Big Cheese (band) explained

Big Cheese
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Origin:Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Genre:Hardcore punk,
Years Active:2016–present
Label:Quality Control, Triple B, Painkiller
Associated Acts:Higher Power, Blind Authority, Rapture
Current Members:
  • Tom "Razor" Hardwick
  • Louis Hardy
  • Maegan Brooks
  • Joe Williams
  • Alex Wizard
Past Members:
  • Anthony Wheatley

Big Cheese is an English hardcore punk band from Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are a part of the New Wave of British Hardcore.[1] In an article for Metal Hammer, Jimmy Wizard included their song "Rotter" in his "essential hardcore mixtape".[2]

History

The band formed in 2016, when guitarist Maegan Brooks (who then-played in Rapture) and vocalist and then-bassist Tom "Razor" Hardwick (formerly of Obstruct, Fade, Violent Reaction and Shrapnel) began living together. After developing some of the songs Brooks had written, the pair decided to recruit Louis Hardy and Alex Wizard of fellow-Leeds hardcore band Higher Power to play guitar and drums, respectively. On 22 October 2017, they played a sold-out show the Camden Underworld with Trapped Under Ice, Higher Power, King Nine and Chamber.[3] [4] [5] As soon as they began playing live, Hardwicke handed bass duties over to Anthony Wheatley (formerly of Sheffield hardcore band the Pact). In June 2018, they played Outbreak Festival in Leeds.[6] In August they toured Europe with Illusion of New York.[7] In October, they opened for Turnstile on their UK headline tour.[8] On 17 April 2019, they released Don't Forget To Tell The World, a compilation of all their material released up to that point through Painkiller Records. This included their EP Aggravated Mopery and live tape from a NWOBHCFM Radio session. On 21 July, they opened for Have Heart on their reunion run at the Stylus in Leeds.[9] In June and early-August, they began a European headline tour with Mere Mortal,[10] followed by a European tour with Culture Abuse and Short Sharp Shock hosted by Vans.[11] In October, they announced that they would be entering the studio to record their debut studio album Punishment Park.[12] They released their first single from the album on 3 December 2019, titled "Write-Off".[13] On 8 October 2021, they released the three track EP Anymore for Anymore.[14]

Musical style

Big Cheese play hardcore punk[15] [16] [17] and heavy hardcore.[18] Their music is influenced by New York hardcore bands like Warzone, Killing Time, Leeway, Breakdown, Madball, Rest in Pieces, Sick of It All and Crumbsuckers in addition to UK bands like Motörhead, Charged GBH, Ripcord and Voorhees.[19] They often make use of drums grooves and metallic riffs.[20] [21] Author Freddie Alva described their debut album as "a love letter to the NYHC sound during the late 1980s". In an article for Hard Noise, writer Fred Pessaro described their style as "Melding Breakdown metallic brutality and Warzone-y groove".

Members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums
EPs
Demos
Compilations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gautier . Alexis . NEWS OF THE WEEK #49 . 28 October 2019 . 28 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191028092242/https://www.straightandalert.com/news-week-49/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Morton . Luke . Higher Power's essential hardcore mixtape . . 6 September 2018 . 28 October 2019.
  3. Web site: HIGHER POWER, CHAMBER AND BIG CHEESE TO SUPPORT TRAPPED UNDER ICE AND KING NINE AT LONDON SHOW . 29 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Single London Date for Trapped Under Ice in October! . 29 October 2019.
  5. Web site: HALL . MAKKY . TRAPPED UNDER ICE – CAMDEN UNDERWORLD, LONDON . 29 October 2019.
  6. Web site: OUTBREAK FEST MAKES FIRST LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT . . 29 January 2018 . 28 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Big Cheese / Illusion And Guests - London . 29 October 2019.
  8. Web site: TURNSTILE HAVE ANNOUNCED A UK TOUR . . 4 September 2018 . 28 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Redrup . Zach . NEWS: Have Heart announce one-off UK reunion show in July 2019! . 28 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Big Cheese / Mere Mortal . 29 October 2019.
  11. Web site: GORMAN-BUCKLEY . ISOBEL . Vans Launches 'The Spirit of DIY' Campaign with Global Music Tour . 29 October 2019.
  12. Web site: BIG CHEESE VERÖFFENTLICHEN NEUES ALBUM "PUNSIHMENT PARK" . 16 October 2019 . 28 October 2019.
  13. Web site: Kamiński . Karol . UKHC act BIG CHEESE premiere new track "Write-Off", teasing new LP . 25 January 2020.
  14. Web site: BREIHAN . TOM . Stream UK Hardcore Band Big Cheese's Tough-As-Nails New EP Anymore For Anymore? . . 8 October 2021 . 16 October 2021.
  15. Web site: Kamiński . Karol. 3 noteworthy UKHC records to check this Winter: BIG CHEESE, RAPTURE, STAGES IN FAITH . 28 October 2019.
  16. Web site: Pementel . Michael . Album Review: Big Cheese – Aggravated Mopery . 28 October 2019.
  17. Web site: Ramirez . Carlos . Record Label Profile: Quality Control HQ . 22 December 2017 . 28 October 2019.
  18. Web site: Review – Have Heart (One-Off Reunion Show) . 23 July 2019 . 28 October 2019.
  19. Web site: Interview: Big Cheese (UK). 28 October 2019.
  20. Web site: Zelaya . Carlos . LIVE REVIEW: Turnstile @ House Of Vans, London (26/10/2018) . 28 October 2019.
  21. Web site: PESSARO . FRED . BIG CHEESE ON CHANNELING MOTORHEAD AND SICK OF IT ALL, GROWING UP UKHC . . 18 March 2020 . 30 March 2020.

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