Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Big Rig (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs performing “Big Rig” live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 25, 2023
Matthew Baty - Vocals
Adam Sykes - Guitar
Sam Grant - Guitar
John-Michael Hedley - Bass
Ewan Mackenzie - Drums
Host: Troy Nelson
Audio Engineers: Jon Roberts
Audio Mixer: Sam Grant
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Alaia D’Alessandro, Scott Holpainen, Luke Knecht
Editor: Jim Beckmann
www.pigsx7.com
kexp.org

[@LilDeuceDeuce]

Great stuff. I like how each guy represents a different archetype of Scumbag Uncle

[@jmason61]

Almost like a parody

[@cryptojoecoin5480]

😂nailed it!

[@johnnyjunior5505]

lmfao took the words right out of my mouth

[@jim2823]

SCUMBAG UNCLE, great band name!

[@jonfetzek3053]

You win the internet today. Oh, no sh*t, one of them even had some new balances on

[@csbarbourv]

Whatever your audio folks are getting paid, it isn't enough. Always amazing quality regardless of genre or artist.

[@amillionhighways6867]

❤

[@jtobrien_]

UNBELIEVABLE ! THIS THIS THIS THIS (thank you)

[@emagz21]

The bands sound is always better in KEXP

[@gerald9442]

Amen

[@taph2143]

Most of the sound comes from the bands themselves and because they are good. The sound engineers at KEXP just know how to do the job. Unlike many other channels...

[@UnjustifiedRecs]

The fact I can hear the bassist just on my phone speaker says a lot about the engineering in this video. Good work

[@off6848]

That was just a guitar tuned to F lol

[@loweffortproductions1985]

Agreed. This mix is SUPERB

[@jumiangel739]

​@@off6848 "🤓"

[@fireside22]

Some of the best audio I've ever heard from them

[@joelglanton6531]

Bro he's playing a J bass, half with a pick and half with an aggressive fingerstyle attack, with high gain, and possibly additional distortion or fuzz. The engineer has little to do with why you can hear the bass on little speakers; he probably mixed it just like every other rock band he's mixed. If you were able to analyze the spectrum of the bass and compare it with other players you'd see that he's got way more midrange and treble frequencies than is typical for bass. To sum it up it's because of his tone and not the mix.

[@tysonkampbjj]

DIscovered these guys a week ago and I've lost count how many of their videos I've watched, and rewatched.

[@MadRedCzech]

so heavy and satisfying

[@kylewarfel1012]

I sure wasn't expecting to have my face melted off this morning. This was killer.

[@spanqueluv9er]

^Maybe you should adjust your standards so as to not be wowed by mediocre bullshyt like this.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@torreydunn2170]

Funny, I was going to use the face was melted thing too!

[@ngirard85]

I prefer this version over the album. I like the slower pace... it sounds like a monster stomping through a city.

[@Ryan-31]

Not a Stoner Metal fan by any means but it's hard not to admire their vibe and the TONEEEEEEE OMG...

[@Matthew-yw3oi]

Dude, are you high?

[@cactusmandan4815]

How can that be a true statement.

[@platypuspracticus2]

that's toan

[@natederbs]

Absolute tone and riff goals here people. Playing in a band like this must be so much fun.

[@roknrollforever]

Yes. Yes it is.

[@fungibu7184]

Bro, I didn't know Red Fang and IDLES had a baby! Very beautiful! Congrats!

[@markchevrier9756]

Fucking nailed it, nailer.

[@DesignRhythm]

Exactly. Originality: negative.

[@Caseyw462]

Definitely inspired by Sabbath as well

[@sad_quezadilla833]

That guitar tone is chefs kiss, so gnarly, whole song live version sounds better than the studio version to me. Love the slightly slower tempo. Y’all are the shit!

[@davidmannion7333]

I've watched this everyday for about a week. Always liked them anyway but man alive this is good. The best bands always look like they should all be in completely different bands from each other but these fellahs look like they should never even have met! Brilliant.

[@xEnrakyoten]

This randomly showed up on my recommendations. These guys have a new fan. Edit: Love the aesthetic of this band. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Cocteau Twins shirts, and an Adidas suit

[@wattsun7946]

You left out the most obvious influence Henry Rollins.

[@timevison2928]

Let's not forget the Unsane T.

[@hunterdavis3003]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuccckkkkk yessssssssssssssssssss

[@eivindnyhus9181]

That thick gitar tone gave me back my belief in humanity. Right to itunes to buy the album i go.

[@warpo007]

can never fault KEXP recordings. Great band, great sound.

[@blakepeacock6568]

WOW!! Was bored and just clicked on the video because of the singers somewhat unusual stage outfit and found probably the first heavy band that truly impressed me in several years!!! To my ears I'm hearing Clutch, Electric Wizard. Sleep, and another one or two influences that I can't quite named at this moment all mixed perfectly together!

[@8tony2]

Church of misery

[@chosentonessournotes]

Clutch and Down. Getting a ton of Down influence.

[@Kubox93]

some Malfunkshun tone i think :D

[@portcorner_noise]

check Part Chimp, maybe some Russian Circles,... Chat Pile...

[@chosentonessournotes]

@@portcorner_noise I dunno about Chat Pile. They’re definitely a weird mix though. Reminds me of The Sword too.

[@bipedal_earth_roamer]

I'm imagining a bar fight with these guys; the singer and the bassist are unexpected judo masters, long hair guitar guy smashes a beer bottle over your head, guitar guy with a hat has pocket sand. And at the end of it, the drummer walks over, pats you on the back and says "maybe next time, kid".

[@briangillen5304]

SInger is wearing muay thai shorts. Good point

[@NostraFnDamus]

I can't unsee Hat Guy as Dale Gribble now. Well played

[@chrisreaney1980]

Sounds like a night out in Newcastle

[@demonicsweaters]

Wow, this is some seriously great audio mixing. These guys rock their freaking arses off too!

[@arcray12]

Damn KEXP always has best sound!

[@elenamilitopingitore5044]

Sound quality and mix superior. The members become one, the energy contagious and anchoring, entrancing, thank you

[@jareds9863]

Nicely put.

[@tdu5777]

This sounds so much better than any of their studio stuff I checked out after watching. Not that those albums sound bad at all, it's just their set here sounds incredible. Beyond the amazing mix, the tempo is better than the studio version of this particular track. This would make a great live album.

[@kelsovina]

I can't agree more

[@VVVHHHSSS]

I like the vocals here better than the studio track

[@ckholloway5546]

You're in luck - a live album just got released (Live in NY).

[@tdu5777]

@@ckholloway5546 Just put it on, sounds great. Thanks for the heads up.

[@MidwestCombatServicesLLC]

FINALLY!!! Something interesting in heavy music!!!

[@willspat922]

Thanks KEXP. I've just discovered another great band I'm going to binge on

[@OathOfDruid]

At some point (quite some time ago) John (Bass player) and Matthew (Singer) were in a band called Blown Out, a psyched out jam rock band. We did a gig together and hung out, and they needed a place to sleep. So me and my roommate offered our house (we lived in Amsterdam close to the venue), and they stayed for 2 days. I had some classes next day (was still a student at the time) and when I came back, they were playing GTA-5 in our living room and chilling out. Gordon (bassplayer from Terminal Cheesecake, among others) also came to hang out. Great times, it's really great to see them on the big KEXP!

[@oldmate86]

What a sound! The audio engineers nailing the mix once again.

[@jaymechanic1228]

Instantly a new fan if these lads. Dam thats one hell of a groove

[@grantbeachy1504]

Drummer needs a lot of credit for this mix. He playing with dynamics and letting the cymbals breathe. Drummers that play like that are fantastic to record live.

[@JJ62]

He’s so understated too. No histrionics, just solid rhythms underpinning it all. Top work.

[@billyhughes9776]

As everyone else has pointed out -- the recording and mix is stellar. Singer def channeling some Rollins - mass fuzz tones -- dig it.

[@CTCAC2000]

oh man, that was my first thought after seeing his shorts! (hot pants?)

[@smtpgirl]

and some Wino from St. Vitus and the Obsessed

[@andrew-11]

Idles

[@pompano223]

Came here to say this. Very Rollins esque.

[@haldern501]

my first thought was Joe from Idles, very similar vocal sound and stage presence

[@gayvalds]

Whenever I'm in a rut of listening to the same stuff, KEXP always saves the day! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@ChristianBjork]

Truer words have never been spoken, my friend...

[@ManningBuildings]

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!

[@moshlyfe]

This sounds like a fucking bomb going off. I love it.

[@FreeRadicalX]

The Pigs x7 bassist is really living his best life. Barefoot, legs splayed, jean shorts on, staring blissfully toward the ceiling with a huge grin on his face while he chugs away at like 90+ dB. Saw them in Portland last month and it was seriously one of the loudest shows I've ever been to. Every band member motioned to have the sound booth turn their monitor up during the first song. Except of course, the bassist.

[@JohnMHatch]

He has the same first name as me, and that got me really hyped. Don't know too many other John-Michaels.

[@sonicmayhym]

now thats some fuzzzzz kids....dam...never know whats going to come up in my you tube feed..now i been playing guitar for 40 years...but cant say as i have ever heard some fuzzz that dam thick and i dig the song..sludgy and fuzzy..but the mix on this was dimed man..who ever was doing the mix on this...thumbs up brother...killed it!! cool band i dug it!!

[@ericellis7556]

Melted my face off in the 1st min...THANK U PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS!!!

[@steevprios9915]

Holy f*** that's the most distortion I've ever heard on A bass guitar. F'n awesome

[@fonzyandcompany]

Big Muff pedal budget must be insane. Seen these guys in Bristol and it meets the hype. Kudos gents.

[@americanagothic7851]

If they are using muff then kudos to them. So hard to mix those fuzz pedals, they get real muddy in the mix no matter what you do. They record about the same. Orange offers the best fuzz IMO, it’s mixes so well and all that fuzz cuts through very well.

[@fonzyandcompany]

@@americanagothic7851 couldn't agree more. I remember learning how to stack overdrives - fuzz pedals seemed other worldly without sounding like fart in a can. There's method to the madness and some correct EQ in the pedal board and the sound person killing it.

[@americanagothic7851]

@@fonzyandcompany absolutely! I would have to add a pedal eq and I borrowed a rack eq from a friend just so I could use the muff fuzz pedals, muff pedals are the coolest I just always had a hard time getting them to cut through until I found a video quite a few years ago where Gibbons showed how he stacked fuzz pedals. It works.

[@joelglanton6531]

@@americanagothic7851 One of my best rigs was through a Sansamp DI into a Boss EQ, a russian big muff pi, straight into an old Peavey 400W PA with two vertical 2x10s. The Boss EQ was just for the muff since the DI and PA were enough EQ for my clean signal. I gave the Boss EQ to someone later on and used a Spaceman treble booster when I had the muff on.

[@sumtinez111]

Oh, oh wow.

[@stevef810]

Listening from Nashville Tenn keep up the doom for us 🙌🏼💯

[@andrewalbertson1]

These guys are cookin with GAS GAS GAS ⛽😮‍💨

[@JJONNYREPP]

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Big Rig (Live on KEXP) 1845pm 8.5.23 now there's a song..... i might listen to that later...

[@kervincerl3335]

This is one of my favorite performances on here

[@howlinberry1645]

Wow instant fan!!! And I want that stone cold shirt!!!

[@mikecartwright9091]

My lord, they absolutely crushed. KEXP, thanks for sharing amazing artists!

[@elihyland4781]

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@xaviergrant7165]

Thank you

[@rafaelalvarez7289]

Crazy sound........is amazing..........uhuhhhhhhhhhh

[@thechannelforeverything2170]

This is seriously one of the best metal bands ive heard in recent times. So crushing.

[@BadAppleBlues]

Holy smoke!!!!

[@unaicossio8069]

Marvelous

[@smtpgirl]

DAMN!!!

[@Earth_wind_dan_fire]

well I'm a fan. KEXP has shown me so many amazing bands

[@mattx8y740]

Great great great great great great great

[@RealDJStew724]

This randomly popped into my recommended, thanks algorithm! 🤟

[@GiveSic]

I really love simple groove riffs like this, makes you realize that if you don't have your own style you'll just end up sounding like everyone else. These boys took a riff you might find in an old 60's or 70's hard rock song and made it feel new. Gotta know what you're doing to pull that off. (7:24 I also wear my guitar like a necklace so I must respect my fellow high up guitar player)

[@stevengrant4107]

This band is fucking SICK!!!!💥💥💥💥

[@americanagothic7851]

F’n sick! Is the tone of the guy with the Tele I’m must play at max volume...

[@pizzadadbod]

Whoever does these live mixes down at kexp deserves a raise!

[@19Leonidas88]

This reminded me a lot to the first time I heard Slift in this channel. Thanks KEXP!

[@skumtv544]

THAT WAS GREAT

[@elaztec.aztecca]

Great Lemmy > Sabbath vibes there nice work fellas!!!!!!! 💀⚡️ ⚔️

[@jimbomurphyjr1978]

These guys are just having fun, that’s what makes this so great🤙🏻

[@k98k36]

Oh hell yeah brother

[@Nommicus]

This is amazing.

[@louisp.2798]

Sick.

[@kyugull]

hell and fuck yeah

[@kartmen1ful]

huge!

[@Smug_Scrub_88]

Kick ass

[@AnthonyMackONE]

Not afraid to admit that I clicked on this because of the Stone Cold t-shirt.

[@boogieman938]

HELL YEAH!!!!!!

[@Charles0li]

Ahaha and now this song is in the new WWE game

[@AnthonyMackONE]

@@Charles0li Oh, Hell Yeah! Good for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs!

[@MrBitaraes]

tks

[@garyjpilcher]

I'm fairly sure that this is the best thing I've heard in years...hang on a sec....YUP I just checked, this is indeed the best thing I've heard in years.

[@justink2874]

These guys need to tour with RED FANG 🤘🤘

[@NateB1976]

More fuzz than a 70’s poontang!!!

[@CH-jv6ck]

YES!!!

[@jariplayz1225]

It smells like bacon, these pigs are on fire 💥⚡✴️

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

This is the love child of Black Sabbath + Clutch + Cop Shoot Cop

[@skummm666]

Probably the best thing I could've hoped for after a paper tab and a few Gs of mushies... Fuckin love it

[@SatansBirdLawExpert]

MK ULTRA vibes, bro! NOOICE🍄🍄🍄

[@jasongarcia2140]

Sweet

[@jessewarner7864]

Im totally blown away 😮

[@frisbeethenail]

OMFG .. best random click ever! Jeez.. these guys fkn RAWK!

[@kastapostgard5306]

The idles of heavy metal, awesome

[@yomuthabyotch]

yep idles + high on fire

[@peachmelba1000]

Completely righteous. Very good.

[@237KMT]

That cream colored SG guitar looks so good.

[@PageandPlant4Life]

Sounds amazing thru my car speakers..just begs to be played loud

[@CapitaineHaddock]

J'ai pas autant pris mon pied depuis la bicyclette acrobatique de Jean pierre Papin contre l'Espagne en 1991.

[@asstrallord8368]

I looked up the lyrics and it blew my mind a second time 😮

[@di3g0nat0r]

Bless KEXP and the algo

[@LSD123.]

Wow, didn't expect that. That was awesome.

[@wulfmaster]

Very nice, love the voltage drop fuzz sound ❤️🤘🤘🤘

[@iamerror5751]

I did not expect to like this as much as I do.

[@implayingsomebass4753]

Holy shit this rules... I need to listen to more of them

[@marcinonaczyszyn2651]

Crazy in blood was my first tune and flipped my brain/solo. Guys are serious

[@Jeipr]

YEAHHHHHH!!! GLAD TO HEAR AND SEE THEM in this channel!!! Go 🐷x7

[@alanconroy7929]

Yes.

[@kapuda9364]

Can't get enough of em!!

[@pomez78]

Brutales!!!!!

[@Jim-mi4jk]

this video just made me instantly buy tickets for their manchester show in spetember

[@rome8180]

I'm pleased to say this sounds exactly like what I expected based solely on the band name and thumbnail.

[@Darkss2]

MUAY THAY CLOTHING AND ROCK!!

[@austin495]

This is just an advertisement for that "Orange" sound. Love it.

[@andrewalbertson1]

True true!

[@spumbucket6845]

Saw this guys at arctangent a few years ago and thet are incredible live excited to see them again this year

[@patandmacmusic]

Gooooodddddd that guitar break on the tele around the 4 minute mark sounds like the end of the world

[@corpophage]

When the shoes come off, I mean business

[@thames_music1219]

so fucking heavy my body is sore just from listening to this. RAD SHIT

[@wizard2755]

Had to come back for a second listen This is really good