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Royal Bangs are an American music group from Knoxville, TN. Formed in 2005, the trio is composed of Chris Rusk (drums), Ryan Schaefer (keyboard, vocals, electronics), and Sam Stratton (guitar). Royal Bangs released their debut LP We Breed Champions in 2008 through Audio Eagle Records, an independent record label founded and run by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys. The following year, German label City Slang released the album in Europe where British music magazine Uncut described the record as "belting garage rock, quirky indie rock and bamboozling electronica, all served up in one smart and super-confident package, rather like...
Chris Bangs (aka Bangs A Bongo, The Chris Bangs Project and Mr. Electric Triangle), is a UK DJ / producer / remixer / artist, who has been a pioneering and inspirational figure in the British underground dance scene, since the 80's, and helped to inject life into the burgeoning black music dance scene of the early eighties. Bangs was first to use the phrase 'acid jazz'.
Bangs name became associated with many celebrated events - including, Nicky Holloway's, The Special Branch / Cock Happy / Doo(s) At The Zoo and Corfu / Ibiza 'summers of love' - as well as...
Love can be cruel, and cheating hearts the cruelest card of all. When friends Matt & Sarah saw their partners leave them – for each other – they could either fall apart or form a band. Thus Bang Bangs was born.
“Once in a while something extraordinary comes from nowhere and restores your faith in real music. Bang Bangs- a boy, a girl, a bass, a drum- sounds simple, but this is special; dark; angry, but with melody for the masses if only they see the light. We did.” Buzz Music Review
"When the… haunting qualities and shifting discomfort burst...
There are three artists with this name (not counting The Bangs)
1. a rap artist from Melbourne, Australia
2. a punk rock band from Olympia, Washington
3. an 80s garage rock band from LA, California
1) Bangs is a 19 year old rap artist born in North Khartoum, Sudan. At the age of 11, he moved to Egypt with his family after his Father married another wife. He spent two years there before coming to Australia in 2003. He has been writing rap, hip hop and pop since settling in Melbourne in 2004.
“Music is my wife”, Bangs sang in...
Casper Bangs is the recording project of DC based vocalist and guitarist Rob Pierangeli. Named after the ex-lover that inspired many of the songs, Casper Bangs is a trip through the joys and downers of loving and being loved.
The Whitespace 7” and s/t EP are a preview of Casper Bangs’ full-length record, I Woke Up. It was written and performed by Pierangeli at his desktop computer in the midst of relational bliss - it's a document of a good thing that ultimately goes bad. The songs contain strong unaffected vocals balanced with harmony, layers of noisy guitars, and reverb....
