Big Chill - Halfway To Heaven (1992)

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Big Chill - Halfway To Heaven (1992)

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Big Chill - Halfway To Heaven (1992)

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Year : 1992
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 147 mb


Bio:

Big Chill, an exciting, fresh young band with huge potential, have won our blockbusting Young, Free & Single contest!The runners up were USI, Andy Murray, No Mercy, Danger and Exile.But it was Big Chill, from Sheffield, the city that gave the world Def Leppard, who most impressed our judges with their hard edged, melodic and professional sound.The four piece, including Roy McLeod (lead vocals and bass), Jon Grainger (lead guitar, vocals), Andy Bassett (lead guitar and keyboards), and Stu Wright (drums, vocals) entered the contest launched last August by Metal Hammer together with leading metal 'n' rock label Music For Nations."We are a melodic rock band - getting heavier!" Jon Grainger, Big Chill.Metal HammerBig Chill scored with a demo tape that featured two strong songs, 'Run To Survive', and Halfway To Heaven', Now they have won a record deal, free recording time, radio airplay, a track on Metal Hammer's House Of Hammer cassette series, and an appearance on the Metal Hammer Video Magazine! They will also be given radio and TV promotion by Solid Promotion (whose clients include Steve Vai and Judas Priest), Bands from all over the country flocked to enter the contest which was run in conjunction with 14 top hard rock radio stations, to find a great new British band. Each station decided on three bands chosen from the demo tapes they received, and forwarded these for a final decision by a panel of judges.The judges were Harry Doherty (Group Editor in Chief Rock Team), Martin Hooker (managing director, MFN), and Tom Russell (Metal Hammer Video Magazine).Music For NationsThe top prize is a record deal with Music For Nations, together with three days free recording time in a residential studio and airplay on all the participating radio rock shows.Big Chill showed professionalism at all levels, from production to performance, down to the colour graphics on their cassette inlay and band logo design. But it was their imaginative arrangements, notably on the ode to big city life 'Run To Survive' with its wailing sirens and rainfall effects that made the band's efforts a particular pleasure to listen to. They formed in late 1987 when they were first called Cincinnati and by 1989 were touring major rock venues, supporting lan Gillan and Wolfsbane. In early 1990 they changed their name to Big Chill and recorded a seven track demo which has sold well throughout Yorkshire. Says guitarist Jon Grainger:"We were ecstatic when we . heard we'd won! We started the band as Cincinnati and got a good following around Sheffield and the Midlands, then we ran out of money. Unless you are a name band, you just can't get gigs. We decided to play working men's clubs so we could finance Big Chill. We saved a lot of money to pay for recording sessions and we've sold over 800 copies of our cassette album 'Run To Survive'."Although they had to play cover versions as Cincinnati, they have earned valuable experience playing to tough audiences. They also hire out halls and play their own Big Chill gigs. "We always pack 'em out," says Jon.The band reproduce its more complex recordings live by using a Simmons drum kit and a sampling machine for the special effects."We all sing and do all the backing vocals live. We have also done our own videos of 'Run To Survive' and 'Skin Deep' which were made by Jon Wilford the producer who made the Def leppard TV documentary 'Rock Of Ages'. Jon is a personal friend of ours and he came and saw the band a few times. He shot 'Run To Survive' in black and white, all mean and moody, and we did 'Skin Deep' in colour. Those tracks were recorded a year ago and we have got a load of new stuff we haven't had enough money to record in a studio. Winning the competition will really help! We've got songs we consider to be far superior to the winning tracks. We are a melodic rock band, but our new stuff is getting heavier, and more guitar orientated. We have our own individual sound and if it was marketed properly we could get into the charts and sell a lot of records. We just need a break. We can compete with the best of 'em."

Album:

This album is the story of bedroom boys, practising away for hours, dreaming of being the heroes so reverently plastered on their walls. In Big Chill's case it's a dream come true. There's always bands like this playing youth halls and clubs up and down the country every Friday and Saturday night, and I admire anyone with the bollocks to get up there and go for it themselves, against all odds as it where; which Big Chill certainly have. 'Halfway To Heaven' is competent, enthusiastic, if not seriously challenging keyboard orientated AOR, with the glories of classic British melodic Rock obviously closer to their collective hearts than the pushing forward of Rock boundaries in general. I really do think that Big Chill made the wrong decision in deciding to self produce this record (I am reliably informed that their demos sounded better), but hey, it's all experience at the end of the day. Even though there's a real lack of gob smacking ideas on this album, their youthful exuberance manages to see them through. Perhaps if they'd spent the money on a decent demo, instead of stretching themselves far too thin, and far too early in their careers with a full album, they might have salvaged a lot more in the way of credibility. Albums from unknown British bands all too often fall unceremoniously by the wayside, which is a shame. But for starters this'll do just fine, and I'm sure they feel rightfully proud!Best songs: Halfway to heaven, No stranger to danger, Only foolin, Say anything. 'No Stranger To Danger' is good solid melodic rocker, as is the great 'Only Foolin'. 'Say Anything' is a highlight of the disc and awesome melodic rock, and 'Run To Survive' is a nice closer. These tracks are really very good, but to be honest the rest is blatant filler.

Line-Up:

Roy Mcleod - Lead Vocals, Bass
Jon Grainger - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Andy Bassett - Guitar, Vocals
Stu Wright - Drums, Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Halfway To Heaven
02. No Stranger To Danger
03. Don't Shoot Me Down
04. Only Foolin'
05. Foreign Shores
06. Hurts Like Hell
07. Kiss
08. Slowdancer
09. Say Anything
10. Iveco Wheels (The Ballad Of Chris Mcmahon)
11. Big Chill
12. Run To Survive

+ Video "Run To Survive" (Official Video)
+ Video "Skin Deep" (Official Video)

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