Description
The Big Country Mailing List was a forum where Big Country fans could discuss all things BC via email or the Web, although the discussions could occasionally wander off at a tangent...
There were usually around 200 subscribers although this fluctuated a bit in the holidays etc.
History
The list was valiantly maintained by Markus Schöller from Bonn in Germany for about three years. In June '97 he moved on to a new job and was therefore unable to continue the
running of the list. Fortunately for the list members Michael Toppa volunteered to take over and a new list server was set up in May '97. This sadly ceased to exist in October 2000 but
around the same time a new web/email based list started run by Jason Shand and nearly all the list members joined this new list called "Through a Big Country".
Membership of the new list continued to grow as more BC fans arrived online and found their way to the group.
How did I join?
You can get a good idea of who was on the list and where they are/were (the regulars anyway) on my BC World Map of Fans. You could join the list by
visiting Eiledon (Michael Toppa's now static site) to see more history and/or visiting the website for Through a Big Country (also defunct) and clicking on the 'join' button.
What about today?
These days things have moved on and are a lot more instant, with many groups now available on Facebook, for example:
Don't forget The Official Big Country Web Site - maintained by the Band
and www.bigcountryinfo.com the premier source of BC info maintained by John R Gouveia (including the on-line Book of Lyrics and Podcasts)
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