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formed in 1998, by former members of the English
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band
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entit ...
who were also members of
The Snakes
The Snakes were a British-Norwegian hard rock band, formed by former Whitesnake members Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody in 1997. The line-up consisted of guitarists Marsden and Moody with Norwegian musicians, vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Sid Rin ...
. They released two albums before morphing into M3 during 2004.
History
The Company of Snakes was formed by former
Whitesnake
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guitarist
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s
Bernie Marsden
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and
Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden h ...
after the demise of its predecessor
The Snakes
The Snakes were a British-Norwegian hard rock band, formed by former Whitesnake members Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody in 1997. The line-up consisted of guitarists Marsden and Moody with Norwegian musicians, vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Sid Rin ...
. The band was completed by
Black Sabbath
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and
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entit ...
bassist
Neil Murray, drummer John Lingwood from
MMEB
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and vocalist
Robert Hart from
Bad Company
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and later British
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Gary Barden
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. After adding keyboardist
Don Airey
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from
Rainbow
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, the band went on
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, playing
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s almost completely consisting of old Whitesnake songs. Singer Barden left the band soon afterwards and was replaced by Swedish vocalist and Snakes in Paradise frontman Stefan Berggren. They toured throughout their history and released the
live album
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''
Here They Go Again
The Company of Snakes were an English rock band formed in 1998, by former members of the English rock band Whitesnake who were also members of The Snakes. They released two albums before morphing into M3 during 2004.
History
The Company of ...
'': the show was still sung by Barden, but his lead vocals were deleted and replaced in the studio by Berggren (2001). They were joined in
Germany
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, during their promotional tour for this album by
Humble Pie
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, re-formed by
Jerry Shirley
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and promoting tracks from their album ''
Back on Track''. The band recorded one studio album ''
Burst The Bubble
The Company of Snakes were an English rock band formed in 1998, by former members of the English rock band Whitesnake who were also members of The Snakes. They released two albums before morphing into M3 during 2004.
History
The Company o ...
''
(2002) which was recorded after
Don Airey
Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore ...
had left the band. Berggren left soon after Airey's departure and the remaining band members morphed into M3. After that, Micky Moody and Neil Murray went on to form Snakecharmer.
Members
*
Bernie Marsden
Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as "Fool for Your Loving", ...
- Lead guitar (1998–2004)
*
Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden h ...
- Slide & Rhythm guitar (1998–2004)
The Snakes
The Snakes were a British-Norwegian hard rock band, formed by former Whitesnake members Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody in 1997. The line-up consisted of guitarists Marsden and Moody with Norwegian musicians, vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Sid Rin ...
*
Jørn Lande
Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is known for his work with the bands Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Vagabond, The Snakes, and most notably with power metal band Ma ...
– lead vocals (1998–1999)
*
Sid Ringsby
Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born 16 February 1961) is a Norwegian bassist best known for playing with Road, TinDrum, The Snakes, TNT, Ken Hensley, Wild Willy's Gang and JORN, Jørn Lande's solo band.
His recording rock career started 1984 as he bec ...
– bass (1998–1999)
* Willy Bendiksen – drums (1998–1999)
*
Don Airey
Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore ...
- Keyboards (1998-1999)
The Company of Snakes
*
Neil Murray - Bass guitar (1999-2002)
* John Lingwood - Drums (1999-2002)
* Don Airey - Keyboards (1999-2002)
*
Ian Paice
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He is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all-time. He remains the only member ...
- Drums (2000)
*
Jon Lord
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- Keyboards (2000)
*
Robert Hart - Vocals (2000)
*
Gary Barden
Gary John Barden (born 27 August 1955, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England) is an English singer-songwriter, best known for his work with Michael Schenker Group.
Barden was discovered by Schenker upon the guitarist's hearing a demo of Barden's pre ...
- Vocals
* Stefan Berggren - Vocals (2000-2002)
M3
* Neil Murray - Bass guitar (2003-2004)
*
Jimmy Copley
James Frank Copley (29 December 1953 – 13 May 2017) was an English rock drummer.
Copley was largely a session musician and worked with Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Upp, Paul Young, Magnum, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes of Deep Pu ...
- Drums (2003-2004)
*
Mark Stanway
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Career
Stanway first appeared with Magnum on the 1980 recording of ''Chase the Dragon'' (rel ...
- Keyboards (2003-2004)
* Stefan Berggren - Vocals (2004)
*
Doogie White
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Early li ...
- Vocals (2004)
*
Tony Martin - Vocals (2003-2004)
Discography
References
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