The Big Friendly Corporation

The Big Friendly Corporation

The Big Friendly Corporation performing live in Las Vegas.
Background information
Origin Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Genres indie rock, alternative rock
Years active 2004–present
Website www.thebigfriendlycorporation.com
Members Melissa Marth (Rhodes, vocals), Ryan Marth (guitar, vocals), Jeff Ford (bass, guitar, vocals), Brandon Johnson (drums)
Past members Timothy Styles (bass, vocals), Mike McDonald (drums, vocals), Rick Miller (bass)

The Big Friendly Corporation is an indie rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada formed by Ryan Marth and is part of the indie music scene in Las Vegas.[1] Since its formation, the band has acquired members Melissa Marth (keyboards and younger sister to Ryan), Jeff Ford (bass, guitars), Timothy Styles (bass), and newest member Brandon Johnson (drums).[2]

The band has three official albums that include performances by the entire band, and one album recorded and released solely by band creator Ryan Marth.[3] Ryan and Melissa Marth's middle sibling Tommy Marth also performed saxophone on the band's albums. Tommy was best known for his role as saxophonist for The Killers.[4]

In September 2013, the band performed their final show with bassist Tim Styles, who after 5 years with Big Friendly announced he’d be leaving to focus on his family and his other band, Skorchamenza. The show was held at the Dillinger in Boulder City, Nevada. Big Friendly closed out the show with a solo performance by Styles who sang a cover version of Ty Segall's Goodbye Bread. Soon after, the band told Las Vegas Weekly's Leslie Ventura that they would be returning to their roots as a foursome, with guitarist Jeff Ford reprising his role as bass player.[5]

Albums

Official releases

Unofficial releases

Big Friendly Radio

As an offshoot of the band, bassist Timothy Styles and keyboardist Melissa Marth formed a web series they named Big Friendly Radio (BFR). The show, which premiered on December 18, 2011, is designed to premiere news about the band and for invited guests to make their own respective announcements. The one-hour show is divided into two segments. In the first half-hour, Styles discusses random subjects with the guest while Marth acts as co-host before beginning the second half-hour segment, where Marth reads the news while Styles and the guest comment.[6]

With Styles' departure from the band, Big Friendly Radio was left in the hands of the Marth siblings. Styles' final episode was a two-part program entitled Episode 69 (pt. 1 & 2): So Long, Timothy Styles.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The family that plays together...". Las Vegas CityLife. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Neon Reverb report: The Big Friendly Corporation at Artifice". Las Vegas Weekly. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  3. ↑ "Las Vegas' Big Friendly Corporation releases its third album". Las Vegas Weekly. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Killer's Saxophonist's Death Ruled Suicide". MTV.com. 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  5. ↑ "The Big Friendly Corporation says goodbye to a key member … and looks to the future". Las Vegas Weekly. 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  6. ↑ "Following radio's next wave on the Web". Las Vegas Review Journal. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  7. ↑ "BFR Episode 69 (pt. 1 & 2) "So Long, Timothy Styles"". Big Friendly Radio. 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
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