Bigwig plans 7" in 2009

Contributed by Mattew. Posted by justin on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 4:00 PM (EST)

Jumpstart Records has unveiled a new project from long-running cult favorite Bigwig. Plans are currently to record in early 2009 and release it on vinyl (7") and digitally as an EP. There's no news about who is currently in the band besides founder Tom Petta.

The band's last release was Reclamation.

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Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not respon sible for them in any way. Seriously.

ChadReligion (January 4, 2009)

great band... one of the last greats from that piece of shit Fearless

jeffernator (January 4, 2009)

how could you say that about the people responsible for punk goes crunk!!!?

amazing (January 4, 2009)

where is the bigwig review?

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Did you hear the 59 sound leaked?

MattRamone (January 4, 2009)

Wes Eibold recorded new lyrics for us.

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

Eibold?

Who is this Wes Eibold?

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

I think he plays for the timberwolves!

MilesQToast (January 4, 2009)

can someone explain the timberwolves meme? I always get excited that people are talking about my team. But you never are. You never are.

David_Arquette (January 4, 2009)

Hang it up.

PatrickEwing (January 4, 2009)

Agreed.

Tom1022 (January 5, 2009)

if they (i.e., Tom) want to keep making music, why should they stop? if you don't want to listen to it, don't. i'm sure there are some people out there that would enjoy some new bigwig, myself included.

dlangl4 (January 4, 2009)

I hope this sounds more like Unmerry Melodies and Stay Asleep than Reclamation.

Big_Guy (January 4, 2009)

unmerry melodies is pretty bad, I don't know what you are talking about

PatrickEwing (January 4, 2009)

Carnivore>your life

martinNZ09 (January 4, 2009)

Yes!

DarthNader (January 4, 2009)

invitation to tragedy was sweeeeet

Seanith (January 4, 2009)

These guys kick ass.

MattRamone (January 4, 2009)

Will it be reviewed?

mCLz (January 4, 2009)

i just came my pants like 20 times!

Rudy87 (January 4, 2009)

Finally

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

Liar.

Blackjaw_x (January 4, 2009)

In this post, list the popular 'org bands that you don't like.

Mine:
Jawbreaker
Dillinger Four
Off With Their Heads
Banner Pilot
The Ergs!
Teenage Bottlerocket

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

How can you not like The Ergs!??!?!?!?!?!?

I don't LOVE Jawbreaker, I like them but it hasn't hit me yet. I'm still giving it chances.

I don't like Banner Pilot.

nocigar (January 4, 2009)

Banner Pilot> The Ergs!

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

Wrong.

SloaneDaley (January 4, 2009)

I hate them all.

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

I hate you.

DarthNader (January 4, 2009)

Dillinger Four

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

the Ergs!
Teenage Bottlerocket
Banner Pilot
O Pioneers!!!
NOFX

MattRamone (January 4, 2009)

Are you, like, a witch or something?

Blackjaw_x (January 4, 2009)

Nonononono, give O Pioneers!!! another chance. Have you heard Neon Creeps yet? That's what got me into them.

MisFit4Me (January 4, 2009)

I thought Teenage Bottlerocket sounded really generic from the one song I heard, if that helps. The rest are bands I'm good with.

Problematiclogic (January 4, 2009)

Polar Bear Club
Hot Water Music

but that might change

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

You have to cease this madness.

Cheesetits (January 4, 2009)

I'll agree with all except Teenage Bottlerocket. And Off With Their Heads.

jacknife737 (January 4, 2009)

Bouncing Souls.

There is just something about the vocals that irritate me.

HOISTDATRAG (January 4, 2009)

Banner Pilot
Off With Their Heads
Polar Bear Club is only alright

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

You're wrong.

skankin_in_the_pit (January 4, 2009)

Pretty much every popular melodic hardcore or modern hardcore band
Lifetime
Gaslight Anthem
Against Me!
Bomb the Music Industry!
O Pioneers!!!
Bad Religion (Post Generator)
Lawrence Arms
The Falcon
Alkaline Trio (if they count)
Big D and the Kids Table (if they count)

GlassPipeMurder (January 4, 2009)

i don't love Hot Water Music.

i have almost every album of theirs, but they don't really click outside of "Seeing Diamonds" and "Trusty Chords".

this coming from someone who loves the Draft.

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

I thought liking Hot Water Music was a staff requirement!?!??!

demian (January 4, 2009)

Hot Water Music
Polar Bear Club
A Wilhelm Scream

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

You're crazy.

demian (January 4, 2009)

shit happens.

danielsan (January 4, 2009)

Dead Kennedys

Tudor (January 4, 2009)

Pretty much every single band except for the Lawrence Arms.

martinNZ09 (January 4, 2009)

Jawbreaker own you

4x4Grimreaper (January 4, 2009)

Not big on Paint It Black (don't know why, I love every other Yemin project) or Bad Religion (it all blends together, seriously, Against the Grain sounded like one long song).

Autosuggestion (January 23, 2009)

It might be that Yemin sings in PIB while he just plays guitar in the other projects you're talking about. That's what it is for me anyway. I like PIB's music quite a bit, but Yemin's vocals are horrible and just don't work for me in the slightest.

Blackjaw_x (January 4, 2009)

I second both of those.

af_punk86 (January 5, 2009)

Against Me!
Polar Bear Club
Dillinger Four (bought civil war assuming it would live up to its hype. it doesn't. that might change tho cause i still catch myself listening to it all the time)
Jawbreaker
Hot Water Music
Bomb The Music Industry

Slacker (January 5, 2009)

A Wilhelm Scream
Polar Bear Club

Grue (January 5, 2009)

Gaslight Anthem

VictorIkpeba24 (February 20, 2009)

Bomb the Music Industry!
O Pioneers!!!
Lawrence Arms
Alkaline Trio
Gaslight Anthem
Against Me!
Jawbreaker

nocigar (January 4, 2009)

"Moosh" is their best song. An Invitation to Tragedy is their best album

Hayman (January 4, 2009)

Shit yeah, what an awesome way to start Monday morning at work! Bigwig are one of the best bands, I hope this one thrashes more than Reclamtion. The harder and faster the better as far as I'm concerned!

af_punk86 (January 4, 2009)

For those who want to know:

Bigwig currently consists of: Tom, the same guitar and bass players from Reclamation, and my friend Rob on drums. My bands drummer was supposed to play for bigwig and I asked rob to play for us. In the long run Rob ended up in bigwig and we kept our drummer. My drummer is still pissed at me for telling Rob about the spot. Oops....

The new stuff is supposed to be the heaviest to date.

Hayman (January 4, 2009)

Sounds good to me, the last album was the best one. Who is your band?

af_punk86 (January 4, 2009)

The Down And Outs www.thedownandouts.com

Lemme know what you think. If youre into bigwigs earlier stuff or any fat wreck stuff you'll probly be into it.

thatsyouth (January 4, 2009)

Listen to my band because i drop names

dlangl4 (January 4, 2009)

That's not how I read it. He didn't mention his band in the first post, and he only linked to his band when someone asked about it.

dlangl4 (January 4, 2009)

"Sick of It All" and "March 11th" kind of remind me of Lagwagon and Bigwig but with pop punk vocals, which is a good thing. March 11th is especially old Lagwagonish.

af_punk86 (January 5, 2009)

Thanks dude. Being compared to those bands is definitely a hell of a compliment. There will be some new stuff up pretty soon if youre interested at all. Thanks a lot for checking it out.

dlangl4 (January 5, 2009)

No problem. Let me know when your band finishes the CD and I'll check it out.

BarleyPat (January 4, 2009)

I love everything this band has done, including Reclamation.

spec (January 4, 2009)

this

dlangl4 (January 4, 2009)

Me too.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

I've decided Wayfarer is my favorite Hot Water Music song of all time.

BarleyPat (January 4, 2009)

It's up there for me.

Also: Old Scool, the cover of Radio/Bleeder, Trusty Chords, Choked and Seperated.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

I love their Radio cover, but I could never get into Bleeder all that much for some reason. Trusty Chords is fucking money, though.

scientistrock (January 4, 2009)

Wayfarers fucking rules. Rooftops for the win though.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Rooftops is so fucking sweet, man.

6 or 7 Popes is awesome. Do you draw, or what is your input with that?

scientistrock (January 4, 2009)

I'm one of the co-writers. Basically, someone writes a script, and the whole group takes that script and makes it awesome by adding jokes and tightening up dialogue. Then we storyboard it with the artist, Nick. I've been told the next strip goes up tonight, but the guy who does all the internet stuff is on a road trip to Austin. My fingers are crossed.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

I've been really wanting to do a web comic, and a real comic book for a long time. Do you know any artists not currently involved that would be interested?

scientistrock (January 4, 2009)

None of us are in the "scene" at all. Nick had never done anything with comics before so if you know anyone who as ANY experience with visual art talk to them. We didn't talk to any artists. We just sort of stumbled onto our guy.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Haha...the "scene"...man, I just wanna do it. I don't know any artists either, I was kind of hoping to stumble on some dumb luck as well.

14theroad (January 4, 2009)

It's a good song, but not as good as "Where We Belong" or "Seein' Diamonds".

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Seein' Diamonds is up there for me as well, but I think 220 Years barely beats that one out in my list.

scientistrock (January 4, 2009)

How long is this list?

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Very, very long. I can't actually think of too many songs that wouldn't make a list, I guess. But I mean my top ten of theirs is very solid.

avodrocyelir (January 4, 2009)

wayfarer is the ringtone on my phone.

god deciding and sons and daughters are up there too on my list.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

I really, really like Sons and Daughters. They played it live when I saw them last year, and I nearly did a back flip.

avodrocyelir (January 4, 2009)

the lead from sons and daughters gets stuck in my head all the god damn time.

abracadaver (January 4, 2009)

"Driving Home." Few even come close for me, but if I had to pick HMs, they'd go to "It's Hard to Know," "Trusty Chords" and "Giver." I listen to HWM whenever I'm feeling like shit (which is disturbingly often these days) and they've never failed to cheer me up. Definitely one of my favorite bands of all time.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Great choices.

Turnstiles always seems to cheer me up, too.

abracadaver (January 4, 2009)

Agreed. Both the HWM and Larry Arms songs.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

Haha, good call.

Man, the Larries are really fucking awesome.

Which Turnstilies do you like better, HWM or the Larries?

scientistrock (January 4, 2009)

Original "Turnstyles" > "Turnstiles" > Cocktails and Dreams "Turnstyles"

abracadaver (January 4, 2009)

Ah, but the Cocktails & Dreams "Turnstyles" includes "Old Mexico Way," that DUI song and the demo version of Faintly Falling Ashes. I guess if we discount those, I'll agree with John's ranking.

scientistrock (January 4, 2009)

so does the last one.

DarthNader (January 4, 2009)

cocktails and dreams version of turnstyles, and just that, without the other 12 minutes or so, is better than all of the aformentioned songs

BarleyPat (January 4, 2009)

I'm not even a big Lawrence Arms fanboy like many on here, but that may be one of the single greatest "tracks" in all of punk.

mikexdude (January 4, 2009)

Freightliner, 220 Years, It's Hard to Know, The Sense... so hard...

HOISTDATRAG (January 4, 2009)

Moonpies for Misfits, God Deciding and Rooftops

abracadaver (January 4, 2009)

Damn, forgot Moonpies for Misfits. Love that song.

abracadaver (January 4, 2009)

Argh, all this HWM talk makes me feel even worse for having to miss Dead to Me/Strike Anywhere/HWM in SF back in August. Stupid school.

rebeccaa (January 4, 2009)

fuck yes.

Dudley_Shale (January 4, 2009)

I agree with this sentiment.

Fuck yes.

CrotchRot (January 4, 2009)

yay i'm in a cult. can't wait to tell my mom

thatsyouth (January 4, 2009)

Reclamation was pretty not good. War Inside was great but the rest was just kind of boring.

BarleyPat (January 4, 2009)

Rat Race and Last Song, Last Call were awesome.

punk_rawk_show (January 4, 2009)

Agreed

PatrickEwing (January 4, 2009)

Bigwig was at their finest right around the release of Invitation to Tragedy. After that their set list changed and they stopped playing Carnivore. Seriously, how do you have a song like Carnivore and not play it? If you've never seen Bigwig play Carnivore, you missed out and should probably off yourself.

Another song they stopped playing that ruled was "Dent". Jesus, remember how good their first two CDs were and then they stopped playing songs off of them? Seriously, I'd go see them and they'd play "Smile" and not play "Numbers". They'd play "Moosh" and not cover "Knowledge". How does a band rationalize doing that? When I think of Bigwig, my head wants to explode.

dlangl4 (January 4, 2009)

I've always wanted to see them play Old Lady live. I've seen them three or four times and they never have.

PatrickEwing (January 4, 2009)

IIRC, I saw them play it once but I'm not sure to be honest with you. Never really cared for the song that much to want to hear it live when I could yell out for them to play "Dent" and ignore me.

punk_rawk_show (January 4, 2009)

Cant wait, still need an Aussie Bigwig tour

duf (January 5, 2009)

so true

ubercool (January 4, 2009)

Gee I wonder why this band ALWAYS has a lineup change, but the Tom guy is still there....Can you say- DICK? Or maybe it is just shit luck. But is any case I always did like the Cymbals on fire thing. Good luck in any case to them.

JNJL (January 5, 2009)

...or maybe because a career in a low income band isn't for everybody. Tom was always nice to me anytime I've ever met him.

On a side note, so stoked for this.

rebeccaa (January 5, 2009)

i met him in 2004 and he was the nicest dude ever

Autosuggestion (January 23, 2009)

All of this.

drugmoney (January 5, 2009)

yeah the cymbals thing was always kick ass. bad ass band

Pricey123 (January 5, 2009)

i just bought reclamation and stay asleep just the other day. great band

thirtyseconds (January 5, 2009)

Fuck me... 9 for Reclamation. This is why I don't review anymore.

PUNKTED (January 5, 2009)

Because you were always wrong?

drugmoney (January 5, 2009)

hell yeah!! i remember seeing this guys play years back. the drummer lit his cymbals on fire and jumped off the amps on the last song. kick ass show!! too bad they were opening for mest, yeah they were. loved stay asleep, one of the best albums ever!!