In the year of our Lord 2007, 3 crazy kids who wanted to do something with music. These 3 started
to make some music (Jorn; bass and vocals - Jan; lead guitar and vocals - Sven M.; rhythm guitar and
semi-vocals). Unfortunately every band needs a drummer, so welcome John. 2 gigs later exit John (we
were playing rock, not big band!)...
The search for a new drummer was soon over, Kurt joined the band
and contributed with deafening thunder! Jorn realized that playing the bass and squealing at the same
time isn't all that simple, so Stef also joined with his magnificent 5 string bass guitar.
Thus I4NI was born. Quit successful in the few gigs that I4NI did, this band was destined to go straight for the
big festival stages, but unfortunately a freak incident with 50 liters of beer and a freakishly big amplifier
decided otherwise… Jan and Sven got burnt to a crisp, but not so without leaving some DNA… We
immediately decided to clone the poor shits, but it kinda went a little bit wrong… Hell,
at least we had two big fans..
Because of the cloning-disaster we had to search for 2 new guitar freaks anyway, so we welcomed
Wannes and Sven S. (another one). In remembrance of our former guitar-gods, we decided to leave the
name I4NI behind us, and start with a grand new project…
Enter Fat Bastard!
After 2 gigs, Stef decided to persue his lifelong dream of pimping 72-year-old hookers in Bangladesh, so
we had to find someone horny enough to handle the bass guitar.
The only guy with enough hormones to fill the
position, was Wannes. New issue was who would handle the rythm guitar, if Wannes started to play the bass...
Enter Thomas, who aided us in recording the first E.P. Dead Man Walkin', but left soon after to join the Belgian
troops in Côte Nivérance (South Bolivia). Last thing we heard is that he's on a winning streak in Russian Roulette
agains local cattle... It he wins the cattle compatition, he will go on the the Big Final against the Swedish Moose from the subtitles in 'The Search for the Holy Grail'. In winning this final he earns a place in Tramp Stamp, a - so I hear - good local band... We hope he wins!
Some time later, Sven S. got a daughter, and vanished...
Lovesick about these departures, Wannes swore never to fall in love again, look the first Pod that came along to
Tatooine, looked up Ben Kenobi and became a Jedi Master. As we all know, Jedi masters want nothing to do with the
Dark side of the Force, so in stead of coming back FB (which is - in essence - the Dark side of the Force), he joined
Schuppenzot, an other talented Antwerp band! May the Force be with him!
FB without Bassguitar is like... like... well, it sounds shitty... So Kurt and Jorn went to a Nigerian Slave sale and bought Geller. He seems to do alright... We really don't understand the south Nigerian accent just yet, but he seems happy enough... And he likes thick strings! Lucky break...
Some time later, Sven S. walked back into Fatty's, convinced that the last time he saw us was 3 days ago... Seems like a rupture in the spacetime continuum (Data told us, so it must be true), but we're happy that he's back. Bit odd though is that he says that his daughter is growing up at the speed of light...
Meanwhile, Wannes evolved from Jedi Master in controll of the Force, to Master of the Force itself... Spooky, but he can wallow on the Dark side as well as on the Jedi side of the Force... Meaning that he aswell can create an extra day per week (adding up to Wannes' calender to 12 days a week, a day taking up to 42,3 hours) to join the FB ranks as Suppreme Commander of the Rythmic Guitar section!
In short, Fat Bastard is here, and here to stay!