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Bang! Bang!

New ep out August 23rd!

About Me

Buy our latest album, "The Dirt That Makes You Drown" on CD

Buy "The Dirt" on 12" 180 gram vinyl

Released by Morphius Records

Vinyl version released by Highwheel Records

ALL of our releases are available to buy at: www.bangbangband.com


The Dirt That Makes You Drown Press

All Music Guide "...even more frantic and crazy than before. Highly reccomended overall."Onion A.V. Club "...showing more honest emotion and sonic range."SPIN "The track "Prefab Nation" is an anthem against the artificial spawned from the homogenized surroundings of suburbia."Chicago Sun-Times "(Bang! Bang! is back with) a new album that's even stronger and more sultry than the earlier discs." CMJ - Live Show Review "Bang! Bang! exploded into Brooklyn Wednesday night."Chill Mag - Interview with Gretta "It's Fine that steals the show with her cooing backing vocals, commanding a whole song to herself."NY Press - Live Show Review "...an explosive set of sex-charged rock and roll."

For more press, music, photos, etc....visit:

www.bangbangband.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/17/2005
Band Website: bangbangband.com
Band Members:

Nick Kraska, Drums

Gretta Fine, Vocals + Bass

Jack Flash, Vocals + Guitar

Other Members:

Riley Alexander: Drums (2002-2004)

Mike Wednesday: Drums (2004-2006)

Rachel Shindelman: Keyboards (Occasional member)


Influences: Rock N Roll, New Wave, No Wave, Glam, Punk, Dancy shit.

Our NEW VIDEO for "What We Need"!!

Video for "No Real World", from Decked Out


Sounds Like: Fun.
Record Label: Morphius
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"What's In A Name" or "Too Many Bangs"

Too many Bangs.When Gretta and I first started Bang! Bang! Back in 2002, we were pretty content with the name we found for our band: "Bang! Bang!". I found it in one of my favorite hobbys (comic book...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:27:00 PST

THE HOOD INTERNET!! (NEWS- May 27th ’08)

That's right. The Hood Internet has released a new mix tape "The Hood Internet v.s. Chicago" and we have a mash-up with Common! Track 21. I Used To Love The Blue Line (Common vs Bang! Bang!)Go check i...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:05:00 PST

News: 5/3/08 FOX NEWS! LOOPTOPIA! GAPERS BLOCK!

(May 3rd) Thanks so much to everyone who watched us at the Daley Center for Looptopia! It was such a thrill to play outside in downtown Chicago with about a thousand people watching. It's pretty amaz...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:07:00 PST

News updates. NEW EP IN THE WORKS! (MAR 07)

(Mar, 20th ’08) We are currently working on our fifth (!) studio release. It is an, as yet untitled, 5 song ep. More details as they come.(Feb,24 ’08) Wow! What a blast of a weekend we jus...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:53:00 PST

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Y'know, I just want to say THANKS to all of you that have added us on MySpace and listen to our music....we really do appreciate it!!xoxo,Jack Flash / Bang! Bang!
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:48:00 PST

Recording

So we just completed 5 days at Electrical Audio with Greg Norman at the helm.We tracked 13 new songs, 12 of which will make it to our next full length album. We will now add some overdubs at Nick's ho...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:54:00 PST

Fearless Radio (UPDATED)

Hello all!We are going to do an online radio show TODAY (8/16/06) at: www.fearlessradio.comIt's the New Music Binge show that airs 4-6 pm (Central Time Zone) Gretta and Jack will spin some tracks from...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:55:00 PST

Rolling Stone France

We will be featured on a compilation CD in the September issue of Rolling Stone France. Yay! xoxo, B!B!
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:00:00 PST

Decked Out

Just want to say thank you so much to those that have purchased a copy, and told your friends about, "Decked Out". It is doing well (for us underdog types) and we appreciate your support. Those of&nbs...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:44:00 PST

Tour photos are HERE!!

Hello, Since we never updated our Tour Journal Part 2 blog, and since a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a slideshow from our last tour!! This is the REAL face of tour! Van breakdowns and al...
Posted by Bang! Bang! on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:08:00 PST