Big Wreck were a neo-progressive hard rock band of the late 1990s.

The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts by vocalist Ian Thornley, guitarist Brian Doherty , bassist Dave Henning and drummer Forrest Williams , who met as students at the Berklee College of Music. After several years of gigging in Boston and Cambridge, the band signed to a major label, releasing their debut album In Loving Memory of... in 1997. The single "The Oaf" was a major Top Ten hit for the band that year.

Due to Thornley's Canadian nationality, the band's biggest commercial success was actually in Canada rather than the United States. The album's other two singles, "Blown Wide Open" and "That Song", were not as successful on the American charts as "The Oaf" had been, but in Canada they were both Top 10 hits.

The band's second album, 2001's The Pleasure and the Greed, however, was marred by poor marketing and was poorly received by audiences and critics in both countries. The band subsequently broke up a year later.

Thornley moved back to Toronto, launching the band Thornley. Doherty has gone on to be in the indie band Death of 8, but the other band members have not yet emerged with new projects.