bIG fLAME

Children of rings just like the Pop Group, Josef K, and Gang of 4 from the U.K.’s vibrant anti-rockist, post-punk picture of 1978-1981, Manchester, England’s bIG fire had been a self-proclaimed “tense and quirky three-piece pop group,” merging the restless skills of bassist/vocalist Alan Dark brown, guitarist Greg O’Keefe, and drummer David “Dil” Green (the main one who appeared as if Harry Connick, Jr. having a squirrel on his mind). They preferred three-song 7″ singles over 12″ produces and LPs; their encore-free gigs lasted not even half one hour; the longest track they recorded is definitely well under 3 minutes; there weren’t any tunes with “baby” within the name; there weren’t any acoustic guitar solos, just plenty of atonal screeching, off-kilter rhythms, and vocals that weren’t a lot sung because they had been yelped. Throughout their four-year living, they released six singles and made an appearance on a small number of compilations, like the famed C-86 cassette released by NME. Once they broke up, Dark brown joined the fantastic REVOLUTION. In 1996, Dan Koretzky’s Pull City label released Rigour 1983-1986, which put together the trio’s whole recorded output.