Big Rig (band)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Big Rig

| image = BigRigPunkBand.png

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| caption = Big Rig in 1993

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| origin = East Bay, California, United States

| instrument =

| genre = Punk rock, alternative rock

| years_active = 1993

| label = Lookout Records 1-2-3-4 Go! Records{{Cite web |date=2014-01-29 |title=Big Rig (Operation Ivy, Common Rider) Re-issue |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/23918/big-rig-operation-ivy-common-rider-re-issue |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=punknews.org |language=en-US}}

| associated_acts = {{flatlist|

• Operation Ivy
• Downfall
• Classics of Love
• Screw 32
• Limp
• One Time Angels
• The Nerve Agents
• Pitch Black

}}

}}

Big Rig were a punk band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1993.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Expansive Heart|others=Big Rig|year=1994|type=liner notes|publisher=Lookout Records|id=Lookout Records Number 94|location=Berkeley, California}} Singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels fronted the group after the breakup of his previous band, Operation Ivy. Big Rig played only one show during their brief existence as a band.{{cite web |last1=Wolfe |first1=Jordan |title=Interview: Jesse Michaels talks new Classics of Love and more |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-jesse-michaels-talks-new-classics-of-love-and-more/ |website=New Noise Magazine |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121125557/https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-jesse-michaels-talks-new-classics-of-love-and-more/ |archive-date=21 January 2021 |date=25 August 2020 |url-status=dead}} The band's sole release is the EP Expansive Heart, released in 1994 on Lookout Records. Big Rig broke up in 1993, only a few months after they formed.