THE SCARILLON - October, 1998 Doors of success blown wide open for Big Wreck by Sheri Block When the members of Big Wreck used to play for kicks in college they had no idea that someday they would get to where they are today. "There was no way we could've predicted any of this," says the band's bass player David Henning. "At first it was definitely for fun, it was just 'You guys want to play?' 'OK, cool.' We used to play all night, have a couple of drinks and have fun. We really didn't go professional until a couple of years later." Henning, along with Ian Thornley, Forrest Williams and Brian Doherty released their first album In Loving Memory Of... in 1997 that has since gone platinum and produced three successful singles. The first, "The Oaf," enabled Big Wreck to break into the music scene with a bang. Henning is not really sure what it was about this song that made it such a hit. "I have no idea....It was almost like a fun, driving with the car-top down song. It's cool, so many people have come up to us and told us so many reasons why they like certain tracks or the record. The other day a marine, stationed in Vietnam, was telling us he'd crank it up on his helicopter when they were doing drops in the jungle. You never know, people come up with the strangest reasons." "That Song" and "Blown Wide Open" have done just as well. The video for "Blown Wide Open" received a 1998 MuchMusic Video Award for "Best Performance in a Video." "We shot that in Toronto," comments Henning. "There was basically a giant staircase about 35 feet tall and we brought a stunt man for the big jumps. Ian did some of the little jumps when the camera would come up for close-ups. We spent two days shooting and got a bunch of extras. It was two long days but that was the most fun I've had making a video." Big Wreck will perform in Regina November 9th and 10th at the Doris Knight Hall. They played The State in March and Henning is glad that they are able to spend a couple of days here when they return. "That will be fun. I love that there's a good used clothing store around the corner from The State...yeah, Value Village. I went and bought a lot of stuff last time I was there. I got a photo album from the 1920s for like three bucks...and some clothes, pretty funky stuff. I still have the bag I bought there, it's on the bus right now. I'm looking forward to going there again." Their highly anticipated Canadian tour with the Watchmen consists of several dates between Vancouver and Montreal. "We've toured with The Watchmen before and they've always been real good to us. We always wanted to tour with [them] again, so when the opportunity came we jumped on it. We're looking forward to it." "We're fortunate to be with The Watchmen. I think...[the] bands complement each other nicely. People are going to get a lot of music for their dollar. The show's really loud, a lot of energy and it should be fun." click here for the original article