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Big Ass is a Thai rock band. It was originally a pop rock band but the music moved toward hardcore punk in some of the band's recent 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" Konarlo became the new leading vocals, replacing Ekkarat in EP ''Dan Neramit'', their latest album, was released in April 2013.〔(Big Ass posted in Facebook on Leading Vocals Change ), Thai Rath (Thai only)〕〔(Disclosing the Big Ass Leading Vocals and New Singles ''Dan Neramit'' ), Manager Online (Thai only)〕 ==History== Big Ass released their first album ''Not Bad'' in 1997 on the Music Bugs label. Their second and third albums, ''XL'' and ''My World'', followed in 2000 and 2003. Big Ass won numerous awards for their work but attracted a rather limited audience during their first three albums. It left Music Bugs to join the Genie Records label of GMM Grammy. Their fourth album ''Seven'' (signifying seven years in the music scene) 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〔(Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul, ''Indy music recognised'', The Nation, March 25, 2003 )〕 (''see Awards section below''). Popularity-wise, they were also voted the most popular artist by fellow artists in Fat Awards No. 3 and nominated for the most popular group in 4th Channel Besides their studio albums, Big Ass has a song in the special 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. In 2008, an original soundtrack for Thai movie ''Pid Term Yai Hua Jai Wawun'' (ปิดเทอมใหญ่ หัวใจว้าวุ่น, also known as ''Hormones'') featured Big Ass. The band also appeared in the film as themselves playing the song "Kon Tai" (ก่อนตาย) in a pub.〔''Pid Term Yai Hua Jai Wawun'' (''Hormones'') movie〕 In 2011, the band's guitarist-backing vocalist Poonsak Jaturaboon sang in the original soundtrack ''Tum Yu Nai Jai'' (ทุ้มอยู่ในใจ) for the film ''SuckSeed''. Ekarat Wongchalard also appeared as himself in the movie. In July 2012, the band revealed on Facebook that the long-time leading vocalist Ekarat Wongchalard would leave the band due to his music work reaching saturation. Daycha Konarlo appeared as the band's new leading vocalist on their single "Dan Neramit" (แดนเนรมิต), which was released in August 2012. The second single "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.〔(), Matichon (Thai only)〕 Ekarat later joined Rock Rider team producing TV shows about rock music and travel on big bike. Ekarat released a solo ''Khon Tai Thi Hai Jai'' (คนตายที่หายใจ) with Rock Rider (consisting of Dak, Silly Fools, Airborne) in 2014. 〔(), Prachachat (Thai only)〕 In 2014, Big Ass performed an original soundtrack ''Ab Nam Ron'' (อาบน้ำร้อน) for the TV series Hormones the Series (season 2). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Big Ass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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