Big Wreck might be the most underrated Rock band of all time.

Just watched this again. Every year or so since this was posted I go watch it again for inspiration. Ian Thornley is an amazing talent and a wonderful guitar player. I could just sit and watch this man play solo for hours.

Ian Thornley is right in there with the best guitarists of today. Highly underrated player, as is Big Wreck as a band.

Nobody should put Ian Thornley's amp on standby except for him. Absolutely phenomenal playing.

Ian and Richie Kotzen.. Two Top Talents that don’t get enough recognition ☮️ 💯🎸 glad Ian isn’t a sellout ✊🏼

I saw big wreck at the commodore ballroom in Vancouver like ten years ago and it was one of the best shows sound wise I’ve ever seen/heard. Really good!

Man, i wish this video was about 18 years long

Big wreck needs to blow up worldwide, they are incredible!

Ian is a special kinda guy it's very rare.u get the voice and guitar skills all in one package the guys a legend

Still is the best tone I’ve heard on any of the Anderton videos. Ian is phenomenal.

Every few months I come back and watch this video. Then I want to go play the guitar. Then I want to quit playing the guitar.

How is it possible to be all of - A phenomenal guitarist - A phenomenal songwriter - A phenomenal singer It doesn't happen often.

Makes me proud to say I’m a Canadian. What a great talent!

I love at the end when Captain says Ian even plays slide, when hes one of the best slide players youll ever hear

I absolutely love how Ian refused to lay down his axe, even though it meant passing on Velvet Revolver. That's love for one's craft, and art!

I keep coming back to this video. I had the pleasure of meeting Ian about 7 years ago and it's clear to me he is a really nice guy.

This guy is insanely good!

@15:28 "This Hamilton Ontario Canada warble of the neck" is so spot on. Is there anyone better at this than the Hammer's own Colin Cripps?? Great interview. Paid full respect to Ian's talent, and man... wouldn't you love to sit across from him??

Met Big Wreck in the 90's great guys and very solid performance... I mean tight and solid; you could really feel these guys were to be together. Much respect.

I've been a fan of Ian's since their first record. They should be one of the biggest bands out there!!!

Ian thornley is a monster guitar player !!!! Really good !!! Love Big wreck !!

2022 and still only 243k views. Watched these guys live last weekend (July ) and they still kill it every time.

Ian's pull up bends almost leave the fret board and they howl. His vibrato is incredible. You can say it's the expensive equipment, no it's not. I've seen a Stevie Ray song performed on a Cars movie Walmart guitar and it sounded insane. He's looking for beautiful melody's while most are chasing his. Incredible player and Big Wreck needs more recognition.

Love to see him get some recognition. Been a fan since their first album.

Great player, great interview. So nice to listen to players this great and such a luxury to have them break things down like this. Big wreck rules, they have the perfect marriage of technicality and sonic musicality with their stuff. Rest In Peace Brian Doherty, your work is eternal.

Saw Big Wreck play in Toronto around 1998, small club, first album i believe. Ian Thornley was playing with a broken right hand and still managed to sound amazing. He is truly a guitar God. More people need to discover this guy.

"The biggest ego in the room Has to be the SONG" Well said young Jedi ! Cheers

Ian Thornley is a very overlooked/underrated player. The Thornley album is just a rockin album by itself. Big wreck is freakin awesome too.

Without a doubt one of the best guitarists I've ever heard.

R.I.P. Brian Doherty of Big Wreck (June 5/19)

I'm Australian, but was working in Toronto in about 2014 when I heard Big Wreck's "Albatross" on the radio. Instant fan. By total dumb luck they played an outdoor concert & i went along. One of the best concerts I've seen, & I've seen many. Great player. Great, great singer. Guitar players will love his records. I can't understand why he isn't much better known.

This is my first encounter with this player. Certainly not the last!

Ian and Big Wreck are incredibly talented, massively under rated and should be headlining arena tours and selling them out world wide.

Big Wreck is amazing, such a tight band, which merits a close listen. I do not know why this band is not well known outside of Canada. I hope they break big soon. Thanks to Andertons for featuring them.

What do you say? Yeah, it's Lunch Time. Fantastic video Lee- it's a long one. For those watching- stay with it, the last 10 minutes are just amazing. How have I not heard of this band? What a guitar player- tone is phenomenal and so melodic. I used to just watch these videos for gear info- thanks for the introduction to a band I had never heard of. I'm buying this guys records!

Killer guitarist and sweet human being from one of the best rock bands on the Earth... very cool interview, Captain!

Ian always has great tone, making Canada proud.

Canada's best kept secret! Ian and Big Wreck are amazing. A very creative, passionate, player with chops o' plenty, but it's the feel and tone exploration that make him who he is. He was invited and jammed with Velvet Revolver and could have ended up being their frontman. Imagine Ian's voice with Velvet Revolver! Wow! However, having two great guitarist, and one of who is legendary, it just wouldn't have worked.

The clean bit at around 34:00 is simply gorgeous...and he's just noodling. Brilliant.

The more I listen to Big Wreck the more I think I'm actually more impressed with his singing. He has an unbelievable rock voice. Super impressive musician. I started listening to their albums about six months ago and I just keep playing them over and over.

ian is a massive talent, plays like Eddie van Halen and sings like Chris Cornell

Big Wreck have had mainstream success in Canada since the 90s. The first two albums have a bunch of singles that are still played on the radio regularly. The Oaf & Under the Lighthouse are classics. Glad they're getting more international attention, shouldn't have taken this long.

Always liked Big Wreck. Never really had any idea what an insane guitar player Ian Thornley is. Wow!

YEEESSSS !!! My favourite guitarist, my favourite male vocalist !

Lucky to say I saw them in a club and met each and every member of the band. Ian was so nice and humble and even asked me if they sounded OK! And yes the sounded amazing!

possibly one of the best guitar players of the the last 20 yrs. big wreck has so many awesome songs.

Under the lighthouse is one of my favorite songs of all time Thornley is a beast

Guys a national treasure to music I feel like him and Chris Cornell are deep Down connected two epic voices like no other and even though they have different lyrical styles both have resonated in different ways a lot of pain and self worth stuff and it’s inspiring and sad at the same time. My brother had the privilege of meeting Ian at a pub after hours for some extra jamming and I was so jealous lol keep on rockin man you are a gift and it’s an honour to be a fan.

Ian can make a guitar, sing, cry, wail, weep, howl and scream all in the span of a 2 minute improvised solo.... might just be one of the best out there, i can't get enough... and watch the delight he gets when nailing a note or harmonic. Passion and soul just ooze from his playing.... blown away

The Captain truly seems to be in awe in this one

Big Wreck are a superb band, 'Pleasure and the Greed' was one of my favourite albums from the 90's and Ian is an incredible vocalist, and clearly a very accomplished guitarist.

I can’t think of a guitarist who has the notes under their fingers quite like Ian these days... crazy great player! Modest player, amazing to listen to and a pleasure to watch the man play. My favourite guitarist these days. \m/ cheers

A big +1 to getting a UK tour for Big Wreck. Ghosts has not left the CD player in my car for 6 months. Thanks for another brilliant interview, Cap!

My yearly check in. Still awesome. See you all next time

If it were possible to give this two thumbs up I would. I discovered Big Wreck earlier this year and I agree, it's criminal that they are not more widely known and recognized as an awesome band. It was a treat and a joy to hear Ian play and talk. Excellent job Captain!!!

We need another captain and ian interview!!

Cap: "what's that thing your playing its amazing?!" ... Ian: "Its called B Major"

Lee, this interview should be in line for some award it was so cool and a pretty amazing listening to his guitar playing. Capn, you really asked the right questions and led the interview in the right directions... Great!

One of the best freakin guitarists and song writer more people should know about. I've been listening the whole time Ian. thank you.

Super happy to see Ian getting the recognition he deserves, truly one of the best guitarists of this generation.

He is the Most underrated musician going, what a cool guy too! Been a fan since 2004.

I can't believe this was eight years ago. I've probably seen it five times by now.

....I mean... Come on. Nevermind the amazing technique.. THE TONE! THE MELODY!

incredible playing! cant believe i had never heard of Ian before!

How have I never heard of Big Wreck until this week. Holy Cow! What great music!!

Fortunate to see a show last evening with Big Wreck opening for Our Lady Peace. Felt like the Yankees handing the stage over to the Springfield Elementary t-ball team. OLP wrote a few good tunes ... but man ... BW has gotten better, stronger, tighter, faster. The Steve Austin of bands these days. Incredible to see Paulo rejoin the party for the show. Thornley was simply magnificent. Not sure they've sounded this good. Ever. If you get the chance to catch them, don't miss it. They really have distanced themselves from the pack and, referencing The Captain, not sure why they're not amongst the biggest in the world ....inarguably amongst the best however.

Cannot believe I just found this. Discovered Big Wreck while working in Canada in 1997 and coming home it felt like this secret band nobody else knew. Ian has been so influential to my playing and songwriting. Cant believe he was in the UK! I hear he may be on Beatos channel at some point?

Here I am, 5 years later watching this masterpiece again. He's like a heavier version of Andy Timmons to me, who was also inspired by Eric Johnson. Just absolutely fantastic and tasteful playing. Tone is 10/10 too.

Absolutely incredible singer, guitarist..beautiful and fantastic songs..what gets me is he can put this all together live too..Ian Thornley and Big Wreck ROK

I've been a fan since the beginning. What an artist.

Big Wreck gets loads of radio play in Canada, one of our best bands truly!!! Ian is my favorite guitar player and one of the top 10 in the world, his voice is incredible too. Check out the song Under The Lighthouse, my favorite solo ever. I'd love for these guys to get more popular, they deserve it. It's a different sounds but check out The Trews, also from Canada, also completely underappreciated worldwide!

I saw him with his side project Thornley a while ago. They were opening for another band and I remember being blown away by his showmanship and his playing. He's badass!

Still loving this video almost 8 years later!

Brilliant video!!!!! We here in the great white north know all about Ian Thornley and we are glad to see other taking notice. not only is he a master in guitar playing but also a songwriter. His thornley cds are also fantastic. Albatross is a true masterpiece.

This is the best interview with an established rock musician ever.

You know when you are in the presence of a phenomenal, unique musician when the EXAMPLES are incredible. Loooooove Ian Thornley. He's also an amazing singer.

"That ain't jazz. That's just a bad note."

Terrific interview. Ian's the guitar player's guitar player, an amazing singer, and an all-round nice guy. Really glad this wasn't edited down to 15 minutes or anything.

I always knew Ian Thornley was a monster guitar player, but I didn't know he was a goddamn shredder! Sweet video, and interview, Cap. Glad I watched the whole thing.

I don't know why Thornley isn't better known, such a good player with great tone and a great vocalist.

Very underrated Canadian Rock act from the late 90's and still going strong to this day

Still come back to watch this 5 years later. What a player.

Just discovered this guy a few weeks back. Phenomenal tone! and yes, I feel like taking a hammer to that "Captain" dude's hand for playing Hall Monitor with the amp.

I managed to miss this first time around. Just watched all of it having never heard of Ian or Big Wreck. So I finish the video and like Lee says go and watch Ghosts. I watched the live at the Suhr factory version. Fuck me, how are they not massive? Awesome musicians and what a voice! I haven't have a band blow me away like that for many, many years.

God this bloke is awesome.....Nice one Captain for bringing this band into my life!!!!

I think the Pleasure and the Greed is a highly underrated record. It's definitely one of my favorites.

This tone goes hand in hand with Ians style. Amazing...

So proud to be able to call Thornley a fellow countryman.

never gets old listening to that dude play!!!!

I can't believe more people don't know about Big Wreck and Thornley. Some of my favorite guitar records. Fantastic songwriting. Cornell-like vocals. What's not to love?

I'm not sure what's more entertaining.. Watching Ian play or to look on the Captain's face! :)

LEE!!! HANDS OFF THE STANDBY SWITCH!!! CHRIST MAN!!!!

Really cool to see Big Wreck getting some more exposure here!

Saw Big Wreck in 1997 at university in eastern Canada as a sophomore. Still remember it vividly. Ian was a face-melting beast back then too. That Song brought the house down. Ahh memories. He used Soldano & Traynor amps back in the day too.

Ian is AMAZING! 🤘🏼😎🎸

That riff at 31:43 is absolutely filthy. I wanna play like Ian.

props to Suhr for that guitar staying in tune after those bends

Man...I'm speechless...never heard of him before... What an amazing sound!!!

Holy crap, I’ve listened to Big Wreck for years and never knew Ian Thornley was such a virtuoso. His playing is so sensitive to the song. Seems a super cool guy too!

When I saw this in my subscription list I thought 45 mins ? That's a long one for someone I've never heard of.... I've just sat through it and wish there was more. Superb Capt, simply superb.