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 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. 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 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. 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) (died 2021) vocals and guitar Jacob Perbøll (1990–1997) bass Holger Kølle (1990–1992) drums
Discography Albums 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
YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification DEN2000Running Man342002Play it By Ear22003One Night of Sin 12004More Fire1 IFPI DEN: 2× Platinum2005The Box22006Between the Devil and the Big Blue Sea1 IFPI DEN: Gold2007Nu3 IFPI DEN: Gold2009What is Left is Right12011Come Closer3 IFPI DEN: Gold2014Idocrazy 2
Live albums YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification DEN2001Live2013Midnight 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
External links The band's own website: bigfatsnake.com A fan website: snakefan.dk