The Big Gun : Heard About Love

“Heard About Love“ - When people asked me about how the perfect indiepopsong should sound like i always reply these three words. Full of the greatest jangly guitarsound i ever heard this 2.58 minutes long song makes my day since nearly 20 years. I still remember the day when i bought the 7“ from record and tape exchange in camden town. “Heard About Love“ was released on the band's (i believe) own “Hi-Fibre“ label back in 1987. A year before the band shared a flexi disc with Basil Pieroni. “You'll Always Give Your Best“ was nearly as brilliant as the singletrack. When we started the Sound Of Leamington Spa serie back in 1998 one of the first bands we were looking for was the Big Gun. I remember that it took me ages to locate them. They came by by in 2000 and i was more than happy to include their song on Sound Of Leamington Spa 2. As member Andy Crone once said the band never called it the day, they just went separate ways. Beside the 7“ and the flexidisc the band recorded at least one three track demo tape back in 1986.It contains the following tracks:
-Happiest Day-Now That You Gone-Where I Want To Go
Needless to say that all those songs are brilliant as well !
In 1989 members of the Big Gun founded short-lived band Cincinnati. A demotape was recorded but no proper records were released. I have to think on band's as The Great Leap Forward or Drop while listening to their songs. Especially “About You“ is a great song. Hopefully there will be a chance to include this tune on Sound Of Leamington Spa 8.Andy and Keith Martin teamed up together again in the late 90s to form another band which name was Stagger Lee. We included their song “Four Families“ on FST 045 – These Are The Songs We Always Wanted To Hear. I have to say honest, that this tune is still my favourite track from that compilation. The band recorded a couple of fine demos before broke up soon after.Recently i talked to Andy about the possibilty to release a Big Gun compilation CD, so finger crossed for it !!!

[Taken from Fire_Station_Records_blog]

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Download : The Big Gun - Heard About Love here!!!
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The Big Gun / Basil Pieroni [Split Flexi-Disc]

Ah, the flexi-disc. every fanzine editor's dream. It seems that every indie band of the C86 era featured on at least one of these flimsy records early in their careers. This one however was the first release from a local label called Hi-Fibre which was run by the guys from The Big Gun. As far as I know the only other release on the label was a 7" single also by The Big Gun called Heard About Love/Happens All The Time. You can imagine what sort of sound the band made just by learning that on the run out groove to that single were etched the words 'Just like Edwyn'. The a-side to the single was played by John Peel on at least one occasion, the night I heard it on his show was also the very first time I heard Public Enemy on the radio which goes to show the diversity of the music on the Peel show. And that would be that as far as this flexi goes. Another tiny entry in the history of Scottish pop music except the second track on the flexi is by another guy who had spent years playing in local bands in Irvine, one Basil Pieroni. His contribution to this flexi in 1986 probably looked to be his only recorded output but Basil is now better known for being the guitarist in excellent Glasgow band Butcher Boy who have released 2 albums to date.

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Big Gun - You'll Always Give Your Best / Basil Pieroni - Don't Ever Go away Again

Download FLEXI here

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Free download of Butcher Boy - Carve A Pattern here

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The Big Gun track Heard About Love was also included on the compilation album 'The Sound of Leamington Spa Volume 2' which can sometimes be found for sale on e-bay. Other bands on the album include The Groove Farm, Passmore Sisters, Benny Profane and Phil Wilson.

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