Making heavy rock n roll that you’ll keep coming back to, singer/guitarist GINA VOLPE (from seminal NYC punk rock band the LUNACHICKS) and her NYC power trio BANTAM turn up the volume a few more notches with the release of their second CD, "Suicide Tourist."
Bantam’s new CD, “Suicide Tourist†(follow up to their self titled 2002 debut release) is further proof of the bands growth since forming in 2001. 13 songs that span a wide range of raw emotion and blunt aggression, “... Marrying brute force with bewitching melodies, the songs drop like an anvil -a sexy anvil…†Village Voice.Sharing the stage with High On Fire, Eagles of Death Metal, Nashville Pussy, Tribe 8, and The Butchies, Bantam has been busy spreading their gospel live, receiving admirable (and repeated) praise from the Village Voice, Time Out NY, NYPress, & Venus among others.With songs that are equal parts bruising and blushing, BANTAM is out to light a flame under the ass of rock-n-roll. More albums. More shows. More sore necks, broken strings, crumbling drum kits, frenetic fans. MORE ROCK. It has to happen. It just does.
