For the checkup discipline, see Steatopygia Big Ass is a Thai rock set. It was originally a pop rock band but the music moved toward hard-core punk rock in some of the ring ‘s late works. During the band ‘s early years until mid-2012, the band leading vocals was Ekkarat “ Dax ” ( or “ Dak ” ) Wongchalard. Later half of 2012, Daycha “ Jeng ” Konalo became the new leading vocals, replacing Ekkarat in EP Dan Neramit, their seventh album released in April 2013. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Their latest album is The Lion, the eighth album released in 2017. [ 3 ]

history [edit ]

big Ass released their first album Not Bad in 1997 on the Music Bugs pronounce. Their second and third albums, XL and My World, followed in 2000 and 2003. big Ass won numerous awards for their workplace but attracted a rather express [ clarification needed ] audience during their first three albums. It left Music Bugs to join the Genie Records pronounce of GMM Grammy. Their fourth album Seven ( signifying seven years in the music view ) was very successful in terms of awards and popularity. The album was recognized by both major music awards in Thailand : Season Awards, and Fat Awards [ 4 ] ( see Awards section below ). Popularity-wise, they were besides voted the most popular artist by boyfriend artists in Fat Awards No. 3 and nominated for the most popular group in 4th Channel [ V ] Thailand Music Video Awards. Their fifth full moon album was Begins with hit songs such as “ Kha Noi Somkhuan Tai ” and “ Prom Li-Kit ”. Besides their studio apartment albums, Big Ass has a song in the particular album Wan Fa Mai ( วันฟ้าใหม่ ) celebrating New Year released around the end of 2005. The song “ Rao ” ( เรา ) on the album was performed by Big Ass together with Bodyslam.

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In 2008, an original soundtrack for Thai movie Pid Term Yai Hua Jai Wawun ( ปิดเทอมใหญ่ หัวใจว้าวุ่น, besides known as Hormones ) featured big Ass. The band besides appeared in the movie as themselves playing the song “ Kon Tai ” ( ก่อนตาย ) in a public house. [ 5 ] In 2011, the band ‘s guitarist-backing singer Poonsak Jaturaboon sing in the original soundtrack Tum Yu Nai Jai ( ทุ้มอยู่ในใจ ) for the film SuckSeed. Ekarat Wongchalard besides appeared as himself in the movie. [ 6 ] In July 2012, the ring revealed on Facebook that the long-time moderate singer Ekarat Wongchalard would leave the band ascribable to his music work reaching saturation. Daycha Konarlo appeared as the set ‘s newfangled leading singer on their single “ Dan Neramit ” ( แดนเนรมิต ), which was released in August 2012. The second gear individual “ Thao Thi Mi ” ( เท่าที่มี ) was released in October 2012. The singles were made available through iTunes. The EP Dan Neramit was released in April 2013. [ 7 ] Ekarat late joined Rock Rider team producing television receiver shows about rock music and travel on big bicycle. Ekarat released a solo Khon Tai Thi Hai Jai ( คนตายที่หายใจ ) with Rock Rider ( consisting of Dak, Silly Fools, Airborne ) in 2014. [ 8 ] In 2014, Big Ass performed an original soundtrack Ab Nam Ron ( อาบน้ำร้อน ) for the television series Hormones the Series ( season 2 ). In 2017, they released their latest album The Lion. [ 9 ]

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Origins of the identify [edit ]

Student Weekly : The name of your set is a piece blue. How did you come up with the name Big Ass ? Dax : actually when we were students we used so many different names to book studio apartment time that the owner would get jumble if we were the same band. So we wanted to find a unique name to represent our band. When we looked around, the first thing that caught our attention was an arsenic. It seemed firm and sturdy equitable like rock music, the music we like. And we didn ’ t want good a normal american samoa, so we named the isthmus Big Ass .

Members [edit ]

Ekarat “ Dak ” Wongcharat, former spark advance vocals The Thai names and nicknames are given in parentheses .

  • Daycha Konarlo (เดชา โคนาโล; Jeng, เจ๋ง): lead vocals (2012-present)
  • Poonsak Jaturaboon (พูนศักดิ์ จตุระบุล; Off, อ็อฟ): guitar, backing vocals
  • Apichart Promraksa (อภิชาติ พรมรักษา; Moo, หมู): guitar, backing vocals
  • Pongpan Pollasit (พงษ์พันธ์ พลสิทธิ์; Oak, โอ๊ก): bass guitar, backing vocals 2001-present)
  • Kachorndej Promraksa (ขจรเดช พรมรักษา; Kob, กบ): drums

past members [edit ]

  • Ekkarat Wongchalard (เอกรัตน์ วงศ์ฉลาด; Dax, แด๊กซ์): lead vocals (1996-2012)
  • Ekarat Rattanapinta (เอกรัตน์ รัตนปิณฑะ; Ton, ต้น): Bass guitar (1996-2003)

discography [edit ]

  • Not Bad (1997)
  • XL (2000)
  • My World (2003)
  • Seven (July 2004)
  • Begins (November 2006)
  • Love (12 December 2008)
  • EP Dan Neramit (2013)
  • The Lion (2017)

Awards [edit ]

  • Best new artist for album Not Bad, 10th Season Awards (สีสัน อะวอร์ดส์), 1998
  • Best rock duo or band, best rock album for My World, and best rock song Che Wit Lang Khwam Tai (ชีวิตหลังความตาย), 16th Season Awards, March 2004
  • Duo or group artist of the year for My World, Fat Awards No. 2, April 2004[10]
  • Best rock group and best rock album for Seven, 17th Season Awards, March 2005
  • Song of the year for Len Khong Soong (album Seven), and most popular artist voted by other artists, Fat Awards No. 3, April 2005[11]
  • Best rock group, best rock album for Begins, and best rock song for Begins, 19th Season Awards, March 2007[12]
  • Most Popular Band, Siamdara Stars Awards 2013[13]
  • Song of the year for Lom Plean Tid (album EP Dan Neramit), Nine Entertain Awards 2014[14]
  • Album of the year for The Lion, Band Artist of the Year, and Guitar Man of the Year, Guitar Mag Awards 2018[15]

In the newsworthiness [edit ]

Ekarat Wongcharat, the leading song of Big Ass, made the headlines when a 17 year honest-to-god men ‘s magazine model nicknamed “ Fai ” appeared with her child “ Justin ” and claimed that Wongcharat was the pamper ‘s father on February 2006. allegedly they had sex when Fai was 16 years old, mean that Wongcharat would be a child sex wrongdoer if the accusation was genuine. Wongcharat was subsequently arrested and released on bail on 27 February. While Wongcharat gave his lineage sample for DNA testing in March, Fai and Justin did not give theirs until early May. On 10 May 2006 patrol announced that the result was negative. A retest performed by Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunand drew the same termination. evening through he is not the child ‘s church father, the trial for the underage sex offense remained. The trial began on 13 February 2007 and the court decision was announced on 21 March 2007. He received two years of a suspended prison term and must produce two anti-drug songs as pledged by the singer in switch over for a light conviction. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]

In popular acculturation [edit ]

Konarlo is sometimes known by the alias Leonidas because of his resemblance to the character from 300 .

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