Big Heavy Stuff is a Sydney-based Australian indie rock band with a unique style. They are known for more recent works, including their latest albums Size of the Ocean and Dear Friends and Enemies, the latter of which being written at a time of political contemplation in Australia, and therefore containing questions of a profound nature (reflected even in the title of the album). Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...
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 Redline Records (Australia).
Brisbane, Australia's BigHeavyStuff formed in 1990, consisting of drummer Darren Atkinson, guitarist/vocalist Greg Atkinson, bassist Darren Jones (ex-Dutiful Daughters), and guitarist/vocalist Carolyn Polley (ex-Toys Went Berserk).
Inspired by English dream pop and the noisier independent scene in the U.S., they opted to form BigHeavyStuff, a brainy rock band with perfectionist tendencies.
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BigHeavyStuff are the most under-rated band in the country.
Following on from their critically acclaimed album of 1997, Maximum Sincere, BigHeavyStuff seem to be in a better frame of mind, something which comes out in their latest record.
For BigHeavyStuff, however, this freedom from record company pressure was liberating and enhanced the creative process.