Big Joan

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Big Joan
Big Joan's lead singer, known as Annette Berlin, performing live.
Background information
Origin	Southampton, UK
Genre(s)	Rock
Years active	1999 - Present
Label(s)	Blood Red Sounds
Website	http://www.bigjoan.com
Members
Annette Berlin (vocals and percussion) (Simon (bass) Adam (guitar and synthesiser) Keith (drums)

Big Joan are a band formed in Southampton in 1999 and currently based in Bristol. They play a distinctive, bass-heavy style of music influenced both by alternative rock and electronic dance styles such as jungle and breakcore. As a result, they have played at free parties and rave-orientated club nights as well as venues on the indie circuit.

Though they have released material on other labels, the main outlet for their music is their own Blood Red Sounds imprint which has also released music by bands such as Mooz, Geisha and Hunting Lodge.

They have released one album and two EPs, tracks from which have been given airplay by DJs such as BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens and the late John Peel. Their most recent release, The Flood EP, is a collaboration between the band and other artists; namely Parasite, My Ambulance Is On Fire, Shitmat, Terry Edwards,Twocsinak and Bronnt Industrial Kapital. A second album is planned for 2008.

Big Joan's German singer has been known as Annette Berlin since she was mistakenly credited under that name on a record by the group Madnomad. She was also a member of Male, a female rock duo who split up in late 2006 and now plays drums for The She Creatures. The other three quarters of Big Joan are English. Adam (guitar & synth) and Simon (bass guitar) were founding members of Bristol's now defunct Choke collective.

Simon has also played with Steveless and Shooting At Unarmed Men while Adam is an occasional member of The Satanic Funeral Aftershow Party Band. Keith (drums) has played with outfits as diverse as Hookers For Jesus and The Fabrics.