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© Miroslav Jurčeka (1989-2025)

MR BIG
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 28.3.1988	+ 8/202

Line-Up (2024):

Eric Martin - voc
Paul Gilbert - g
Billy Sheehan - bg
Nick D'Virgilio - ds

Former Members:

Paul Gilbert (g, 3/88-cca 1996); Richie Kotzen (g, cca 10/99)
Pat Torpey (ds, 3/88-cca 10/99, 2/09-cca 7/14); Matt Starr (ds, cca 3/18)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Mr. Big produced by: Kevin Elson	6/1989	Atlantic		60	46
2.	Lean Into It produced by: Kevin Elson	4/1991	Atlantic		28	15
3.	Live! Raw Like Sushi (mini CD)	1991	Atlantic Japan
4.	Raw Like Sushi II (in Japan)	1992
5.	Live (in Japan)	1992	Atlantic
6.	Bump Ahead produced by: Kevin Elson	9/1993	Atlantic		61	82
7.	Japandemonium (in Japan)	10/1994	Atlantic
8.	Hey Man	08.03.1996	Warner Music
9.	At The Hard Rock Live	28.10.1996	Atlantic/east west
10.	Big, Bigger, Biggest! The Best Of Mr. Big	18.11.1996	Atlantic/east west
11.	Get Over It	9/1999	Atlantic
12.	Deep Cuts: The Best Of Ballads	8/2000	Warner Music
13.	Mr Big In Japan	5/2002
14.	Greatest Hits	25.05.2004	Rhino
15.	Actual Size	13.06.2006	Wounded Bird
16.	Extended Versions	26.09.2006
17.	Live at the Hard Rock Cafe	01.05.2007	American Beat
18.	Live at Budokan	14.10.2008	Wounded Bird
19.	Live 1992	17.03.2009	Wounded Bird
20.	Back to Budokan	09.03.2010	Ais
21.	What If	21.12.2010	Ais
22.	Live from Living Room	03.05.2011	WHD
23.	Bitter Streets	20.06.2011	Angel Air
24.	...The Stories We Could Tell	30.09.2014	Frontiers			158
25.	25 Shunen Kinen Official Archive	23.12.2014
26.	Defying Gravity	21.07.2017	Frontiers
27.	Live From Milan	7/2018
28.	Ten produced by: Jay Ruston	12.07.2024	Frontiers

Eric Martin:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Sucker For A Pretty Face credited to: Eric Martin Band	07.10.1983	Elektra
2.	Eric Martin produced by: Ritchie Zito featuring: Neal Schon, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Lukather, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Jackson, Stan Lynch, Billy Payne	1985	Capitol
3.	I'm Only Fooling Myself	1987	Capitol
4.	Soul Sessions: The Capitol Years	1997	EMI
5.	Somewhere In The Middle	24.08.1998	Atlantic
6.	I'm Goin' Sane	26.08.2002	Frontiers
7.	Destroy All Monsters	10.02.2004	Frontiers
8.	Mr. Vocalist	14.04.2009	Sony BMG Europe
9.	Love Is Alive: Works of 1985-2010	14.09.2010	Sony
10.	Mr. Vocalist, Vol. 3	09.11.2010	Sony

Paul Gilbert:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Tribute To Jimi Hendrix	1991	MGI/Intercord
2.	Rock Guitar	12/1995	CD ROM
3.	Guitar Masterclass	12/1995	CD ROM
4.	King Of Clubs	06.04.1998	Atlantic
5.	Girls Who Can Read Your Mind	1998
6.	Beehive Live	12/1999	Shrapnel
7.	Flying Dog	14.02.2000	Shrapnel/Zomba
8.	Alligator Farm	2/2001	Mascot
9.	Raw Blues Power & Jimi Kidd	12.03.2002	Shrapnel
10.	Burning Organ	17.09.2002	Shrapnel
11.	Spaceship One	28.06.2005	Shrapnel
12.	Get Out of My Yard	29.08.2006	Shrapnel
13.	Silence Followed by A Deafening Roar	08.04.2008	Shrapnel
14.	United States & Freddie Nelson	10.03.2009	Mascot
15.	Fuzz Universe	03.08.2010	Shrapnel
16.	Vibrato	16.10.2012	Shrapnel
17.	Works, Vol. 1	08.04.2014
18.	Works, Vol. 2	08.04.2014
19.	Stone Pushing Uphill Man	05.08.2014	Shrapnel
20.	I Can Destroy	03.06.2016	Ear Music
21.	PG-30	05.08.2016
22.	PG-30 Live at Zepp Tokyo 2016	03.03.2017

Billy Sheehan:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Talas Years	1985
2.	Compression	21.08.2001	Favored Nations
3.	Cosmic Troubadour	22.02.2005	Favored Nations
4.	Prime Cuts	01.08.2006	Magna Carta
5.	Holy Cow	07.04.2009	Mascot
6.	Live in Tokyo & Mike Portnoy & Tony MacAlpine & Derek Sherinian	10.09.2013	Eagle Rock

Pat Torpey:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Y2K	1/2000

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Addicted To That Rush / Blame It On My Youth	8/1989	Atlantic
2.	Wind Me Up / Merciless	1/1990	Atlantic
3.	The Drill Song (Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy) / Road To Ruin 12",CD + Addicted To That Rush (live) / Strike Like Lightning	3/1991	Atlantic
4.	Green Tinted Sixties Mind / Shadows 12" + Take A Walk (live) CD + Drilled And Confused	5/1991	Atlantic
5.	To Be With You / Green Tinted Sixties Mind	12/1991	Atlantic		1
6.	To Be With You / The Drill Song (Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy) (live) 12" + Lean Into It / A Little Too Loose / Alive And Kickin' (all live) CD + Shy Boy / Woman From Tokyo (all live)	1/1992	Atlantic	1
7.	Just Take My Heart / Green Tinted Sixties Mind CD1 + To Be With You (live) / Lucky This Time (live) CD2 + Shadow / Strike Like Lightning	4/1992	Atlantic	22	16
8.	Green Tinted Sixties Mind / Love Makes You Strong 12",CD + Just Take My Heart (acoustic) / Big Love / Dirty Days In The Hole	7/1992	Atlantic	72
9.	Wild World / Temperamental 12" + Long Way Down CD + Rock And Roll Over / Let Yourself Go / Voodoo Kiss (live)	10/1993	Atlantic	59	27
10.	Nothing But Love / Ain't Seen Love Like That	21.02.1994	Atlantic		83
11.	Dancin' Right Into The Flame	22.04.1996	Atlantic
12.	Mr Big vs Kasabian & Kasabian	12.12.2005

Paul Gilbert:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Vinyl EP (v Japonsku)	1997
2.	Individually Twisted EP (v Japonsku)	2000

Eric Martin:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Information	8/1985			87

Videos:

1. Lean Into It - 1991-2

Paul Gilbert:

1. Eleven Thousand Notes - 2000, in Japan

Various:

disbanded 2/2002
reunited 2/2009
disbanded 2018

Pat Torpey:

appeared on the LP:

David Lee Roth: Skyscraper (1987, Warner Bros)
Ted Nugent: If You Can't Lick 'Em, Lick 'Em (1987, Atlantic)
Chris Impelliteri: Stand In Line (1988, Relativity/MFN)
Marc Ferrari & Friends: Guest List (1996, Seagull)

Billy Sheehan:

appeared on the LP:

MSG: Michael Schenker Group (8/80, Chrysalis)
Tgamesher: Burning At The Speed Of Light (1985, MFN)
Kuni: Masque (1986, Polydor)
Tony MacAlpine: Edge Of Sanity (4/86, Roadrunner)
Greg Howe: Greg Howe (1988, Roadrunner)
L.A. Blues Authority: L.A. Blues Authority (1992, Sgamepnel)
Cozy Powell: The Drums Are Back (1992, Electrola)
Glenn Tipton: Baptism Of Fire (3.2.97, Atlantic)
Munetaka Higuchi: Free World (1997, Ariola)
Explorers Club: Age Of Impact (29.6.98, Mascot/Rough Trade)
Jordan Rudess: Feeding The Wheel (23.10.01, Magna Carta)
Planet X: Moon Babies (6/02)

Paul Gilbert:

appeared on the LP:

Joey Tafolla: Out Of The Sun (1987, Sgamepnel/Roadrunner)
L.A. Blues Authority: L.A. Blues Authority (1992, Sgamepnel)
Carmine Appice: Guitar Zeus (12/95)
Pat Thorpey: Y2K (1/00)
Guitar Zeus: Channel Mind Radio (4/01, Locomotive Music)
War & Peace: Light At The End Of The World (7/01, Mascot)
HTP: Hughes Turner Project (9/02, MTM Music)
Jason Becker: Triumphant Hearts (7.12.18)

produced by LP:

Racer X: Technical Difficulties (10.4.00, Mascot)

Eric Martin:

appeared on the LP:

Sammy Hagar: Unboxed (1994, Geffen)
Sinner: Bottom Line (14.7.95, No Bull)
Hess: Just Another Day (4/03, Frontiers)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	6	19.10.1993	4	Big Bang!
1993	8	09.11.1993	24		profile
1993	9	10.11.1993	8		album review
1994	15	27.04.1994	14		profile, interview
1994	17	11.05.1994	11	Live	gig review
1994	35	12.10.1994	4	Big Bang!
1996	3	16.02.1996	13	Bang!alerie	album review
1996	4	26.02.1996	34		profile
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1996	27	05.12.1996	25	Forum kritikum	album review
1998	2	15.01.1998	184	Hard & Heavy Masters
1999	34	07.10.1999	27	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	35	14.10.1999	23	Texty
1999	36	21.10.1999	19		profile, interview
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	3		34	Recenze	album review
1993	4		21		profile
1993	4		33	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	16	16.04.1977	23	Albums	album review
Populár
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	2		22	Gramorecenzie	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	12	15.06.1992	25	Profily	profile
1992	20	09.10.1992	29	Recenze	album review
1993	2	29.01.1993	28	Recenze	album review
1993	10	27.05.1993	11	Hard & Heavy
1993	23	01.12.1993	29	Recenze	album review
1994	9	10.05.1994	24		interview
1994	10	24.05.1994	31	Live	gig review
1996	6		85	Recenze	album review
1997	6		104	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	12		106	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2000	10		107	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2009	9		96	Rewind - Classic Rock	interview
2009	12		81	Replay	gig review
Rock'88
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
	12		10		profile
Spark
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	9		29	Shot	album review