Big Stick is comprised of two artistic and creative people, John Gill and Yanna Trance. The duo emerged in late '86 with their timeless classic hit titled "Drag Racing". The record got plenty of college airplay in the U.S. and healthy radio attention in England and parts of Europe. Big Stick's catchy "Jesus Was Born On An Indian Reservation" also made an impact due to persistent radio play. The duo signed with Blast First/Mute Records and enjoyed critical acclaim and success on foreign shores.
Big Stick penned the title track for "The Devil's Jukebox", a very nifty 7" box-set collection that includes select treasures from Big Stick and other bands from the Blast First Record's roster such as Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and the Lunachicks. Artist extraordinaire, Robert Williams features a Big Stick track on his vibrant and colorful "Chrome Smoke & Fire" double LP picture-disc set. The Robert Williams picture-disc set is a hand picked compilation of Robert's all time favorite hot rodding tunes. Robert Williams' collection of preferred hot rodding tracks includes luminaries Bill Haley, The Trashmen, The Four Speeds and Lola Dee among others.
Big Stick continued to release successful "alternative" (for lack of a better word) releases through the 90's. Songs like "Crack Attack" (both indie and major label versions of the track), "Hoochie Koo Time", "On The Road Again", "A Threat", "Bionca Blast", "Hokey Pokey Girl", "Shake Baby Shake", "Hellfire", "Broadcast Booth", "Daddy Long Legs", "Panther", "Summerday" and "Petula" all became frequent rotaters over the liberal airwaves here and abroad. Big Stick has toured England and Europe, and has done sporadic gigs in the U.S., including an extensive stateside tour with industrial icons My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and guest record jockey Traci Lords.
Big Stick's John Gill appeared in a film by Holly Hardman titled "Seaschell Beach". John played the abstract role of being the "confused conscience" of the movie's leading lady, "Sally Seaschell". John Gill and Yanna Trance also completed a film score for the feature film Besotted. John and Yanna are presently concentrating their collective efforts on recording new Big Stick music tracks. The duo is in the studio, creating new sounds for your listening pleasure. There are also plans to re-issue some of BIG STICK's back catalog--- and a DVD featuring some "music videos", as well as some of John Gill's drawings/animation accompanied with music. A substantial serving of fast and frenzied drag racing footage is also planned as part of the DVD visual package.
Big Stick are also honoured to be included in John Peel's (of BBC Radio1's) almost mythical record box containing around 100 of his most treasured records. He claimed that in the event of a fire, this box would be the most important thing to rescue besides himself and his family. Sadly, for the whole of the music industry, John has since passed on. However, the memories and legacy he created within music will never fade. Big Stick's Gill and Trance are genuinely appreciative to John Peel for including them in his collection of most treasured records. Some other artists featured in John Peel's box include The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Marc Bolan, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sam & Dave, The Buzzcocks, MC5 and The White Stripes. This honour also resulted in BIG STICK being featured in the critically acclaimed TV documentary titled "John Peel's Record Box", an hour long program that tells the story of John Peel's life and career while highlighting the artists/music from his record box. The program airs each year annually on BBC-TV in conjunction with the U.K. Music Hall of Fame Awards.
You're invited to visit the Pics section to see a brand spanking new BIG STICK photo that features Yanna and John standing alongside a "celebrity" who is far more elusive than they are. Also featured is a collection of Yanna's drag strip photography. And last but certainly not least, there's eight videos now posted in the Videos section of this site for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
Fala Galera!! Confiram o clipe de "Às Vezes" da banda Stellabella, trilha sonora da série "Beijo, me Liga" que rola de 2a a 6a feira no Canal Multishow!!!!
Hello folks, We want to invite you good peoples to some upcomings events: PAS will performing/presenting three shows next weekend. First on Tuesday Nov 3rd at Death by Audio with Abstract Artimus! Then we will be doing an audio installation for the Experi-MENTAL Festval and a performance at Monkeytown. See below: 11/03/2009 08:00 PM - Death By Audio W/ Abstract Artimus 49 South 2nd Street Brooklyn, New York 11211 US Cost:N/A Description:.abstract artimus .the armchairs .PAS .mystic motorcycles .da comrade .manson family picnic ______________ 11/07/2009 06:00 PM - PAS presents: The Experi-MENTAL Festival @ Goodbye Blue Monday 1087 Broadway, Between Stanton and Dodworth (Bushwick) Brooklyn, New York US Cost:Donation Description:Saturday, November 7th--The Experi-MENTAL Festival.............................Visuals by Big Brother on Acid...Music by Plague Doktor, The Strangewalls, Dead Girl History, Ghoul Poon, Nattahnam and the Jazz Fakers, Brandstifter, Fluid , Calves, Zilmrah, PAS (Post Abortion Stress) ___________ 11/08/2009 08:00 PM - PAS Presents-Experimental Music Showcase: Monkeytown-Brooklyn, NY 58 N 3rd St, (btw. Kent & Wythe) Brooklyn, New York 11211 US Cost:$10 Description:Four acts presented by PAS. Visuals by Big Brother on Acid 1-Zilmrah, 2-Kaoru Watanabe and friends, 3-Fluid from Chicago, 4-PAS featuring Michael Durek and Trinitron
The new issue of Juice Magazine - Issue 66 - featuring ANDY KESSLER (R.I.P.) skating the streets of NYC on the cover (Photo by Ivory Serra) is available now. www.juicemagazine.com.
JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 66 features:
ANDY KESSLER interview by STEVE OLSON BEBE BUELL interview by STEVE OLSON BOOTSY COLLINS interview by STEVE OLSON CRAIG JOHNSON interview by JIM MURPHY FRITZ MEAD interview by JIM MURPHY KALANI DAVID interview by JAY ADAMS MIKE WEED interview by STEVE OLSON NATAS KAUPAS interview by STEVE OLSON OMAR SALAZAR interview by STEVE OLSON PAUL SCHMITT interview by STEVE OLSON PETER GUNN interview by MARK "RED" SCOTT and THE CONFESSOR ROB PALMER interview by JIM MURPHY SCOTT CAAN interview by STEVE OLSON JACK GRISHAM of T.S.O.L. interview by STEVE OLSON TIM JACKSON interview by AARON MURRAY WADE SPEYER interview by JIM MURPHY YANIV EVAN interview by STEVE OLSON VENICE SK8 WALL OF FAME features interviews with AARON “FINGERS” MURRAY, BART SARIC, BOB "THE BULLET" BINIAK, C.R. STEYCK III, CESARIO “BLOCK” MONTANO, CHRISTIAN HOSOI, CHUCK KATZ, CRIS DAWSON, DANNY BEARER, DOUG SMITH, ERIC “TUMA” BRITTON, ERIC DRESSEN, GEORGE WILSON, GER-I LEWIS, JAMES "RED DOG" MUIR, JEFF HO, JOEY TRAN, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN, LANCE LEMOND, MARK MUNSKI, JAY ADAMS, JEF HARTSEL, JESSE MARTINEZ, KELLY JACKSON, PAT BAREIS, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, PAUL HOFFMAN, PEGGY OKI, RAY FLORES, SKIP ENGBLOM, SUSANNE MELANIE BERRY, TIM JACKSON, WENTZLE RUML IV, WES HUMPSTON.
Rock & Radio Video aprovecha para invitarlos a todos ustedes a ver la
más reciente entrevista con La Gusana Ciega. En esta ocasión nos platican
acerca de cómo les ha funcionado, tras 1 año de haber presentado el Jaibol,
este disco; además de datos curiosos, anécdotas y demás cuestiones que
envuelven a la banda.