One "Big Wreck" of an Interview | AMS
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A huge thank you to Ian Thornley and Dave McMillan of Big Wreck for making it all the way to the AMS Tone Labs in Mahwah, NJ - even despite their bus breaking down! We were lucky enough to sit down with them and talk about their writing process, how they find inspiration, and of course, all about being a guitar nerd!
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Chapter Markers:
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - How do you keep your style and sound fresh?
01:49 - Are songs ever too out there for the record?
02:36 - The song has the biggest ego in the room
03:26 - How do your songs evolve?
05:25 - Playing blues at Berklee
06:06 - Playing with a guitar pick
07:07 - Being a guitar nerd
08:16 - Cinematic sound planning
10:17 - Bass line on Speedy Recovery
12:19 - Ian’s slide style
14:09 - Subconscious slide lift
15:44 - Headspace going into a new project.
16:15 - Writing style
16:59 - Stockpiling song ideas
18:37 - What is a “pocketbook Brando”?
19:48 - Chasing inspiration vs forcing it to work
21:38 - Process of recording Albatross
23:20 - Interview wrap-up
23:50 - Outro
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I can't believe so many people sleep on this band. Such a signature sound!
The lift is in Diamonds on Ghost 😉
Ian Thornley's voice is fricken magic... Big Wrecks style is all their own, love their stuff.
I love Ian. Criminally underrated
I still remember when 'In Loving Memory Of' came out. I was floored, and still am til this day with this band.
So first… you’re a poet hands down. “When your shadow is still on this path of mine”… are you kidding me? “I’m all surrounded by the things I thought I’d put away”… your guitar and lyrics together become something larger. Like an intuitive painter. You can take the mechanics only so far but your instinct and intuition make your music come alive. It’s a real gift. We are incredibly grateful. ❤
Laughed so hard at the part where he talks about the guitar nerds in the front row watching every move on the fretboard. That was literally me when I saw Big Wreck live 😆
oh man, what a great band.. big big fan!
HA!! Love to see the PJ T-shirt!!! Gonna be at the Seattle show next week!!!
I've been a fan since '97. Every time they come to Boston it's like a holiday for me. To watch Ian play live is such a treat. He is one of the greats.
MY SOUL SINGS BIG WRECK
Man it's so exciting to see these guys FINALLY get some of the recognition they deserve.
Representing!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️
New EP out tomorrow1 Can't wait! Thanks for the interview guys!
Ian Thornley needs to put out an album of that music that is a "bridge too far"... he writes some of the heaviest riffs in rock and he is a savage player; so is Dave and Sekou.
Thankful I got to see them live with Brian. RIP ❤️
So nice to hear from them, new album is great!
Saw these guys on Tuesday November 21….Ian is a god! The whole band is phenomenal. I saw em 5 years ago with the originals doing the first album in its entirety, and man…..the whole band is amazing! That voice! His style, and how they mix together. It’s awesome! Big Wreck is HIGHLY underrated! Love this band!
Great interview. The world's most underrated band on earth.
Wish Big Wreck would come to Australia
@annilara8964
5 ай бұрын
They should definitely come to Dublin!!! Pls you would make my husband sooo happy!!!
Great interview! Looking forward to seeing them live next week. hopefully they'll mix in a few new songs and/or a few deeper cuts😬
Man, I really love that song
RIP Brian Doherty and David Henning.... Great current line up. but then they've all been pretty great... Fan since day one 🥰
@betbuk
8 ай бұрын
David Henning passed?
@ROOKTABULA
8 ай бұрын
David H isn't dead.
@RealGoneDame
7 ай бұрын
@@ROOKTABULA oh my God. I'm so sorry I was misinformed... a Google search says he "Died: January 1, 2002" 😬
Seeing them for the 5th time, since a club in Winterpig in 98, in December.
Love this band and absolutely loved the In Loving Memory album of which the song "By The Way" came out of and is such a beautiful tune, loved this guy's voice. I can listen to that song over and over and over.
The best damn band out there! Best sounding albums!
One of the best band ever.
The Pleasure and the Greed is such an awesome album, but I'll admit I paid no attention to it at the time, and didn't really discover it until a couple of years ago and am kicking myself for having missed it in my life for so many years. It almost amazes me how that masterpiece was a flop.
@JC_2311
7 ай бұрын
Every single song on that album has a certain feel to it. All very distinct. All grandiose in their own way. ....and the guitar tunings and tones...to die for.
@kikastra
7 ай бұрын
@@JC_2311 Most of it seems to be a conscious deviation from the formula that made In Loving Memory so successful, and since that's what made them so popular, I think people who latched onto that sound were disappointed. Big Wreck seemed to come from nowhere with ILMO, and people loved it, so I think the people expected more of the same on the second release. When it changed "too much" people didn't know what they were getting so they left the ship. If this were their 3rd or 4th release, having transitioned to it, I think it would have been commercial successful (pretending that their 2nd or 3rd release more conformed to ILMO) giving the people more of what they wanted. You could even argue that had this been their first album it would have been as successful as ILMO. Have more to add, but I don't know, but it's really interesting to wonder why this album didn't do better commercially, when its really so good. Just theories, no assertions.
@betbuk
6 ай бұрын
@@kikastra Come visit… facebook.com/groups/BigWreck
@user-fj5qf7gt6n
6 ай бұрын
I love it too but read an old interview and Ian said there was a lot of cringe on there for both him and Brian. I guess the pressure of "we don't hear a single" lead them to do stuff they wouldn't have. Not sure which songs, I'd rather not know!
@JC_2311
6 ай бұрын
@user-fj5qf7gt6n from the interview I read, Ian had more a problem with the production on that album. Didn't know of any issues with the songs.
Why is big wreck not the biggest band in the world I don’t know. Incredible musicians.
@RB-oc7ti
7 ай бұрын
True. They are incredibly talented and pleasantly distinctive sounding. I think its the rock industry today in general? Minimal media attention despite some really great music being made in the last 20 years. Plus, they are not douchebags demanding attention by acting out in public. They are true musicians just loving what they do - and that’s enough. I feel the same way about AlterBridge. Great vocals. Great guitars. Great songs and albums. Great musicians. Decent people. Dedicated fan base. No media attention. But they have great careers and make a good living doing what they love. Maybe that’s better than living in a fishbowl?
Brian threw me a pick! Love Sarnia❤❤❤
LOL, I have the matching ball cap to Ian's hoodie...the logo patch for Beau's. (It's a microbrewery in the Ottawa area.)
Canadian treasure!…..under the radar, but blazing ahead always, great fucking band!
PRETTY AWESOME, I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH DAVE
I'm that guy at the front of the stage, but I'm goin to school. I'm like: "Ohhh, THAT's how he does that!" Been doin it for 50 years.
Albatross ❤
I'd love to hang out with ian
Diamonds
Dave is the John Myung of Big Wreck.
I love pleasure and greed. All way through
Let the artists talk
If I could, I would ask why Fade Away didn't land on the Tiny Pictures album.
@joshwisener9308
19 күн бұрын
My daughter’s and my faves. The lyric “what you think of me, I cannot control” got her through some crap at school. We got to talk to Ian about it which was awesome. He said that song was part of a contest. Cheers 🍻!
🇨🇦👽🎸👍🏼
No entiendo como Ian no termino cantando en Soundgarden o por lo menos haciendo con Big Wreck un cover de Chris. Algún día será no? Linda remera de Pearl Jam Dave
Is it "Break" from Ghosts? I can hear from V.M. Bhatt in that......
I hate when interviews dont shit up. We aren’t here for you, we are here for your guests.
Lovely interview, but way way way too short !
It would have been great if the interviewers would pipe down for two seconds and let Ian and Dave just finish a sentence.
@ClutchPS3
8 ай бұрын
He drove me nuts! I'm not sure If Ian answered a question fully with out him interupting once.
@RobertChafe-bz6ft
8 ай бұрын
100%. Worst interviewing skills ever. Ask an open ended question and let the band take it from there
@apocbodhimusic
8 ай бұрын
Totally! Please do better interviewers...
@thomasfucik7527
8 ай бұрын
Please watch Rick Beato interview an artist. I can understand the excitement of being face to face with someone whom you may be a big fan of, but yes would have been better at times to let them speak without the interrupting.
@MarkLambertMusic
7 ай бұрын
Agreed. I found it so annoying that I was unable to watch the whole interview, despite Big Wreck being my favorite band and Ian in particular one of my favorite individual artists.
What no gear talk?
I wonder if BW is trying to surpass Spinal Tap's drummer tally?
Why’s the guy in the pearl jam shirt there? 🙄😂
@ROOKTABULA
8 ай бұрын
He's the bass player, fool
@thomasfucik7527
8 ай бұрын
@@ROOKTABULA😂
@kingbennyb
6 ай бұрын
He's holding down the rhythm
would like it alot more if the host wasnt talking all over Ian. stop talking over your guest im interested in Ians thoughts not the host.