Big Country was an American Professional wrestler.
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| - Big Country was an American Professional wrestler.
- Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the 1980s, although it retained a cult following for many years after. The band's music was most recognisable for the sounds it infused with Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar driven sound to evoke the inspirational spirit of bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments.
- Peel once described Stuart Adamson as the Jimi Hendrix of Scotland and was eager to hear Big Country's material after he left the Skids. The group performed a session for Peel's show in 1983. To celebrate the release of the 2013 box set of BBC sessions Big Country performed, Bruce Watson recalled the moment that the band's music was first played on Peel's show: [1] "For me, the ultimate was to get on John Peel, for me I got one of my songs played on John Peel, that's it, I done that." Mark Brzezicki later recalled when his band first got played on Peel's show: [2]
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| - Big Country was an American Professional wrestler.
- Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the 1980s, although it retained a cult following for many years after. The band's music was most recognisable for the sounds it infused with Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar driven sound to evoke the inspirational spirit of bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments.
- Peel once described Stuart Adamson as the Jimi Hendrix of Scotland and was eager to hear Big Country's material after he left the Skids. The group performed a session for Peel's show in 1983. To celebrate the release of the 2013 box set of BBC sessions Big Country performed, Bruce Watson recalled the moment that the band's music was first played on Peel's show: [1] "For me, the ultimate was to get on John Peel, for me I got one of my songs played on John Peel, that's it, I done that." Mark Brzezicki later recalled when his band first got played on Peel's show: [2] "I think I was driving and I knew it was coming on. I was frantically trying to tune in, and when you hear it, it's very surreal 'cause you're so used to hearing music that's not by you."
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