Album · Big Wreck
In Loving Memory Of… by Big Wreck
In Loving Memory Of… is an album by Big Wreck, released in 1997. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “That Song”, on 5 lists with a best position of #56.
In Loving Memory Of..., the 1997 debut from Big Wreck, is a hard-rock record that refuses to sit still: heavy, swaggering Southern riffs one minute, layered, proggy detours the next. The band came together in Boston, with Ian Thornley singing and playing guitar alongside guitarist Brian Doherty, bassist David Henning and drummer Forrest Williams, and Atlantic put it out.
Thornley's lyrics mostly pick at the scabs of a relationship, by his own account largely about one woman, and he admitted "Look What I Found" was built to sound like Soundgarden, a wink at the way bands get famous copying other bands. "The Oaf" made the US Top Ten, while "That Song" and "Blown Wide Open" did even better in Canada, reaching the Top Ten on the alternative chart there. The band hit the road opening for Dream Theater, their first major national tour, and in 2018 they played the whole album, every night, on a 35-date run for its 20th anniversary.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from In Loving Memory Of… on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That Song | 5 | #56 | – | 1999–2010 | |
| 2 | Blown Wide Open | 3 | #120 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 3 | Under The Lighthouse | 1 | #814 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.