Bigwig is an American punk rock band from

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, formed in 1995. They were originally composed of Josh Farrell (guitar), John Castaldo (bass), Tom Petta (guitar/vocals), and Dan Rominski (drums). Bigwig have performed with such bands as Pennywise,

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. Following the release of their 2001 album ''Invitation To Tragedy'', both Josh Farrell and Tom Petta have received producers credits on several well known albums. Tom Petta has most recently produced the new record entitled ''For Heaven's Sake'' by Canadian punk rock band Only Way Back. Their latest album, ''Reclamation'', was released on February 7, 2006, by

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. In June 2014, Bigwig performed at Canada's

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in Montebello, Quebec and also in September at East Coast Tsunami Fest, Reading, PA.

Members

* Tom Petta (Guitar/vocals) * Zach Lorinc (Bass) * Paul Carney (Guitar) * Rob Ferreira (Drums)

Discography

;Studio albums * '' UnMerry Melodies'' (1997) * '' Stay Asleep'' (1999) * ''

An Invitation to Tragedy ''An Invitation to Tragedy'' is the third studio album by American punk rock band Bigwig Bigwig may refer to: *Bigwig (band) * Bigwig (''Watership Down''), a character in the novel ''Watership Down'' *BIGWIG (library organization), an interest g ...

'' (2001) * ''

Reclamation Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back". It may refer to: * Land reclamation, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds * Dedesertification, reversing of the land degradation in arid ...

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'') *''Punk Chunks'' *Anarchy in the N.J. (''Umbilical Records'')

References

External links

* Musical groups established in 1995 Musical groups from New Jersey Fearless Records artists Hardcore punk groups from New Jersey Punk rock groups from New Jersey {{US-punk-band-stub