March 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.[2] 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.[3][4][5][6][7] On 16 June 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.[8] He chose the name Sheriff.[9]

Current members

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  • 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

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  • Peter Viskinde (1990–2009) (died 2021) vocals and guitar
  • Jacob Perbøll (1990–1997) bass
  • Holger Kølle (1990–1992) drums

Discography

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Albums

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  • 1991: Big Fat Snake
  • 1992: Born Lucky
  • 1994: Beautiful Thing
  • 1995: Midnight Mission
  • 1996: Fight for Your Love
  • 1996: Big Boys in Red & White
  • 1997: Flames
  • 1998: bigfatsnake.com
Year Album Peak positions Certification
DEN
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2000 Running Man 34
2002 Play it By Ear 2
2003 One Night of Sin 1
2004 More Fire 1
2005 The Box 2
2006 Between the Devil and the Big Blue Sea 1
2007 Nu 3
2009 What is Left is Right 1
2011 Come Closer 3
2014 Idocrazy 2
Live albums
Year Album Peak positions Certification
DEN
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2001 Live  –
2013 Midnight Hour (Live) 9
Compilation albums
  • 1999: Recycled
Others
  • 1996: JBL Power Performance (released by JBL/Harman Group as a promotion for their sound systems)
  • 1998: BFS Forever (only released in Asia)
  • 2009: Reel 1 (joint Big Fat Snake / Peter Viskinde album) (Peak DEN: #9)

References

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  1. ^ "Big Fat Snake at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ Søren Frandsen; Marie Lade (3 March 2009). "Viskinde smidt ud af Big Fat Snake" [Viskinde kicked out of Big Fat Snake]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. ^ Andersen, Jens (5 March 2009). "Største pik i Big Fat Snake" [Biggest dick in Big Fat Snake]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  4. ^ Lykke, Allan (17 May 2009). "Viskinde: Jeg har ret til slange-navnet" [I have the right to the snake name]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. ^ Harder, Thomas (22 May 2009). "Retten skal afgøre, hvis der er størst" [Courts will decide if there is a biggest]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  6. ^ Lykke, Allan (23 May 2009). "Nyt slag i krigen om den fede slange" [New battle in the war of fat snake]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  7. ^ Pattern, Flemming (4 June 2009). "Stadig ufred i Big Fat Snake" [Still strife in Big Fat Snake]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  8. ^ Rohde-Brøndum, Jakob (16 June 2009). "Big Fat Snake-krigen er slut" [Big Fat Snake war is over]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  9. ^ Lade, Marie (22 June 2009). "Viskinde bliver til Sheriffen" [Viskinde becomes Sheriff]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Big Fat Snake discography". danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "Guld og platin i august" (in Danish). IFPI Danmark. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Danish certifications". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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