Welcome to Friends Of The Giant Baby's brand new blog! As Friends of the band, we are Giant Appreciators of the music, we are attendees and volunteers of their concerts, and we are purchasers of The Giant Baby's CD's, clothing and souvenirs.
Background
For those of you who are new to the band, The Giant Baby was born (pun intended) in April 2005. Constantine Karzis (front man, bass, vocals) and Patrick Corbett (keyboards, guitar, vocals) were in China touring with the band The New Black, on a cultural exchange mission hosted by the Canadian Embassy.
With a $20 knockoff guitar, the duo began writing songs on their tour bus, while experiencing an enormous culture clash, playing in cities and villages where 17th century Chinese farm collectives easily mixed with science fiction styled cityscapes.
Patrick and Constantine returned to Canada, dropped The New Black, and began rehearsing with Patrick’s three best friends, Michael Devine (guitar, vocals), Paul Judkins (lead guitar) and Max Payne (drums). Theirs was a psychedelic, bluesy super group and The Giant Baby was born.
What's In A Name?
The name ‘The Giant Baby’ is based on the late night Chinese television's horrific infomercials, viewed by Patrick and Constantine; ads advertising items such as baby formula to make your ‘little emperor’ as big and fat as possible. The image was used to sell everything from cameras and whiskey, to cars and shampoo.
Band name decided, the quintet wrote songs about bank heists gone wrong, hypnosis, trains, storms, huge open skies, unfulfilled lives and the madness of love. These songs had honesty and a lyrical depth, and they would only become bigger and more cinematic.
Soon, The Giant Baby was regularly playing in Toronto's Cameron House and packing it with people. Larger venues such as The El Mocambo would quickly follow. By the summer of 2006, the quintet recorded their first CD "Anthems & Bar Tabs". They have continued building crowds in different musical venues.
Hot on the heels of their latest successful October 25th, 2008 concert, The Giant Baby will spend the next 3 days in Niagara's Escarpment Studios to hammer out their second CD tentatively titled "Russian Brides". Friends Of The Giant Baby will announce the date for their CD's release party in the next few months.
The Giant Baby's next concert is scheduled for January 10th, 2009 at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern so stay tuned here for updates.
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