associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
scratch record scratch , bang 1984 -- 1991 white/mushroom , festival , a & m big pig
 group_or_band funk , rock , pop melbourne , australia big pig
big pig

big pig were an australian funk , rock and pop band that existed from 1985 to 1991 .
an early line-up was sherine on lead vocals and percussion -lrb- ex-editions , bang -rrb- ; tony antonaides on vocals and harmonica ; neil baker on drums ; nick disbray on vocals and percussion ; tim rosewarne on vocals and keyboards -lrb- ex-bang -rrb- ; adrian scaglione on drums ; and oleh witer on vocals and percussion -lrb- ex-bang -rrb- .
they issued two albums , `` bonk '' -lrb- march 1988 -rrb- and `` you lucky people '' -lrb- 15 november 1990 -rrb- , on the white records label imprint of mushroom records .
`` bonk '' reached no. 8 on the aria albums chart in june 1988 and no. 4 on the kent music report .
in new zealand it peaked at no. 2 .
on the kent music report they had three top 50 singles with `` hungry town '' -lrb- may 1986 -rrb- which peaked at no. 18 , `` breakaway '' -lrb- february 1988 -rrb- at no. 8 , and `` big hotel '' -lrb- july -rrb- at no. 40 .
in new zealand `` breakaway '' was a number-one hit while `` hungry town '' and `` big hotel '' both reached the top 30 .
at the aria music awards of 1987 big pig were nominated for best new talent and best video for `` hungry town '' by julie stone productions , and they won best cover artist for their debut self-titled extended play -lrb- may 1986 -rrb- by witer .
