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Big Wreck Is A Canadian-American Rock Band Formed By Ian Thornley Guitarist Brian Doherty Bassist Dave Henning And Drummer Forrest Williams While They Were Students At The Berklee College Of Music Boston Massachusetts In 1994. After Several Years Of Gigging In Boston And Cambridge The Band Signed To A Major Label And Released Its Debut Album In Loving Memory Of... In 1997. The Single The Oaf Was A Major Top Ten Hit For The Band That Year. Due To Thornley's Canadian Nationality The Band's Biggest Commercial Success Was Actually In Canada Rather Than The United States. The Album's Subsequent Singles Blown Wide Open And That Song Were Not As Successful On The American Charts As The Oaf Had Been But In Canada They Were Both Top Ten Hits. In October Of 2001 Big Wreck Played A Special Show At Toronto's Roy Thompson Hall Accompanied By The Toronto Symphony Orchestra And The Uzume Taiko Ensemble Of Drummers With The Tragically Hip's Paul Langlois And Robby Baker Also Making Appearances. The Band's Second Album The Pleasure And The Greed Released In 2001 Was Marred By Poor Marketing And Was Not As Big A Hit As Their Debut Album Especially In The United States. The Band Subsequently Broke Up A Year Later In 2002. Thornley Moved Back To Toronto Launching The Band Thornley. Doherty Has Gone On To Be In The Indie Band Death Of 8 But The Other Band Members Never Emerged With New Projects. Ian And Brian Rekindled Their Friendship Which Lead To A Reunion In 2011.
This Reunion However Would Not Include Founding Members Dave Henning And Forrest Williams. Albatross The Band's Third Album Would Be Released On March 6 2012 And Would Be Big Wreck's Best Charting Album Of All Time Debuting At #5 On The Canadian Albums Charts And Would See Its Title Track Hit #1 On The Canadian Rock Charts Which It Would Hold For Six Weeks Straight. It Would Also Spawn The Singles Wolves And A Million Days And Would Receive The CASBY Award For "Favourite New Album" In 2012. 2014 Would See The Release Of Their Fourth Album Ghosts On The 10th Of June. The Album Would Debut At #5 On The Canadian Rock Charts And Would Go On To Debut At #4 On The Billboard Heatseekers Chart Making It Their Highest Charting Album On That Chart To Date. Ghosts Would Come To Spawn Three Singles The Name-Sharing Ghosts Come What May And Hey Mama. Big Wreck's Fifth Studio Album Grace Street Would See Its Release On February 3 2017. The Album Would End Up Peaking At #5 On The Canadian Albums Chart Much Like Albatross And Ghosts. However The Lead Single One Good Piece Of Me Would End Up Outperforming Ghosts The Song With The Track Charting High On Two Separate Charts Within The First Week Of Airplay. The Other Two Singles That Spawned From Grace Street Were Digging In And You Don't Even Know. On June 5 2019 Founding Guitarist Brian Doherty Would Pass Away After A Battle With Cancer. He Was 51. Big Wreck Would Release Their Sixth Studio Album ...But For The Sun On August 30 2019. The Band Would End Up Dedicating The Album To The Late Guitarist In Memory Of Him. The Album Would See Locomotive Too Far Gone One More Chance And Alibi Be The Four Singles To Spawn And Would Also See An In Memoriam Tour Dedicated To Doherty. ...But For The Sun Would Be The Last Full-Length Album Recorded With Longtime Drummer Chuck Keeping As He Would End Up Leaving The Band In 2021 To Focus On Family Life. In The Following Years Big Wreck Would Hire New Drummer Sekou Lumumba The Former Drummer For Ian Thornley's Side Project Thornley To Replace Chuck Keeping And Would Go On To Release 3 EPs 7.1 7.2 And 7.3. Pages Big Wreck's 7th Album Was Released On November 24 2023. Discography Studio Albums
In Loving Memory Of... 1997 The Pleasure And The Greed 2001 Albatross 2012 Bag Of Tricks Live 2013 Ghosts 2014 Grace Street 2017 ...But For The Sun 2019 Pages 2023 EPs
7.1 2021 7.2 2022 7.3 2023 Members Ian Thornley Vocals Guitar 1992 - Present Chris Caddell Rhythm Guitar 2019 - Present Dave McMillan Bass Guitar 2010 - Present Sekou Lumumba Drums 2021 - Present Past Members Brian Doherty Guitar 1992 - 2019 D. June 5 2019 Paulo Neta Guitar 2010 - 2017 Dave Henning Bass Guitar 1993 - 2002 Forrest Williams Drums 1994 - 2002 Brad Park Drums 2010 - 2012 Chuck Keeping Drums 2012 - 2021 read less