Big Pig was an Australian funk, rock and pop band that existed from 1985 to 1991. An early line-up was Sherine Abeyratne on lead vocals and percussion (ex-Editions, Bang); Tony Antoniades on vocals and harmonica; Neil Baker on drums; Nick Disbray on vocals and percussion; Tim Rosewarne on vocals and keyboards (ex-Bang); Adrian Scaglione on drums; and Oleh Witer on vocals and percussion (ex-Bang). They issued two albums, Bonk (May 1988) and You Lucky People (15 November 1990), on the White Label Records imprint of Mushroom Records.

Bonk reached No. 5 on the Kent Music Report. In New Zealand, it peaked at No. 2. On the Kent Music Report they had three top 50 singles with "Hungry Town" (October 1986) which peaked at No. 18, "Breakaway" (February 1988) at No. 8, and "Big Hotel" (July) at No. 40. In New Zealand, "Breakaway" was a number-one hit, while "Hungry Town" and "Big Hotel" both reached the top 30. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1987, Big Pig were nominated for Best New Talent and Best Video for "Hungry Town" by Julie Stone Productions, and they won Best Cover Artist for their debut self-titled extended play (May 1986) by Witer.

History

1984–1985: Formation

In 1984, Big Pig was formed in London by visiting Australian drummer, Oleh Witer (ex-Scratch Record Scratch, Bang), and disbanded soon after.

1991–present: Afterwards

Disbray played some gigs with Caitlin Reilly in 1991 and by 1994 had released his debut solo album, Yep!.

Discography

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details

! colspan="3" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Certification

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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NZ<br>

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! scope="row"| Bonk

|

  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: White Label Records <small>(RML.53271)</small>
  • Format: LP, CD, Cassette

| 5 || 2

|93

|

  • ARIA: Platinum

|-

! scope="row"| You Lucky People

|

  • Released: 15 November 1990
  • Label: White Label Records <small>(D30251)</small>
  • Format: LP, CD, Cassette

| 104 || —

|—

|

|}

Extended plays

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Details

|-

! scope="row"| Big Pig

|

  • Released: May 1986
  • Label: Big Pig Music (BP 001)
  • Format: CD, Cassette

|}

Singles

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

|-

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NZ<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US

|-

! scope="row"| "Hungry Town"

| 1986

| 18 || 22 || 91 || —

| Big Pig

|-

! scope="row"| "Boy Wonder"

| 1987

| 59 || — || — || —

| rowspan="4"| Bonk

|-

! scope="row"| "Breakaway"

| rowspan="3"| 1988

| 8 || 1 || 89 || 60

|-

! scope="row"| "Big Hotel"

| 40 || 27 || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Iron Lung"

| — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Justifier + Taste"

| 1990

| 73 || — || — || —

| rowspan="3"| You Lucky People

|-

! scope="row"| "Hanging Tree"

| rowspan="2"| 1991

| 174 || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "King of Nothing"

| — || — || — || —

|}

Soundtrack appearances

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| <br/>Title<br/><br/>

! scope="col"| Release

! scope="col"| Soundtrack

|-

! scope="row"| "Hungry Town"

|rowspan=2| 1988

|rowspan=2| Young Einstein

|-

! scope="row"| "Boy Wonder"

|-

! scope="row"| "Breakaway"

| 1989

| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

|}

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. It commenced in 1987, Big Pig have won one award from five nominations.

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| rowspan="3" |1986

| "Hungry Town"

| Best Debut Single

|

|-

| rowspan="3" | themselves

| Best Debut Act

|

|-

| Most Promising New Talent

|

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References

  • Small photo of Big Pig from Artist Direct