BIG HEAVY STUFF

Big Heavy Stuff was an Australian indie rock band. The band was established in 1990 in Sydney. It featured Greg Atkinson on lead vocals and rhythm guitar (ex-Ups and Downs), Carolyn Polley on lead guitar, backing vocals (ex-Toys Went Berserk, Dutiful Daughters), Darren Jones on bass, backing vocals (ex-The Templebears) and Darren Atkinson on drums (ex-Ups and Downs).

Big Heavy Stuff was initially signed to Volition Records, an Australian division of Sony Records. They released a string of EPs and singles from 1991 to 1993 before releasing the full-length album 'Truck' in 1993. Afterwards, Darren Atkinson left the band and was replaced by Nick Kennedy. They then released the EP 'Trouble & Desire' in 1994, and Jones departed from the band shortly after. He was replaced on bass by Eliot Fish. The lineup of Greg Atkinson, Polley, Kennedy, and Fish then remained constant throughout the band's existence.

The stabilized lineup released the EP 'Covered In Bruises' in 1995, and it was the band's final release on Volition. In the U.S., "Birthday" was released as a single to promote the EP, and the single was issued by DeSoto Records (which was owned by two members of the post-hardcore band Jawbox). Big Heavy Stuff then signed with The Hypnotized Label, which was a division of Shock Records. They released their second album 'Maximum Sincere' on Hypnotized, and four different singles were released to promote the album; however, the band's tenure on the label was short-lived.

The band gained the attention of popular Australian alternative rock band Jebediah, who added Big Heavy Stuff to the roster of Redline Records in 2000, an independent label that Jebediah co-founded with its then-management company Naked Ape Management. The arrangement with Redline facilitated the release of the 2001 album 'Size of the Ocean'. It contained the single "Hibernate" which reached #77 on the Hottest 100 of 2001 chart by Australian national radio station Triple J, a list that was voted on by the station's listeners. 

Also in 2001, 'Size of the Ocean' was nominated in the ARIA Award for Best Adult Alternative Album category. In 2004, the band released their fourth and final album 'Dear Friends And Enemies', also on Redline. The album managed to peak at #94 on ARIA's Top 100 Albums chart. In 2006, after performing at the Come Together Music Festival in Luna Park Sydney, the band went on an indefinite hiatus. It was later announced that the band had dissolved on FBi Radio. The group reunited for a show at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, Sydney on 18 April 2009. The gig was for the That Then This Now documentary. The band reformed again to support Powderfinger on 18 September 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre as part of Powderfinger's farewell tour.

Members

Greg Atkinson (vocals, guitar), Carolyn Polley (guitar), Eliot Fish (bass), Nick Kennedy (drums), Darren Jones (bass), Darren Atkinson (drums), 

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Heavy_Stuff