Steel Notes Magazine
Spring 2017
Big Wreck Review & Interview with
Ian Thornley by Rick Dessi , Photos : Joe Pacheco
Who : Big Wreck What : Grace Street Tour When : March 8 , 2017 Where : Théâtre Corona – Montreal , Quebec
that , the tour has been great , the shows have been mostly sold out , and the crowds have been incredible , the crowds have been really , really receptive to the new stuff and then of course launch into some of the old favorites , they ’ ve just been great .
For those of you who have never heard of Canadian rockers Big Wreck , you ’ re in for a real treat . I ’ ve been waiting a while to catch them live and needless to say they did not disappoint . Big Wreck are currently on tour supporting their latest release Grace Street which was released in February 2017 . I became of fan of their previous release entitled Ghosts and was immediately hooked . If you ’ re like me and get a high on intense mesmerizing vocal melodies , mixed with a solid rock , heavy , prog foundation , then you should definitely check them out . Ian Thornley is truly one of today ’ s top dynamic rock vocalist / songwriter and an incredible guitar player .
The set was a great mix of new material from Grace Street and some favorite throwbacks . I described the show as a blissful journey through musical warmth , sadness , happiness , melancholy and an overall powerful performance .
I got to sit down with Ian to discuss the latest album Grace Street and some other fun stuff .
Ian Thornley questions :
Hey Ian , I ’ d like to thank you for taking the time , really appreciate it .
Rick - Let ’ s talk a little about the new album “ Grace Street ”? How ’ s the new record doing and tour coming along ?
Ian - Well , the record debuted at number 1 , that ’ s a first for us , so I guess that means it ’ s doing ok . The tour has been great , I mean other than I ’ ve already been sick once on this tour and I feel like I ’ m getting sick again . It doesn ’ t make any sense , it never happen to me before . You don ’ t tour Canada in the winter , you can ’ t dodge a bullet forever and it ’ s going to hit somebody . It ’ s just hitting the guy that has to sing all the high notes . But other than
Rick - Excellent , I ’ m really digging the new album .
What seems to be the crowd favorite on this tour ? Any song in particular ?
Ian – No , It ’ s hard to say , because we ’ re on in-ear monitor , we have microphones in the house so we can hear the crowd , but generally the house is off so when we ’ re listening between songs with the in-ear monitors we don ' t hear the crowd , sometimes you do , sometimes you don ' t . But I don ' t know , I think " Speedy Recovery " has been a lot of fun , " You don ' t Even Know " seems to be really going over , all of them really . " Tomorrow Down " we play that one and I don ' t know sometimes I feel like there ' s a little too much mass going on , it ' s hard to tap your foot to that one you know , so sometimes and ain ' t that might sail over peoples head a little bit , but having said that , some towns they explode when they hear " Tomorrow Down " so I don ' t really know , It ' s hard for me to gage , I think you ' d have to be in the audience and judge for yourself . I ' m like , if we did a good of the song I ' m like ya we killed that . But who knows maybe the audience probably fell asleep . It ' s hard to gage with the in-ear monitors , like back in the day when we just on wedges you can hear the entire room , and it actually feels more like a rock show that way , but in-ear monitors I think help with
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