Big Sound Authority

British pop band
Formed in 1983 after the disbanding of the mod revival band [a=The Directions] by their guitarist and songwriter [a=Tony Burke], their bassist [a=Martin Wilson (3)] and their drummer [a=Steve Martinez (3)]. Singer [a=Julie Hadwen] was added to the line up as well as [a=Mace Carnochan] on keyboards. Although they had written to [a=Paul Weller] who was looking for new artists for his [l=Respond Records] label, they signed to [l=MCA Records] and recorded one album and four singles.