Big Business (band)

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Big Business
Origin	Seattle
Genres	Heavy metal Sludge metal Stoner rock
Years active	2004-present
Labels	Hydra Head
Website	Official website
Members
Jared Warren Coady Willis Toshi Kasai

Big Business is a stoner/sludge metal band from Seattle who are currently signed to Hydra Head Records.

Big Business started as a two piece band composed of Jared Warren of Karp and The Tight Bros From Way Back When, and Coady Willis of Murder City Devils. Their sound has been characterized as a bombastic and frantic low end attack, marked by Warren's signature vocal delivery. The band released its first album, "Head for the Shallow", on January 25, 2005.

In late 2006, after relocating to Los Angeles, Jared and Coady both became members of The Melvins and were featured on the Melvins album "(A) Senile Animal". The tour, titled "the Double-Drumming Rock for Peace tour", featured Warren and Willis playing a set as Big Business before being joined by Crover and Osborne for a set as the Melvins.

While on tour Big Business played with David Scott Stone who would later play guitar and Minimoog Voyager on all songs from their 2007 release "Here Come the Waterworks".

After releasing Here Come the Waterworks to critical acclaim, Big Business was given an opening spot on the summer leg of the Tool tour. Toshi Kasai played guitar for Big Business throughout this tour.

After the fall US tour ended, Big Business started recording material for the new Melvins album, entitled "Nude With Boots", which was released on July 8, 2008.

On March 9, 2008 Toshi Kasai was introduced onstage as the third member of Big Business. Both the band and Toshi have verified this on their respective Myspace pages.

Big Business released their third album "Mind the Drift" on May 12, 2009. The album, produced by Phil Ek, who has produced both of their previous albums.^[1] was given a "pre-release" preview at the website http://mindthedrift.com/

Contents 1 Current members 2 Guest Guitarists 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links 6 Interviews

[edit] Current members

• Coady Willis - drums / screaming
• Jared Warren - bass / vocals
• Toshi Kasai - guitar

[edit] Guest Guitarists

• Dale Crover
• John Devoy
• Dave Hernandez
• David Scott Stone

[edit] Discography

• Big Business (Tour CD) (2004 Wäntage USA HH-BB-TOUR-CD)
• Head for the Shallow (2005 Hydra Head RecordsHH666-82-CD, Wäntage USA WAN037 -LP)
• Big Business (Tour CD II) (2006 self-released)
• Here Come the Waterworks (March 6, 2007 Hydra Head Records)
• Big Business (Tour CD III) (2008)
• Mind the Drift (May 12, 2009 Hydra Head Records)
• Biz Bot Remixes (2009, 12" Vinyl only Hydra Head Records)

[edit] References

1. ^ http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2009/03/30/listen-here-hear-new-big-business-album-with-audio-commentary/

[edit] External links

• Official Site

Myspace Site
Live video of Easter Romantic from youtube

[edit] Interviews

Interview at Swampfoot Records
Video interview from groundcontrolmag.com
Video interview from metalkult.com