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Big Boys

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Active until 1984
OriginAustin
Texas
United States
Members Tim Kerr
Randy Turner
Rey Washam
Greg Murray
Steve Collier
Fred Shultz
GenresPunk Rock
Skate Punk
Dance-punk
Hardcore Punk
Post-punk
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About Big Boys


The Big Boys were a pioneering punk rock band who are credited with having helped to create and introduce skate punk as a new style of music, which became popular in the 1980s. They also were famous by bring elements of funk into their hardcore punk style.

Bafta TV Awards 2023: This is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead nominations

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... Shows with four nominations include Am I Being Unreasonable? as well as three boy-based dramas - Top Boy, Somewhere Boy and Big Boys...

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... He said small firms should be excluded from it for its first year but added: " I can t see any point in pausing the scheme when the Big Boys, the Coca Colas, the Pepsis of this world, they are already taking part in about 40 DRS schemes across the world...

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... " The Big Boys don t cry attitude and the patriarchal mindset and some of the cultural beliefs surrounding mental health are some of the challenges facing South Africa at the moment, " said Garron Gesll, founder of the Men s Foundation, an organisation that promotes mental health awareness for men...

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... We are the Big Boys in the industry - we are the gorillas in the living room, that s for sure, says Geoff...

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... Dyson has closed to play, it simply can t afford it with the Big Boys - even though his efforts to achieve a quantum leap in battery technology will continue...

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... But even the Big Boys might have some problem with the aviation environment...

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... " She was trying to get in with the Big Boys who d had public school education, who had been to university, who read Latin, who could understand science and were already masters in their field, " says Sandra...

Bafta TV Awards 2023: This is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead nominations

May 9,2024 6:38 am

By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter

The Responder and This Is Going To Hurt lead The Field at his year's Bafta TV Awards, with six nominations each.

Actors Martin Freeman and Ben Whishaw are both recognised for their leading performances in the two BBC dramas respectively.

Bad Sisters, The Crown , The English and Slow Horses have received five nominations each.

The Ceremony will take place on Sunday 14 May, The Day after Liverpool hosts the Eurovision Song Contest.

Shows with four nominations include Am I Being Unreasonable? as well as three boy-based dramas - Top Boy , Somewhere Boy and Big Boys .

In the acting categories, Sarah Lancashire is nominated for her portrayal of US TV chef Julia Child in the HBO drama Julia.

Lancashire also recently starred in Happy Valley , but that was broadcast too recently to be eligible at this year's Baftas.

She is up against Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie Too), Imelda Staunton (The Crown ), Kate Winslet (I Am Ruth), Maxine Peake (Anne) and Vicky Mcclure in the leading actress category.

In the Leading Actor category, Freeman and Whishaw face competition from Chaske Spencer (The English), Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders ), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses ) and Taron Edgerton (Black Bird ).

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