I got inspired by BAng BAng PArty !, so I’m adding a few in. I do have a lot more “Bang” songs, including that awesome “Bang a Gong” song by T.Rex, but that’s already mentioned in that post.

So a short introduction to each Bang songs:

● Bangs (not “the Bangs”) are from Olympia, Washington, so I often associate them with Sleater-Kinney. I love this song, “Scorpi-Oh”.

● S*M*A*S*H are another personal favorite. They’ve only have one album before breaking up due to drugs and depression. They reformed a few years ago, and I have an official/fan website on them (s-m-a-s-h.net).

● Bertrand Betsch has a French version of “Bang Bang”, it’s pretty good.

● I also like Isobel Campbell‘s version of “Bang Bang” as well … if you listen on headphones, it uses “stereo” so you’ll hear some sounds in the left and right speakers.

● Art Brut has an album and title track called “Bang Bang Rock & Roll”.

● I have all of Le Tigre‘s albums and EPs on CD as I am a pretty big riot grrrl fan. I actually haven’t really liked the latest Le Tigre’s stuff, but am more of a fan of old Bikini Kill. However, the first Le Tigre album is amazing. Maybe in my next post, I will talk about another favorite, Bratmobile 🙂

● Lastly, here’s the Archies doing “Bang Shang a Lang”, which I believe was a big hit for this cartoon band 🙂 The real “band” are session musicians, assembled by Don Kirshner. Most of the hits were written and sung by Jeff Barry.

● SMAP is not my audio. It’s in Japanese.

Super-easy, but bonus points for anyone who can guess where the title of this post came from.