Thwak Thwak Go Crazy!! by BANG sugar BANG

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Power Pop | Punk

10 tracks | 33 minutes

Released Nov 2004
on War Room Records

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'77 style punk rock complete with a slamming beat, enticing male/female harmonies and a good beer drenching.

Editorial review

Bang Sugar Bang are very loud, love their three-chord monsters, and are produced by Geza X on their second album, all of which more or less serves to describe Thwak Thwak Go Crazy!! pretty well. But to add more detail: co-lead singer Cooper can be, as needed, simultaneously bratty and exuberant in her vocals, which is actually a pretty neat twist -- these days, it seems, it's not all that common to hear sheer joy mixed in with snotty anger -- while her pipes are sharp enough that it's almost as if Pat Benatar had finally learned to really rock out. That helps set Bang Sugar Bang apart from the pack a bit, as does their love of anthems Cheap Trick-style -- "The Machine Gun Song," for instance, might not be the equal of Rick Nielsen at his best but it has the same take-charge uplift, from the sparkling guitar to the gang-shouted "Yeah yeah yeah!" from both Cooper and guitarist Matt Southwell. He's less distinct than his fellow singer but serves the songs themselves well, and the kind of guitar heroics he cooks up throughout push all the buttons in just the right way (fans of the Rezillos or the Boys would likely approve). A good chunk of Thwak Thwak Go Crazy!! seems to exist to castigate the industry the bandmembers find themselves in -- the one-two punch of "Kill the Radio" and "Major Label Interest" almost says it all, which could reduce the impact of the band to an in-joke -- but the former is more about trying to get somebody out of your life while the latter has such a killer chorus they could be singing about dead dogs and it would still work. It's these kinds of things -- not to mention a fun cover of the Gun Club's ultimate song, "Sex Beat," with Cooper doing the honors on vocals -- that make this album a kick of a listen. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

BANG sugar BANG are a punk rock threesome hailing from Los Angeles, CA. Their sound is a combination of '77 style punk rock and the music of the British Invasion, complete with a slamming beat, enticing male/female harmonies and a good beer drenching.

Cooper (vocals/bass) and Matt Southwell (vocals/guitars) formed BANG sugar BANG in 2001 while working at a Los Angeles based erotic jello mold company. Soon after Pawley Filth (drums), a college buddy of Matt's who had not been seen since he and Matt were thrown out of a Detroit club for pelting Ted Nugent with beer bottles a year before, joined BANG sugar BANG and their hard and fast style of punk rock was born.

Playing a non-stop schedule of high voltage live shows has enabled BANG sugar BANG to accumulate a formidable fanbase throughout Southern California and beyond. They have shared the stage with greats such as the Adicts, the Dead Kennedys, the Dickies and Nina Hagen.