Paul McCann (guitar, vocals)
Marc Lindeman (bass)
Steve Turner (drums)
Big Bang formed in Scarborough, Ontario in 1983 when Turner met songwriting team McCann and Lindeman (who had met in 1980) at a Bill Bruford drum clinic. McCann and Lindeman would run their own industrial painting company by day and record demos at night with engineer Mark Stafford.
McCann took their demo around to the record companies and offered each recipient the chance to make millions off of Big Bang . A brash statement from the Irishman, but former Current Records owner Gerry Young took the bait. He traveled to the band's rehearsal spot, heard them live and suggested a meeting with his new record company partners. The band was the first signing for S.P.Y. Records (Jim Skarratt, Steve Propas, Gerry Young) in 1988.
Their debut album, 'Big Bang', was released around Christmas-time and yielded the band's first hit "Into The Night" which became instantly recognizable due to its uncanny similarity to a certain Irish pop quartet making the rounds at the same time. The record drew interest south of the border and the album was released in the US on Atlantic Records.
However, Big Bang waited until the beginning of 1989 before touring -- allowing plenty of time for momentum to build on the album. Following heated battles with their managers/record label over musical direction, Big Bang were forced to sit out their recording contract and attempted to make a comeback in 1991 which was short-lived.
Singles
1988 Into The Night/Sweet Emotions (S.P.Y./A & M)
Albums
1988 Big Bang (S.P.Y./A & M)
Video
Compilation Tracks
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