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SPIN "The track "Prefab Nation" is an anthem against the artificial spawned from the homogenized surroundings of suburbia."
All Music Guide "...even more frantic and crazy than before. Highly reccomended overall."
Onion A.V. Club "...showing more honest emotion and sonic range."
Copper Press "Two horns up - way up - for this dance-rock outfit that? likely to remain a staple of the rock underground for some time to come."
Alibi "If Bang! Bang! were a lover, they would not be kind."
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."
Verbicide Feature "Bang! Bang! has created a fantastic album as explosive as their name"
NY Press - Live Show Review "...an explosive set of sex-charged rock and roll."
Stay Thirsty Media "Chicago's sex rock heroes expand on their signature sound."
Venus "...chock full of chunky guitar riffs, interesting and straightforward lyrics, and musical influences that vary from glam to post-punk to prog-rock."
Blog Critics "music whose energy pretty much demands total commitment."
Pop Matters "A fresh-sounding new release that deserves to be up in lights."
Phoenix New Times "Rocks the way you only wish the latest Stooges album would rock."
Press for: Bang! Bang! Ties
Chicago Reader "A real power tie."
Decked Out Press
Decked Out review, Copper Press:
"Whereas it? fashionable for some contemporary bands to try a little too hard to capture the satanic panic of the disco floor and the sleek sex of the limelight, Bang! Bang! never seems to force the issue, emerging with a natural sounding heart attack that will leave listeners reeling for hours..."
Decked Out review, Aversion:
"Decked Out is still more playful than anything delivered to us by punk-rock angry ragers or indie hipster-cool pretense-merchants, but it deftly avoids all the unnecessarily tongue-in-cheek posturing so common with retro styling."
CrimeWave Magazine.com August '06 (Q&A with the band):
"Bang! Bang! Come off sounding like B-52's crammed in the next seat with Devo, while New Wave's sexed out dance attitude is yelling from the front seat for them to behave."
Time Out May '06 (bar review with the band):
"Bang! Bang! has been keeping its sex rock three-way going since 2002, when it began burning up stages with glam punk so erotic you need a cigarette afterward."
NewCity September '05 (Cover Photo, Ten Bands on the Verge):
"Armored with sex appeal, a funky stage show and the support of punk-rockers and dancers alike, Chicago's wildest trio have all the makings to break out of the city and show the world what its got." (see the New City article here)
HoustonPress September '05: Sex Advice with Bang! Bang!
"Chicago's rumpy-pumpiest punks dispense the Dan Savage-style advice."
Electric Sex Press
Splendid September '05:
"Bang! Bang!'s chops aren't just for show; their skill allows them to work with varied dynamics, push different colors and textures and penetrate your senses with the little details that make for multi-dimensional music."
Zero Magazine September '05:
"It's sexy enough to be played anywhere. "
Antigraviry June 2005:
Names dropped in this review: Mick Jagger, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Deal, Hillary Duff, the Go-Go's.
SleazeGrinder August '05:
"A hot and saucy frappe of downtown club rock and back alley sex grooves that's hotter and more convincing than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs affected boho skronk."
In Music We Trust August '05:
"It will also provide a good soundtrack starter for any party."
Aversion, August '05:
"The EP's strength comes from the trio's ability to discard rock n roll posturing and pretense."
Chicago Tribune June 3 2005: (Local Heroes)
"The new EP captures the charged feel of the band's live show, [which] pounce on the songs with a Molotov cocktail of glam-rock sensibility and punk sneer."
New City Chicago June 2 2005: (Tip Of The Week)
"With aggressive rock that outdoes Electric Six and a stage show to justify the band's name, Bang! Bang! seems to be one of Chicago's most promising bands."
Chicago Reader June 3 2005:
"Mountain-lion-on-helium squealing."
Do You Like It? Press
New City January 2005: (show preview, #1 show to see now)
"Gorgeously sloppy glam rock, sort of." "What might have happened had crack been available to the B-52s."
Lansing Noise December 2004: (feature story)
"Rock 'n' roll is supposed to be fun. It's OK for rock to be an escape."
City Pulse (Lansing MI) August 2004: (band feature)
"You gotta work to have fun sometimes."
The Crutch (Chicago) July 2004: (album review)
"Sometimes rock n roll needs to be fun and Chicago trio Bang Bang fulfills that need in aces."
The Onion May 2004: (Madison show preview)
"It should appeal to fans of Jon Spencer, We Ragazzi or The Von Bondies."
Punk Planet July and August 2004: (record review)
"Cute, peppy and saucy rock 'n' roll/punk." "Definitely a great start for this sexy Chicago threesome."
Chicago Sun-Times Friday May 21 2004:
"fun, catchy, and brimming with nervous energy."
Horizontal Action Spring / Summer 2004: (record and show review)
"Chicago's latest musical sluts." "Another fuckin' fiasco of wild debaucherous rock 'n roll to squeeze your thighs to."
Windy City Times May 12 2004:
"ass-shaking set."
BUZZ (Champagne IL) April 22 2004:
"sexy and fun"
Splendid Ezine May 2004:
"These motherfuckers grow on you"
Venus Magazine March 2004:
"A Chicago trio that could melt a tundra"
Pioneer Press March 2004:
"Refreshing with their dress, demeanor, and lyrics."
New City "Raw Material", Feb. 26 2004:
"There's a real desire to bring fun back onto the stage."
Chicago Reader Feb. 2004:
Spot Check: "Front Man Jack Flash's yelpy, sultry nerdisms and jagged guitar punches - like torn fishnets - are timeless"
New City Feb. 2004:
#2 Show To See Now, "strange little hybrid."
Citylink Feb. 2004:
"...leaves the listener panting and gasping for more."
Illinois Entertainer Jan. 2004:
"Much fun!" "Wild!"
Illinois Entertainer Oct. 2003:
"Glam rock and punk intensity"
CityLink Artist Profile:
"Chicago three-piece sex rock band kicks out the jams"
Bang Bang Press Photo:
"Whereas it? fashionable for some contemporary bands to try a little too hard to capture the satanic panic of the disco floor and the sleek sex of the limelight, Bang! Bang! never seems to force the issue, emerging with a natural sounding heart attack that will leave listeners reeling for hours..."
"Decked Out is still more playful than anything delivered to us by punk-rock angry ragers or indie hipster-cool pretense-merchants, but it deftly avoids all the unnecessarily tongue-in-cheek posturing so common with retro styling."
"Bang! Bang! Come off sounding like B-52's crammed in the next seat with Devo, while New Wave's sexed out dance attitude is yelling from the front seat for them to behave."
"Bang! Bang! has been keeping its sex rock three-way going since 2002, when it began burning up stages with glam punk so erotic you need a cigarette afterward."
"Armored with sex appeal, a funky stage show and the support of punk-rockers and dancers alike, Chicago's wildest trio have all the makings to break out of the city and show the world what its got." (see the New City article here)
"Chicago's rumpy-pumpiest punks dispense the Dan Savage-style advice."
"Bang! Bang!'s chops aren't just for show; their skill allows them to work with varied dynamics, push different colors and textures and penetrate your senses with the little details that make for multi-dimensional music."
"It's sexy enough to be played anywhere. "
Names dropped in this review: Mick Jagger, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Deal, Hillary Duff, the Go-Go's.
"A hot and saucy frappe of downtown club rock and back alley sex grooves that's hotter and more convincing than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs affected boho skronk."
"It will also provide a good soundtrack starter for any party."
"The EP's strength comes from the trio's ability to discard rock n roll posturing and pretense."
"The new EP captures the charged feel of the band's live show, [which] pounce on the songs with a Molotov cocktail of glam-rock sensibility and punk sneer."
"With aggressive rock that outdoes Electric Six and a stage show to justify the band's name, Bang! Bang! seems to be one of Chicago's most promising bands."
"Mountain-lion-on-helium squealing."
"Gorgeously sloppy glam rock, sort of." "What might have happened had crack been available to the B-52s."
"Rock 'n' roll is supposed to be fun. It's OK for rock to be an escape."
"You gotta work to have fun sometimes."
"Sometimes rock n roll needs to be fun and Chicago trio Bang Bang fulfills that need in aces."
"It should appeal to fans of Jon Spencer, We Ragazzi or The Von Bondies."
"Cute, peppy and saucy rock 'n' roll/punk." "Definitely a great start for this sexy Chicago threesome."
"fun, catchy, and brimming with nervous energy."
"Chicago's latest musical sluts." "Another fuckin' fiasco of wild debaucherous rock 'n roll to squeeze your thighs to."
"ass-shaking set."
"sexy and fun"
"These motherfuckers grow on you"
"A Chicago trio that could melt a tundra"
"Refreshing with their dress, demeanor, and lyrics."
"There's a real desire to bring fun back onto the stage."
Spot Check: "Front Man Jack Flash's yelpy, sultry nerdisms and jagged guitar punches - like torn fishnets - are timeless"
#2 Show To See Now, "strange little hybrid."
"...leaves the listener panting and gasping for more."
"Much fun!" "Wild!"
"Glam rock and punk intensity"
"Chicago three-piece sex rock band kicks out the jams"
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Do You Like It? (EP 2004)
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