Artist description From Garth Brooks to Metallica, Big Guns play a wide variety of music to please all audiences. Since their inception 9 years ago, the band has played over 1600 shows all over the east coast. Their homebase is Pittsburgh, PA where they were voted best Country/Rock band

Music Style Country/Rock

Musical Influences 70's Rock. 80's Metal and 90's Country

Similar Artists A heavier and harder rockin Travis Tritt

Artist History Big Guns Highlights 1999 Opened for Brooks and Dunn, Diamond Rio, David Allan Coe, and Georgia Satellites Quarterly Newsletter goes out to over 3,000 fans Received sponsorship from Coors Light for 6th straight year To date sold more than 2,500 Big Guns t-shirts and 2,300 hats Performed over 200 shows for a total of over 1500 Web page on internet has over 30,000 hits in 3 years 1998 Highlights Voted Best Country/Rock Band from the readers of "Pittsburgh City Paper." Opened for Sammy Kershaw, Travis Tritt 2nd time, Diamond Rio, Confederate Railroad - 3rd time, David Allan Coe - 3rd time, Tracy Byrd, Marshall Tucker Band 2nd time, and Kenny Chesney. Played over 13 Fairs and Festivals: "Fayette County, Wash. County, Greene County, Allegheny County, etc." Radio airplay on 15 stations nationwide 1997 Highlights Released our 1st CD entitled "Size Does Matter." singles "Sweet City Woman" and "Alabama Slammer" in rotation on WASP fm (Uniontown), Rocky 103 (Steubenville) and WANB (Waynesburg)"Sweet City Woman" was #1 on WASP in their top 12 at 10 countdown 4 nights straight Won True Value/Jimmy Dean Country Showdown for states of Pennsylvania and Maryland Opened for Hank Williams jr., Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels at Star Lake Amp. Opened for George Jones, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Confederate Railroad, and David Allan Coe 1996 Highlights Voted #1 Country/Rock band as chosen by readers of "In Pittsburgh Newsweekly." Opened for Dwight Yoakam at Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater Opened for Humble Pie, Doug Kershaw, and Marshall Tucker Band Performed at Three Rivers Stadium (rib cook-off), I.C. Light Amphitheater and Wash. County Fair (4th year in a row)Hosted 2nd annual charity softball game for March of Dimes 1995 Highlights Opened for David Allan Coe, The Outlaws and Blackfoot receiving great reviews from all three:". . . best band that ever opened for us . . . " -The Outlaws Management Performed shows in Michigan, Alabama, Indiana and 2 stops in Florida Write ups in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Washington Observer and various other media Voted #2 country band in Pittsburgh 2nd year straight (Pgh City Paper)

Group Members Jay Kasper - Keyboards, vocals. Mark Knapp - Drums, vocals. Don Pruse - Bass, vocals. Mike Touville - Guitar, vocals

Instruments Guitar, Keyboards, Bass and Drums

Albums "Size Does Matter"

Press Reviews 1. This CD is great! Big Guns is a Pittsburgh band, and if you haven't heard of them already, don't be surprised if you don't hear a lot more about them soon - very soon.Country music mixed with Rock n' Roll is what this band is all about and they get the job done. There really isn't a bad thing to say about this CD. All the songs on the disc are worth checking out. "Back Road Boogie" will have you tapping your foot like crazy, while the ballad "What I'm Asking Today," will have you wiping tears from your eye (well, maybe not that extreme, but it is a very cool song with some great piano work.) The last song on the disc, the title track, "Size Does Matter," will definitely leave you wanting more. All this great music from some very talented musicians and a hilarious album cover - what more could you ask for? Yee-haw!Bryan MullenRock n' Roll Reporter2.It's Country! now just hold on there partner, don't you leave yet!, it's Country, but it Rocks! Darn right, and then some! The Big Guns are fully loaded and blazing a trail to a town near you to bring you their fired up brand of country rock. Clocking in under 30 minutes seemed a little to short because I really enjoyed this. A very nice mixture of songs ranging from country/rock barn burners to sweet and sultry ballads to make you all mushy and teary eyed. The abilities of this group are far ranging and I can see that with a little more seasoning, development and a decent opportunity this group could really take off. I don't hear a lot of this music but I was certainly impressed with what I heard from this group. Hey, some of the best groups that ever stepped foot into a studio to record were country/rock, ever hear of the Eagles? that's just one example. The next best thing to being there is to listen to their CD, so stop by Degyshop and listen to some sound samples and grab yourself some footstompin', ass kickin' country/rock now! Have to wonder what that little dweeb on the cover is going to do with that big ass gun anyway? I guess size does matter because I'm not going to hang around to find out! -MuzikMan/November 27, 1999

Location Houston, PA - USA

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