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Artist
Big Light
12+ albums
germansan francisconot germanCaliforniainstant classic
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There are at least three bands known as Big Light: Big Light (German funk-rock band, founded 1991, disbanded January 1997) Big Light (Katonah, NY ambient project, founded 2014) Big Light (San Francisco, CA, founded 2007): As the story goes, Torphy was inspired by his generation’s current wave of great American rock groups like My Morning Jacket, The Slip, Dr. Dog and Wilco. Joining forces with drummer Bradly Bifulco, they set out to form a band that would follow in those footsteps. “We love to experiment and keep things as weird and interesting as possible, but it all needs to come back to serve the song,” says Torphy. On the strength of that vision, Torphy and Bifulco were able to recruit bass player Steve Adams, who added instant recognition and legitimacy to the early line-up. A fixture in the Bay Area music scene and founding member of pop/rock jam stars ALO, Adams was offered the opportunity to flex his rock & roll muscles in Big Light. “I’m definitely turning my amp up and using more fuzz” says Adams. “One thing I really love about Big Light is its true garage rock sound. It’s gritty in all the right ways.” Proving there’s little question that timing and luck can be a factor in success, Big Light became a beneficiary of both in 2008 when guitarist Jeremy Korpas needed a place to crash and landed on Torphy’s couch. A friend of a friend, Korpas didn’t join the band immediately. However, his first official show with the band on May 13, 2009 at San Francisco’s Make O
