I Killed Chuck Bigras

I Killed Chuck Bigras
Biography

I am Music, and I create hits. My words are global touching the majority of people in this world. Its time to help change this world into a better, positive place moving towards change, and a better way. Help Me Help The World.

For a new era of music, comes a new style of music. Mainstream songs, with underground overtones. For 15 years Chuck Bigras has been creating music, always growing and adapting to the "Up to date", original sound. Writing and recording well over 600 songs, Chuck has an arsenal of music at his disposal. Splicing different genres together, Alternative with Rap, Metal and Reggae, Jazz and rock. Always tring to break the music barriers, and have something new and fresh. A writer for ASCAP Chuck plays all his instruments, 100% solo work that he is very proud of.

The I Killed Chuck Bigras project is his solo stuff done at home. Hits miss or double up. But the songs are there, and every one is packed full of emotion. Mainly the love of making music is what keeps him recording, and strive to make new music that will ring in peoples ears, give them hope, or inspiration in any way. Still the need to get his music out and find a home for it, is what his goals and dreams are.

Chuck has been in multiple bands, currently with the band Phat Tater. Phat Tater started as a solo project from Chuck Bigras. Produced by himself with Mark Berry (Attack Records) Deevel Promotions, and made his first solo cd. Phat Tater : Unsocial. Recorded in New Jersey in only 7 days. Chuck doing all guitars, bass, drums and vocals on the 10 song cd. Unsocial was simplified music, pressured for time, Chuck kept it simple and subtle.
Phat Tater is now a live act. Doing very well in Central Florida recieving local spins, some overseas, good shows and good fans.

PRESS:
Unsocial's Marketing Highlights
Distribution: CMJ, Film & Television
Retail : Best Buy, CD Now, Target, The Orchard, FYE, Ciruct city, VH1.com and more
Airplay: 104.1 FM 101.1FM Central Florida, Over a dozen stations through US, Canada, and UK, The Studio Indi Radio Station, and multiple online radio stations.
Unsocial ASCAP

Heavy Alternative Music
Central Florida native Chuck Bigras (Phat Tater) recently received the honor of being named Finalist by the Song of the Year ( http://www.songoftheyear.com/) songwriting contest. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1's Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music including many Grammy Award winners.
Song of the Year is excited to recognize Chuck Bigras for his exceptional songwriting ability for the song "Falling Down". Chuck competed against songwriters from all over the world for this honor. When asked what inspired the song Chuck commented that "There is music in all of us that describe how we feel. When I did "Falling Down" my emotions were on the edge, and wanted people to know how I felt/ So I made a mainstream song with heavy/angery overtones

Currently Chuck is concentrating on New Music, Promoting/Airplay/Press and live sanario of Phat Tater : Unsocial while hoping to Find a good home for his music, get it out to everyone, everywhere he can. You can find more information about Chuck Bigras/Phat Tater by visiting www.phattater.com. You can also purchase Phat Tater's new cd Unsocial at VH1.com, Bestbuy.com, FYE.com, Target.com and many more.

review
Unsocial March 2004 ASCAP

You know that single Going Under from Evanescence where there is that brief introduction of nu-metal rap. Well, I always thought that bit was really good. The bad news is that Evanescence only ever did that on one song. On a similar theme (but very different music) we have Phat Tater who mix alt-rock with some good old hardcore shouting and banging. There are probably five great songs on this CD and the others are pretty good as well.

It sounds like there are two band members with different musical tastes who are battling to merge their two visions (like Lou Reed and John Cale did). It's when these two styles are fused that things get really interesting. The softer side is guitar-based alternative rock with a melodic element and a suggestion of sadness and wistfulness: the harder side is really heavy guitar and a growling, insistent, argumentative vocal. The interplay of these two elements is just so exciting and gripping. Then you find out it's all the creation of just one man: Chuck Bigras - split personality? manic? maybe, but it's great to listen to. http://www.coolnoise.co.uk/phat-tater.htm