Big Pig - Hungry Town (1986)

[BernieRamone351]

what harp?

do you mean harmonica??

[DetroitDieselBob]

@BernieRamone351 You don't know much about music, do you?

[BernieRamone351]

@DetroitDieselBob

actually i know plenty about music...and there is NO harp in this clip??

Do you even know what a harp is?...try looking in wikipedia :)

[DetroitDieselBob]

@BernieRamone351 Harp = HARMONICA. Again - you don't know music.

[SKOTP69]

Honestly, given the chance back then I would have fucked Sherine senseless!...still would actually, if given half a chance!

[classie60]

@SKOTP69 .....I'm sure Sherine would be just thrilled to know this...better you stick to doing the knuckleshuffle on yourself SKOTP69.

[SKOTP69]

@classie60 I'm HOPING she'd be thrilled to know that! 'Cos as good as the knuckleshuffle can be, it's not as good as the real thing!!!

[ReedBender1]

@SKOTP69 - yeah and if given half a chance you'd be taking your little pen knife to a gun fight !

Try biting off Mike Tysons ear instead - you'd have a better chance of success !

[SKOTP69]

@ReedBender1 What "pen knife"? I'm an Australian, and like a great Australian once said..."that's not a knife, this is a knife"! I would love to have a great time with a nice, warm, brown skinned babe like Sherine....why the HELL do you think I would want to have anything at all to do with a savage, violent, black animal like Tyson?????

[charlie7246]

just a billiant band. thankyou. i love em

[jq747]

If there is one word to describe the music of Big Pig, it'd be "primal". Excellent stuff. They had like 4 drummers going at once =]

[amandhillon73]

Great to see all the positive comments regarding this little known Aussie band. I saw them at Expo 88 in Brisbane.

[mastertusk]

Always big on drums myself. Wondered at the time if PIG stand for Percussion Instrument Group. No guitars. Big Percussion Instrument Group. ?

[sandgropper6]

i want to kill the sod who stole this cd. from me come here .............

[ReedBender1]

@sandgropper6 -sorry for laughing mate, but at least they had good taste in music !

[ReedBender1]

Big Pig brought a new dimension to butchers aprons !!!!!!!

And Sherine............in this clip she exudes such primal energy........plus harp playing is just so perfectly integral to the jungle rhythm so unique to this f*** awesome Aussie band !!

[doneodom]

I discovered this band through Miami Vice. The amount of talent that went unrecognized is mindboggling.

[my2emptypockets]

nzoz u r an ozzie ....dont care where u r from

[b0ban]

so so so so so so under rated. BIG PIG FTW! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[kayrosx1]

saw them supportung inxs in ninety eighty...something in glasgow. excellent!

[allsilvern]

@kayrosx1 .......that's where I first saw them........they had the place bouncing with their big drums and bigger aprons.....lol

[gailmckennag]

similar to ' ii wnat candy.maybe it's just the drums.

[photondigital]

One of my fave bands EVER!!!

[Kaaarleen]

I love this band use to own a 12" version lost RIP to albums

[fukneebone]

I bought their first album on the strength of "Breakaway", but the other songs were great too. Glad someone's had the good sense to post them! I have the album on cassette,which is somewhere in storage.

[Matchfyre]

great band..wish they'd done more

[frankschlanker]

I saw these guys in Glasgow supporting INXS on the KICK Tour in 87'!!! I thought they were great and bought and loved the Cd but never heard anything more about them.

[IamTheDeviInDisguise]

Big Pig were on the same record label as Hunters & Collectors back then (White Label Records) - good song. :)

[djmusicjac]

wow, wow, wow bring back the drumsticks, this is awesome, drumsticks are part of the post punk new wave, so is sax marvelous

[MsTROYHARRIS]

'as the Boy Wonder, Heaven has shown to my sight that I have seen, out of the grip of their 'wanted' living time, 'the', an Angle in my 'Hungry Town' !!

[cyclonet1]

SS ..what are the intentions??

[wilks6]

Big Pig went off!

[samuelsbay]

Thanks for uploading this. I bought the single when it came out in the UK and have since lost it. Happy days are here again. :0)

[rkppers655]

Eine der besten Gruppen in den späten 80ern

[ChazFrench]

I loved this band, wish they'd made it bigger.  And yeah, that blonde gay boy is HOT.

[OzWatcher]

Blonde tambourine player is hot!

[justinjoyit13]

RIP to the harp player Tony. My old housemate back in the day. Very decent human being.

[Infidelerious]

I don't know her name, but damn she's tidy.

[FacesOfTheWorld]

@Infidelerious

Sherine Abeyratne!! What a cutie!! =) ..A Lankan!! Also one of the two girls in solo video shot in James Freud(recently deceased) & Sean Kelly's band 'Models' song "Barbados". That's what I always remembered about that song. =D

[Forserean]

@FacesOfTheWorld Oh man that was her? She's a hotty.

[FacesOfTheWorld]

@Forserean - That's right!! She has a twin and that twin used to sing with Kate Ceberano's old band. You can see her in one of Kate's old music videos on here in YouTube! Those Lankans are very talented and not just in cricket either. The two twins are both on the Models "Barbados" music video together. They were both born in England.

[jo25182518]

When this song was released I couldnt stop laughing at the name of the group BIG PIG, but this song was so catchy they played it heaps over the radio airwaves & i think ti made it to the top 10 - aussie charts & stayed there for abt 5 wks

[edu100ize]

brutto

[edu100ize]

goodmorning

[butkatrello]

sweet 'n sexy.. the harp is,, well you know

[66dizzy]

iron lung is good too

[27359]

great beat

[sellmeyourwomen]

they must be making sooo much cash from royalties still, i love this shit

[roaringchicken92]

I bought "Bonk" on a whim when it first came out in the US in the late 80s -- I thought it a good representation of the worst synthrock music the 80s had to offer, although Sherine's vocals on Devil's Song were smooth and mesmerizing. Listening to this album now, over 20 years later? Pretty damn good, actually....

[hokalee]

this and I can't break away were all time faves for the late 80's and early 90's. I can't break way was featured in Bill and Ted as the intro song.. Love that Aussie's got there play over here in the states. Wish they could keep it up... bring it back to us Aussie's!

[bersaba]

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[JohnyBlaze86aimz]

underbellied! good song tho

[chewie0872]

Amazing Sound

[moakley]

these guys got there songs in a few movies if i can remember correctly.

i know this song was in young einstein but was it in Beverley hills cop 2? plus breakaway was in bill and teds

[mary0whitehouse]

@moakley Bill and Ted!! BEST MOVIE EVER :G

[verka3]

@mary0whitehouse indeed

[MrPardleflun]

saw them in sydney can't remember the venue but they were brilliant. got this on cassette somewhere.

[TheAnitamul]

totally awesome!!!!

[visualowl]

I couldn't get enough of listening to this!

[extremeconcepts1]

I remember when this song was used in a "Big Easy" style coke ad in the late 80s/early 90s

[kayrosx1]

saw em supporting inxs at glasgow secc 1987, excellent....but inxs were the bizness!

[chewie0872]

Amazing Sound.

[Kiatrell]

I so wish I had had the chance to see these guys live. One of my most played cassettes/CDs- still to this day!

[Kimenvy]

Who needs a god? When u have You tube.lamo

[bishoptrevor]

saw them in 87 i think,supporting inxs at wembley, was brilliant n yeah load!!!!

[bishoptrevor]

i saw them in 86/7 supporting Inxs, at wembley , they were brilliant , very underated )

[kyboyz72]

they were ace live loud as fuck. the outfits were from a slaughter house... and its not gay its still ace and shes fit.

[kiddstu]

Yeah I saw them too, also first met them at my friend's bottle shop which was in Raine Square, they came in while I was having a chat to him. They invited us to their concert at The Palladium. Oh, was a while ago now. I think she was originally English.

[epochery]

anotherone of my favs from the time

[floydiangreen]

coca cola anyone?

[Danteklfg]

Were those outfits hand me downs from Dexy's Midnight Runners?

[leenyburghers]

wasn't the singer a ranga ?

[davidparan]

I also loved them - never realized how gay this was though. I thought it was cool...

[usra060]

Back then it was cool, now it's gay. At least it isn't a factory that produced nothing but sparks! :)

[SantaOMG]

Saw them live back in the day - complete with angle grinder showering the audience with sparks - what a show!

[seanregan666]

O for Awesome!

[bjacko688]

pretty cool...

[Sinjinator]

Yeah they were awesome!

[griztipy3]

I loved this band. Glad I found them again

[marktrade88]

This band is so good.