Big Heavy Stuff

Infobox musical artist
Name = Big Heavy Stuff


Img_capt = Big Heavy Stuff's Greg Atkinson
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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Sydney, New South Wales Australia Flagicon|AUS
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 1990–2006 (hiatus)
Label = Volition/Sony, Hypnotized, Redline
Associated_acts = Ups and Downs Dutiful Daughters The Templebears The Daisygrinders
URL = http://www.bigheavystuff.net/
Current_members = Greg Atkinson Carolyn Polley Eliot Fish Nick Kennedy
Past_members = Darren Atkinson Darren Jones Adam Young Dave Trump

Big Heavy Stuff is a Sydney-based Australian indie rock band with a unique style, blending edgy guitars and a pounding rhythm section with songwriter Greg Atkinson's exceptional sense of melody. Their harder edge, evident on their breakthrough Maximum Sincere album of 1997, has mellowed somewhat on more recent releases, without detracting from their trademark emotional intensity. They are known for recent works including their latest albums Size of the Ocean and Dear Friends and Enemies, the latter of which was written at a time of political contemplation in Australia, and therefore contained questions of a profound nature (reflected even in the title of the album). That aside, it still ultimately made for great pop music. While the band's earlier releases are powerful documents in their own right, perhaps the most impressive aspect of Big Heavy Stuff's career has been their musical evolution, with each release building on the last and marking a significant step forward. Today, they are among Australia's most vital guitar bands, and the quality of their catalogue has few peers in the country's rich rock history.

Overview

Big Heavy Stuff is a four-piece band, featuring Greg Atkinson (Vocals, Guitars), Carolyn Polley (Guitars, Vocals), Eliot Fish (Bass, Vocals) and Nick Kennedy (Drums). The band was established in 1990 and is with the recording label Redline Records (Australia). Greg Atkinson had previously fronted the band Ups and Downs, Eliot Fish and Nick Kennedy were in The Templebears and Carolyn Polley was singer/guitarist for Dutiful Daughters

Discography

* "Pops Like Crazy (1991)
* "Chaos (1992)
* "Skin a Cat (1993)
* "Truck (1993)
* "Trouble and Desire (1994)
* "Covered in Bruises (1995)
* "Birthday (1995)
* "Maximum Sincere (1997)
* "Bigmouth (1997)
* "May (1997)
* "Cheating On a Dead Wife (1997)
* "Devil's Tongue (1999)
* "Two Sisters (2001)
* "Size of the Ocean (2001)
* "Mutiny (2002)
* "Dear Friends and Enemies (2004)

Disbandment

As of January 2006, there is a rumour circulating that the band have parted ways. This was announced on FBi Radio after close to a year of no activity and a long delay in a website update, the last of which was shortly before their last performance at the Come Together Music Festival at Luna Park Sydney.

External links

* [http://www.bigheavystuff.net Big Heavy Stuff Official Site]
* Australian Music Online: [http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=199 Big Heavy Stuff]
* MySpace: [http://www.myspace.com/officialbigheavystuff Official Big Heavy Stuff myspace page]