About Big Dipper
Hometown
Boston, MA, United States
Formed
1985
Genre
Rock
As the 1990s saw the American indie rock underground go topside, many trailblazers, sadly, were left in history's dustbin. Such a fate befell Big Dipper after two full albums on prolific indie label Homestead and one on major label Epic. The band was formed in the mid-'80s from the remnants of Boston-based rockers the Volcano Suns, when guitarist/vocalist Gary Waleik and bassist/vocalist Steve Michener joined guitarist Bill Goffrier and drummer Jeff Oliphant to make melodic punk with idiosyncratic lyrics. “Faith Healer” became a minor hit, thrusting Big Dipper onto a major label, which ironically led to their demise. Iconic indie label Merge records released a compilation in 2008, resulting in a few ecstatically received reunion shows.
Members of Big Dipper include, or have included, Bill Goffrier.
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