Big Heavy Stuff was also a support act for Dinosaur Jr., The Stone Roses, Neil Finn, and Babes in Toyland.

Ups and Downs was more pop in nature, and the two brothers formed Big Heavy Stuff to venture into the rock genre.

The lineup of Greg Atkinson, Polley, Kennedy, and Fish then remained constant throughout the band's existence.

The band gained the attention of popular Australian alternative rock band Jebediah, who added Big Heavy Stuff to the roster of Redline Records in 2000, an independent label that Jebediah co-founded with its then-management company Naked Ape Management.

[4] Fish has recorded as a solo artist and released a six-song EP Trick of Light on the Nonlinear label in mid-2012.

[5] Fish also reunited with Kennedy to form The Electorate with Josh Morris (Atticus), releasing an album in October 2020 called You Don't Have Time to Stay Lost on the Templebear label.

[7] From 2011 to 2017, the Atkinson brothers also reformed their earlier band Ups and Downs, and they released the full-length album The Sky's in Love With You in 2017.