Big Heavy Stuff

Big Heavy Stuff
Big Heavy Stuff's Greg Atkinson
Background information
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	1990–2005, 2009-
Labels	Volition/Sony, Hypnotized, Redline
Associated acts	Ups and Downs, Dutiful Daughters, The Templebears, The Daisygrinders
Members	Greg Atkinson Carolyn Polley Eliot Fish Nick Kennedy
Past members	Darren Atkinson Darren Jones Adam Young Dave Trump

Big Heavy Stuff was an Australian indie rock band.

Big Heavy Stuff was established in 1990 in Sydney. It featured Greg Atkinson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Carolyn Polley (lead guitar, backing vocals), Eliot Fish (bass, backing vocals) and Nick Kennedy (drums). Atkinson had previously fronted the band Ups and Downs. While Fish and Kennedy were in The Templebears. Polley was guitarist in a lineup of Toys Went Berserk and also played in the Dutiful Daughters with Alannah Russack from The Hummingbirds.

The band gained the attention of popular Australian "alternative rock" band Jebediah, who added Big Heavy Stuff to the roster of Redline Records, a now-defunct independent label that Jebediah co-founded with its now-defunct management company Naked Ape Management. The arrangement with Redline facilitated the release of two albums: Size of the Ocean and Dear Friends and Enemies.

In 2006, after performing at the Come Together Music Festival in Luna Park Sydney, the band went on an indefinite hiatus, similar to the decision made by Scottish band and label-mate Idlewild in 2010. It was incorrectly announced that the band had dissolved on FBi Radio in January 2006.

The group reuinted for a show at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, Sydney on April 18, 2009. The gig was for the That Then This Now documentary. The band reformed again to support Powderfinger on September 18, 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre as part of Powderfinger's farewell tour.

The band toured regularly with fellow Australian bands such as Powderfinger, You Am I and Something For Kate, and were the main support on Radiohead's OK Computer tour of Australia. Big Heavy Stuff was also a support act for Dinosaur Jr., The Stone Roses, Neil Finn, Babes in Toyland, and other international artists.