Los Angeles Sludge-metal gods Big Business wear their name well. They deliver a big, low-end, rumble your guts sound, and obviously mean business while doing it. It’s to be expected considering that bassist/singer Jared Warren and former Murder City Devil, drummer Coady Willis, are also members in a band called The Melvins. Maybe you’ve heard of them?
Having already gained notoriety for their 2007 LP Here Come The Waterworks, BB are set to release their new album Mind The Drift on Hydra-Head Records come May 12. They have jumped the gun and set out on a North American tour in support of it that brings them to Czar in Ybor on April 30 and The Social in Orlando on May 1 along with opener Tweak Bird; another L.A. band that judging by their music could be mistaken for a Death From Above 1979 reincarnation.
Big Business and their level of bad-assness are not to be challenged. Although, having already heard the two new tracks posted on their Myspace, it’s safe to say that Mind The Drift may discourage some fans, but also attract new ones. Even still, I highly recommended them if you’re into loud music, head banging (do people still do that?), and the occasional shove of a drunkard back into the mosh pit. Trust me when I say that the spilled beer will be worth the time.
This article appears in Apr 8-14, 2009.