The Bang Bang Clubwill open for business on 3 May, with the release of their debut single, Chemistry.
The Bang Bang Club, in fact, is not a real club, but if it was, it’d be a bloody good one. It’s not a tribute to the group of apartheid photographers with whom they share their name. In truth, they just liked the word ‘bang’.
The band’s long gestation began when John (vocals) and David (synths) met at auditions for another act. Instantly becoming friends, within months they’d formed the band Protocol, been signed by Polydor at their first gig, and toured with the likes of A-Ha and Hard-Fi. Their ill-advised half-shaved/bleached hair made them resemble “a gay Nazi fashion designer”, but the less said about that the better. After the band split, John and David went it alone, and The Bang Bang Club was born.
By night, the band formed part of The House of Blue Eyes - a Warhol-esque collective of artists, performers, and designers, spearheaded by stylist-to-the-stars Johnny Blue Eyes. Yet by day, the band would still show up quite diligently at work, with David in particular opening his then-branch of Ask Pizza in all sorts of states. The Bang Bang Club, then, is as much a band as it is a philosophy of sorts; fusing fashion, music and art without the pretence often gained when you have forgotten where you’ve come from.
Chemistry is a shiny polished gem of a tune. It takes all the groundwork laid by their previous band and ups the ante by about ten. Produced to the nines and with hooks the size of Texas, the band is clearly onto something that could have only come with the trials and tribulations that they've gone through. While it might feel a bit commercial, the band's unabashed love of pop music is what shines through and as they say, it's all about chemistry. The Bang Bang Club is about to go boom.
The Bang Bang Club, in fact, is not a real club, but if it was, it’d be a bloody good one. It’s not a tribute to the group of apartheid photographers with whom they share their name. In truth, they just liked the word ‘bang’.
The band’s long gestation began when John (vocals) and David (synths) met at auditions for another act. Instantly becoming friends, within months they’d formed the band Protocol, been signed by Polydor at their first gig, and toured with the likes of A-Ha and Hard-Fi. Their ill-advised half-shaved/bleached hair made them resemble “a gay Nazi fashion designer”, but the less said about that the better. After the band split, John and David went it alone, and The Bang Bang Club was born.
By night, the band formed part of The House of Blue Eyes - a Warhol-esque collective of artists, performers, and designers, spearheaded by stylist-to-the-stars Johnny Blue Eyes. Yet by day, the band would still show up quite diligently at work, with David in particular opening his then-branch of Ask Pizza in all sorts of states. The Bang Bang Club, then, is as much a band as it is a philosophy of sorts; fusing fashion, music and art without the pretence often gained when you have forgotten where you’ve come from.
Chemistry is a shiny polished gem of a tune. It takes all the groundwork laid by their previous band and ups the ante by about ten. Produced to the nines and with hooks the size of Texas, the band is clearly onto something that could have only come with the trials and tribulations that they've gone through. While it might feel a bit commercial, the band's unabashed love of pop music is what shines through and as they say, it's all about chemistry. The Bang Bang Club is about to go boom.
Download: Chemistry
Download: Chemistry (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
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Holy crap! That was mind blowing good.
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