Göran Edman - Vocals (Glory, Swedish Metal Aid, Madison, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Reingold, Vanessa, Headless, Dag Elias Band, Jayce Landberg, Richard Andersson, Shadrane, Signum Regis, Time Requiem, XsavioR, Johansson, Mårran, Vindictiv, Brazen Abbot, Karmakanic, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, John Norum, Kharma, Street Talk, Bleckhorn, Backwood Spirit, Stratosphere, Cry of Dawn, Covered Call, Dark Blue Inc., Docker's Guild, Jayce Landberg, Crossfade, Nikolo Kotzev, Benny Jansson, Corin & Edman, GEFF, Goran/Dag/Dan, Lion's Share (guest), Von Rosen (guest), Fortune (guest), Alien (guest), The Poodles (guest), Heed (guest), Ignition (guest), AOR (guest), Silent Call (guest), Little Chris (guest), Flintstens Med Stanley (guest), Talisman (guest), Swedish Erotica (guest), Vitalij Kuprij (guest), Iron Mask (guest), Roxx (guest), Thundermaker (guest), Gutter Sirens (guest), United (guest), Voices of Rock (guest), Crash The System (guest), Arthur Falcone' Stargazer (guest), David Mark Pearce (guest), Nergard (guest), The Theander Expression (guest), Mägo De Oz (guest), Devil's Heaven (guest), Amoriello (guest), Ancient Knights (guest), Boguslaw Balcerak's Crylord (guest), Clairvoyant (guest), Forces United (guest), Fughu (guest), Johan Kihlberg's Impera (guest), Luca Sellitto (guest), Michael Schinkel's Eternal Flame (guest), Mike Bertoli's Avatar (guest), Minotauro (guest), Paco Ventura Black Moon (guest), Perpetual Etude (guest), Richard Andersson's Space Odyssey (guest), Ron Coolen (guest), Stamina (guest), Takayoshi Ohmura (guest), Thobias Wiklund (guest), Wolfpakk (Ger) (guest))
Benny Jansson - Guitar (Two Rocks, Avenue, Dave Nerge's Bulldog, Tears Of Anger, Trail of Tears, Mindcrime, Ride The Sky, Power United, Xsavior,, Johansson Brothers, Svullo, Racketeer, Daniel Flores And Friends, Erika (guest), Jim Jidhed (guest), Angel (guest), Twice (guest))
Per "Pär" Stadin - Bass (Silver Mountain, Hickory Heads, Slem, Geff, Dave Nerge's Bulldog, Billionaires Boys Club, Coverboys)
Anders Johansson - Drums (Silver Mountain, Hickory Heads, Mansson, Grand Slam, Rockslide?, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, HammerFall, Aces High, Narnia, Manowar (US), Tungsten, Jonas Hellborg's Art Metal, Mindcrime, Oxidize, Strokkur, Jens Johansson, Tears of Anger, The Johansson Brothers, Keegan, Planet Alliance, Blue Murder, Bakteria, Uli Jon Roth, Hulkoff, Billionaires Boys Club, FullForce, Geff, Jonas Hellborg Group, Shining Path, The Great Googly Moogly, Valentino And The Rogues Gallery, Johansson, Station?, Narnia (guest), Empire (guest), Wolfpakk (Ger) (guest), Winterlong (guest), Mistheria (guest), Martin Simson's Destroyer of Death (guest), Vivaldi Metal Project (guest))
Jens Johansson - Keyboards (Silver Mountain, Hickory Heads, Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force, Dio (US), Rainbow (US), Stratovarius (Fin), Deadline, Shining Path, Bakteria, RAF, Slem, Mastermind, Cain's Offering, Tuska20, Ginger Baker, Johansson, Jens Johansson, Jonas Hellborg Group, Jonas Hellborg's Art Metal, The Johansson Brothers, Kotipelto, Dave Nerge's Bulldog, Stephen Ross, Hammerfall (guest), Nocturnal Rites (guest), Narnia (guest), Tungsten (guest), Time Requiem (guest), Helloween (Ger) (guest), Arch Enemy (Fin) (guest), Avantasia (Ger) (guest), Kamelot (US) (guest), Gloryhammer (UK) (guest), Sonata Arctica (Fin) (guest), Hevisaurus (Fin) (guest), Sentiment (Fin) (guest), Shear (Fin) (guest), Revolution Renaissance (Fin) (guest), Mastermind (Jpn) (guest), MindMaze (US) (guest), Spastic Ink (US) (guest), Aina (guest), Amberian Dawn (guest), Anton Johansson's Galahad Suite (guest), Star One (Nld) (guest), Barilari (Arg) (guest), Jani Liimatainen (Fin) (guest), Lalu (Fra) (guest), Marty Friedman (US) (guest), Roland Grapow (Ger) (guest), Russell Allen's Atomic Soul (US) (guest), Timo Tolkki (Fin) (guest), Timo Tolkki's Avalon (Fin) (guest), Tony MacAlpine (US) (guest))
Former / Past Members
Petter "Pete" Sandberg - Vocals (Von Rosen, Madison, Alien, Bewarp, Jade, Silver Seraph, Midnight Sun, Opus Atlantica, Sir Maxwell, Mad Invasion, Sand & Gold, Coverboys, Mansson (guest), Keegan (guest), Devil's Heaven (guest), Smile (guest), Reingold (guest))
Sven Cirnski/Esp - Guitar (Raise Cain, Project L.E.E, Bad Habit, Jet Set Baby, Blakk Totem, Pete Blakk, Truth, Pagan (guest), Scrooge (guest), Mountain of Power (guest), Time Requiem (guest), Karmakanic (guest), Richard Andersson (guest), Johansson (guest))
Info from Janne Stark's Encyclopedia This is an all-star AOR project formed by Peter Stadin of Silver Mountain. On the debut album the guitar was handled by Sven Cirnski and the vocals by Pete Sandberg (Silver Seraph, Alien, Madison, Bewarp etc). Anders is now in HammerFall/FullForce and Sven has made numerous recordings with different bands like Raise Cain, Bad Habit, Truth etc and he also appears on some of Pete's solo material. On the second album, Sven had been replaced by Benny, who has released several highly acclaimed solo albums and was previously found in Two Rocks Power Unit, while Edman had been found in Madison, John Norum Band, Glory, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vindictiv, Mårran etc. The non-album track "Cold Hearted Woman" can be found on the bonus-CD for the second encyclopedia.
Biography (Translated from Japanese booklet of 'Smoke And Mirrors') Alien, a popular band that had a No. 1 chart hit in Sweden, broke up after releasing two albums, 'Alien (1988)' and "Shiftin' Gear (1990)". Pete Sandberg, the singer (he only participated in "Shiftin' Gear"), moved to Los Angeles. There he met Anders Johansson, the drummer, and Jörg Fischer, the former Accept guitarist, who had also moved to Los Angeles and started a band together. They worked together for a while. After that, Pete played in a cover band, which was half hobby and half work, but he contacted Anders and Jörg again to form a new band. Then, when Anders was wondering what to do about the bass player, he contacted Per Stadin, who had been working as a session musician since the breakup of Silver Mountain and was looking for a chance to resume band activities.
At this point, the band was still a hobby-oriented cover band, and in the summer of '91, they toured Scandinavia for two months under the name Coverboys. The success of this tour gave them the desire to make it a permanent band, but unfortunately Jörg Fischer left the band, wanting to pursue his own path. However, the remaining three continued to work on completing the material that Per had written up until then into proper songs. As a result of auditioning guitarists in parallel, they welcomed newcomer Sven Cirnski, who had been playing in several local bands, as a member, and the lineup of Snake Charmer was solidified. They recorded their debut album, 'Smoke And Mirrors', at MRC Studio in Malmö, Sweden, Per's hometown, after a month of recording. The album was produced by Per himself, and guest keyboardist Jens Johansson, formerly of Silver Mountain, Yngwie Malmsteen and Dio, participated in the two tracks "Heart On Hold" and "Highway Of Love".
It is well known that the band name Silver Mountain was inspired by the title of a song by Rainbow, led by Ritchie Blackmore, but the band name Snaker Charmer is no doubt borrowed from the title "Snake Charmer", the fifth track on Rainbow's debut album 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'.
Info from Janne Stark's Encyclopedia This is an all-star AOR project formed by Peter Stadin of Silver Mountain. On the debut album the guitar was handled by Sven Cirnski and the vocals by Pete Sandberg (Silver Seraph, Alien, Madison, Bewarp etc). Anders is now in HammerFall/FullForce and Sven has made numerous recordings with different bands like Raise Cain, Bad Habit, Truth etc and he also appears on some of Pete's solo material. On the second album, Sven had been replaced by Benny, who has released several highly acclaimed solo albums and was previously found in Two Rocks Power Unit, while Edman had been found in Madison, John Norum Band, Glory, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vindictiv, Mårran etc. The non-album track "Cold Hearted Woman" can be found on the bonus-CD for the second encyclopedia.
Biography (Translated from Japanese booklet of 'Smoke And Mirrors') Alien, a popular band that had a No. 1 chart hit in Sweden, broke up after releasing two albums, 'Alien (1988)' and "Shiftin' Gear (1990)". Pete Sandberg, the singer (he only participated in "Shiftin' Gear"), moved to Los Angeles. There he met Anders Johansson, the drummer, and Jörg Fischer, the former Accept guitarist, who had also moved to Los Angeles and started a band together. They worked together for a while. After that, Pete played in a cover band, which was half hobby and half work, but he contacted Anders and Jörg again to form a new band. Then, when Anders was wondering what to do about the bass player, he contacted Per Stadin, who had been working as a session musician since the breakup of Silver Mountain and was looking for a chance to resume band activities.
At this point, the band was still a hobby-oriented cover band, and in the summer of '91, they toured Scandinavia for two months under the name Coverboys. The success of this tour gave them the desire to make it a permanent band, but unfortunately Jörg Fischer left the band, wanting to pursue his own path. However, the remaining three continued to work on completing the material that Per had written up until then into proper songs. As a result of auditioning guitarists in parallel, they welcomed newcomer Sven Cirnski, who had been playing in several local bands, as a member, and the lineup of Snake Charmer was solidified. They recorded their debut album, 'Smoke And Mirrors', at MRC Studio in Malmö, Sweden, Per's hometown, after a month of recording. The album was produced by Per himself, and guest keyboardist Jens Johansson, formerly of Silver Mountain, Yngwie Malmsteen and Dio, participated in the two tracks "Heart On Hold" and "Highway Of Love".
It is well known that the band name Silver Mountain was inspired by the title of a song by Rainbow, led by Ritchie Blackmore, but the band name Snaker Charmer is no doubt borrowed from the title "Snake Charmer", the fifth track on Rainbow's debut album 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'.
