The Company of Snakes

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The Company of Snakes
Also known as The Snakes, M3
Origin England
Genres Blues rock, hard rock
Years active1998–2005
Labels SPV
Past members Bernie Marsden
Micky Moody
Jørn Lande
Sid Ringsby
Willy Bendiksen
Don Airey
Neil Murray
John Lingwood
Robert Hart
Gary Barden
Stefan Berggren
Jimmy Copley
Mark Stanway
Doogie White

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.

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History

The Company of Snakes was formed by former Whitesnake guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody [1] after the demise of its predecessor The Snakes. The band was completed by Black Sabbath and Whitesnake bassist Neil Murray, drummer John Lingwood from Manfred Mann's Earth Band and vocalist Robert Hart from Bad Company [2] and later British singer Gary Barden. After adding keyboardist Don Airey from Rainbow, the band went on tour, playing concerts 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 Here They Go Again : the show was still sung by Barden, but his lead vocals were deleted and replaced in the studio by Berggren (2001). [3] They were joined in Germany, during their promotional tour for this album by Humble Pie, re-formed by Jerry Shirley and promoting tracks from their album Back on Track . The band recorded one studio album [4] Burst The Bubble [5] (2002) which was recorded after Don Airey 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

The Snakes

The Company of Snakes

M3

Discography

YearArtistsTitleType
1998The Snakes Once Bitten... Studio
Live in EuropeLive
2000The Company of SnakesEndangered Species: Live at Abbey RoadLive
2001Here They Go AgainLive
2002Burst the BubbleStudio
2003M3Classic Snake LiveLive
2005Rough an' ReadyLive DVD

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