The Big Store

The Big Store connects the line that runs through the loose swagger and recklessness of Keith Richards, Johnny Thunders and The Replacements with the melody of The Only Ones and Generation X. The trio made up of Baron Norris (guitar/vocals), Hiroshi Yamazaki (drums) and Eric Gonzales (bass) hail from the Long Beach/San Pedro area of Los Angeles. Put together from a Craigslist ad Baron put out looking for like-minded players, he found Hiroshi. The ad mentioned influences like The Heartbreakers, The Libertines, The Dream Syndicate and The Magnolias. Hiroshi, having played with Walter Lure of The Heartbreakers, answered the ad and The Big Store started playing shows around town with long-time friend Chris Barfield on bass and recorded their first album in 2020. Descended from the big three: The Velvet Underground, The Stooges and the New York Dolls. For fans of: Parquet Courts, The Only Ones, Ian Lowery, King Blank, Protomartyr, The Libertines, The Replacements, Palma Violets, The Dream Syndicate, Television Personalities, The Saints, His Lordship THE BIG STORE DNA: Modern Lovers, Flesh for Lulu, The Lords of the New Church, The Damned, Sea Power, Teenage Fanclub, Possum Dixon, Parquet Courts, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Flaming Stars, Hanoi Rocks, The Gun Club, The Scientists, The Only Ones, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Thunders, Nikki Sudden, BRMC, Rowland S. Howard...