Big Wreck / Ian Thornley - Printable Version
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Big Wreck / Ian Thornley - mrlayance - 07-25-2005
Does anyone know the history? Why did they break up? I saw Thornley Saturday night and Ian didn't seem to care about the new stuff, but he talked upi the Big Wreck songs they played?
- farmerdan - 07-25-2005
from:
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Ian: We were just kids in a band that had fun and made music. We toured for many years and made a couple albums. It was a good time in my life. The reason why Big Wreck broke up is because we were so young when we started and negativity has a way of seeping through. We placed blame on each other when the albums weren’t selling well and not being held accountable. Then for the last two tours there were bad vibes between us and it turned out shitty. We didn’t handle the situation the way we should have.
- mrlayance - 07-25-2005
Interesting, Thanks
- farmerdan - 07-25-2005
no problem
- Lizard King - 07-26-2005
Thornley's playing for free this weekend in London with Grady, can't wait!!
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- skippy the wonder dog - 07-26-2005
Not for free, it's $20.
Which is still cheap.
- Lizard King - 07-26-2005
skippy the wonder dog Wrote:Not for free, it's $20.Its only $20 if you want to be in the beer tent area at the front. Everywhere else is free. Taken from the web-page:
Which is still cheap.
"FREE Admission to the London Balloon Festival - Cover Charge to the Licensed Areas."
:thumb:
- Lizard King - 08-01-2005
Saw Thornley and Grady last nite at balloonfest, that was the first time I saw Grady and boy did they kick some ass, I only caught half of their set, but they sounded good, and they did "diggin a hole" from the Big Sugar days and it sounded great. Thornley rocked loud and hard as usual, the coolest part was the encore they played "the Oaf" and then Gordie Johnson came out and they did a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" it was pretty cool actually. Id say there was at least 10,000 people there, it was a good turnout, so much so they asked Thornley to play again tonight with Bobnoxious, so I think I'll check em out again. :thumb:
- hotmetal401 - 08-01-2005
Big Wreck was the first legal age show I didn't have to sneak into, two days after the 19th birthday. I remember being blown away at the time by how loud they played. These guys were all rock and roll though, especially with their lifestyle. Some friends of mine partied with them on that same tour when it rolled through Peterbourgh. I won't repeat the stories, but if those rumours and inuendos are true then let's just say it's amazing Ian Thornley's still alive.
Ladylike still blows my mind.
Cheers
Pat