Biography
No kidding big: this New Zealand band boasts a dozen members, including four horn people, four guitarists and two drummers.Seven of ’em are songwriters, which (not surprisingly) makes this a pretty eclectic record, fusing rock, jazz, funk and antipodean ethnic musics.Capped off with idealistic lyrics, big sideways is upbeat and intelligent; highly arranged but hardly slick.– Ira Robbins: taken from Trouserpress.com
Big Sideways were a prominent Auckland-based experimental performance group in the early 80’s, and featured Ivan Zagni and Justin Harwood (also of The Chills, Coconut Rough) and Tom Ludvigson among their collective.
Members
- Chris Watts (trombone, Big Sideways)
- Ivan Sagni (guitar / percussion / vocals, Big Sideways)
- John Quigley (Vocals/Guitar, Big Sideways, Marie and the Atom, Rhythm Method, Sonya Waters, The Nairobi Trio, The Ponsonby D.C.’s, Wentworth Brewster and Co)
- Mark Bell (Guitar/Percussion/Vocals, Big Sideways, Blam Blam Blam, Coconut Rough, Pop Mechanix, Scribble, The Plague, Whizz Kids, Zolo And The Bantams)
- Chris Green (saxophone, Big Sideways)
- Jacqui Brooks (Saxophone/Percussion/Vocals, 3 Voices, Big Sideways, Freudian Slips, Youth For A Price)
- Kelly Rogers (Saxophone/Vocals, Big Sideways, Dead Sea Scrolls, Miltown Stowaways, The Newmatics)
- Paul Hewett (drums, Big Sideways)
- Phil Steele (drums / vocals, Big Sideways)
- Robbie Sinclair (Bass, 3 Voices, Big Sideways, Ray A, Schtung, Serenity)
- Scott Calhoun (Trumpet/Keyboards/Vocals, 3 Voices, Big Sideways, DD Smash, Isis, Scotty and Co, The Garage Crawlers, Wentworth-Brewster and Co)
- Betty Monga (vocals, Big Sideways)
- Debbie Harwood (vocals, Big Sideways)
- Josie Rika (vocals, Big Sideways)
- Lee Connelly (Drums/Vocals, Big Sideways, Marie and the Atom, Sonya Waters)
- Graeme Cash (vocals, Big Sideways)
- Tom Ludvigson (keyboard, Big Sideways)
- Karen Hill (trombone, Big Sideways)
- Mike Russell (trumpet, Big Sideways)
Discography
- Big Sideways (1982, Unsung Music, UN2)
- Let It Out EP (1983, Unsung Music, UN022)