The band was formed in 1997[1] by the guitarist Sarah Utter, after recruiting her high-school friend Jesse Fox on drums and Maggie Vail. Vail had to learn how to play bass guitar to be in the band, as the only instruments she played before were drums, guitar, cello and clarinet.[2]
Fox left the band after a long U.S. tour, and Bangs went through a succession of drummers (Heather Dunn,[2] Kyle Ermatinger[3][4]) before settling with Olympia's Peter David Connelly.[5] They recorded their last EP, Call and Response,[6][7] in a frigidly cold farmhouse basement with the engineer Justin Trosper of Unwound.[8]
Although the band had associations with the riot grrrl movement (Vail's sister is Bikini Kill's Tobi Vail), Bangs did not regard itself as a riot grrrl band and preferred the term "rock band", crediting The Go-Go's, The Ramones, and Cheap Trick as inspirations.[2] All of the band's releases were on Kill Rock Stars except for one single, released on Olympia label Ten-In-One Records. They toured the United States extensively, and also played shows in England, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, where they were featured on the country's national news.
Break upedit
Bangs broke up in September 2004 after Utter moved to Los Angeles. Their last show was at Olympia's Eagles Hall as part of Kill Rock Stars' 'Yeah! Fest!'.[8] Vail has since relocated to Portland, Oregon, where she plays in the bands Romancing and Leti Angel. Peter David still lives in Olympia and plays in The Mona Reels as well as other groups such as The November Witch, Tumwater Video and The Devon Williams Band. Utter has since moved back to the northwest and spends her time painting and playing bass guitar with Craig Extine and Kris Cunningham in the band Western Hymn.
2010 reunionedit
In July 2010, the band reunited for four shows. One warm up gig in Olympia was followed by three shows (Portland, Olympia, and Seattle) benefiting their friend, Natalie Cox's, cancer fund.
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^ abc"SPACE CITY ROCK: Maggie Is A Punk Rocker". Spacecityrock.com. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^"Tiger Beat - In the Mix - Music - Music - May 10, 2001". Newsreview.com. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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External linksedit
KRS band page
Maggie Vail interview, 2001
January 01, 1970
bangs, band, bangs, often, erroneously, referred, bangs, american, punk, rock, riot, grrrl, band, from, olympia, washington, bangsoriginolympia, washington, united, statesgenrespunk, rock, riot, grrrlyears, active1997, 2004, 2010labelskill, rock, starspast, me. Bangs often erroneously referred to as the Bangs was an American punk rock and riot grrrl band from Olympia Washington BangsOriginOlympia Washington United StatesGenresPunk rock riot grrrlYears active1997 2004 2010LabelsKill Rock StarsPast membersMaggie VailSarah UtterPeter David ConnellyHeather DunnJesse FoxKyle Ermatinger Contents 1 Formation 2 Tours 3 Break up 4 2010 reunion 5 Discography 5 1 Studio albums 5 2 Singles and EPS 5 3 Compilation appearances 6 References 7 External linksFormation editThe band was formed in 1997 1 by the guitarist Sarah Utter after recruiting her high school friend Jesse Fox on drums and Maggie Vail Vail had to learn how to play bass guitar to be in the band as the only instruments she played before were drums guitar cello and clarinet 2 Tours editBangs toured with and or played shows with bands including Sleater Kinney the Gossip Unwound Blonde Redhead The Makers The Donnas Shannon Wright Murder City Devils and Karp Vail also played bass guitar in Frenchie and the German Girls and sang backing vocals in the famous party band Gene Defcon Utter played in one of the last incarnations of Witchypoo as well as Plastique Fox left the band after a long U S tour and Bangs went through a succession of drummers Heather Dunn 2 Kyle Ermatinger 3 4 before settling with Olympia s Peter David Connelly 5 They recorded their last EP Call and Response 6 7 in a frigidly cold farmhouse basement with the engineer Justin Trosper of Unwound 8 Although the band had associations with the riot grrrl movement Vail s sister is Bikini Kill s Tobi Vail Bangs did not regard itself as a riot grrrl band and preferred the term rock band crediting The Go Go s The Ramones and Cheap Trick as inspirations 2 All of the band s releases were on Kill Rock Stars except for one single released on Olympia label Ten In One Records They toured the United States extensively and also played shows in England Scotland Australia and New Zealand where they were featured on the country s national news Break up editBangs broke up in September 2004 after Utter moved to Los Angeles Their last show was at Olympia s Eagles Hall as part of Kill Rock Stars Yeah Fest 8 Vail has since relocated to Portland Oregon where she plays in the bands Romancing and Leti Angel Peter David still lives in Olympia and plays in The Mona Reels as well as other groups such as The November Witch Tumwater Video and The Devon Williams Band Utter has since moved back to the northwest and spends her time painting and playing bass guitar with Craig Extine and Kris Cunningham in the band Western Hymn 2010 reunion editIn July 2010 the band reunited for four shows One warm up gig in Olympia was followed by three shows Portland Olympia and Seattle benefiting their friend Natalie Cox s cancer fund Discography editStudio albums edit Tiger Beat 1998 Sweet Revenge 2000 Singles and EPS edit Maggie the Cat 7 1998 Ten in One Mailorder Freaks Singles Club 7 1999 Kill Rock Stars Call and Response EP 2002 Compilation appearances edit Turbo s Tunes Fields And Streams 2 CD compilation Kill Rock Stars 2002 Mollie s MixReferences edit The Bangs Album Discography AllMusic Retrieved 23 September 2020 a b c SPACE CITY ROCK Maggie Is A Punk Rocker Spacecityrock com Retrieved 23 September 2020 Tiger Beat In the Mix Music Music May 10 2001 Newsreview com 6 July 2005 Retrieved 23 September 2020 Bangs Sweet Revenge Exclaim ca Retrieved 23 September 2020 Bangs Call and Response Album Reviews Silent Uproar Silentuproar com Retrieved 23 September 2020 Bangs Call and Response Punknews org November 2002 Retrieved 23 September 2020 Razorcake Punk Music Reviews BANGS Call and Response Archived from the original on 2014 05 14 Retrieved 2014 05 14 a b Bangs Killrockstars com Retrieved 23 September 2020 External links editKRS band page Maggie Vail interview 2001 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bangs band amp oldid 1177842890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
