Big Fish was a Swedish experimental rock

Experimental rock

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 music group with influences from industrial music

Industrial music

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, punk

Punk rock

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, jazz

Jazz

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, blues

Blues

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, metal

Heavy metal music

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 and folk music

Folk music

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 adding up to a unique sound.

One of their songs called "Den Blinde Rasisten" (eng. "The Blind Racist") based on a poem by Hans Alfredsson, has gained a lot of popularity for its lyrics, which tell a story of a blind boy who grows up to be a racist but dies of a heart attack when he gets eye surgery and regains his sight, because realises that "he himself was a nigger".

Discography

• The Natural Powers
• Hydrology (1990)
• Död mans vals (1991)
• Vargavinter (1992)
• Dans mot tiden (1993)
• Sånger ur sten (1994)
• Nyårshambo (1994)
• Blues för Paranoia (1996)
• Andar i halsen (1996)

On compilations

• Definitivt 50 Spänn #5
• Clubland X-Treme 2 (disc 1)
• Definitivt 50 Spänn IV
• I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous: A Swedish Tribute to Depeche Mode
  Depeche Mode
  Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...