Tracks Side 1:

1. Death Of A Country (10:07)

2. No Trespassing (5:10)

Tracks Side 2:

1. My Window (4:46)

2. Life On Ending (4:18)

3. Certainly Meaningless (3:32)

4. Future Song (3:59)

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Wrapped in heavy vintage style tip-on gatefold jackets, the BANG discography makes a much needed comeback on vinyl. Mastered at Orgone Studios for maximum analog pleasure, these LPs have the aim of being the ultimate Bang vinyl editions.

Svart Records is set to re-release all four 1970s albums by the reunited Philadelphia-based doom metal forerunners Bang cooperation with the band. The albums will be exclusively available at Bang’s European tour, which starts from Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, on April 14, 2016.

The band was founded in August 1969, a week or two after Woodstock, by 16-year-old high school dropouts Frank Ferrera (vocals, bass) and Frank Gilcken (guitar), who swiftly recruited a 26-year-old Tony Diorio (drums), who answered their ad in a local newspaper. Bang were shaping up to be the next big thing in 1972 with keen support from Capitol Records, their first single "Questions" climbing the charts and shows lining up with numerous major bands of the era, including their mutual favorite and biggest influence, Black Sabbath.

In spite of hype, the success story never came to be, much due to a corporate shakeup at Capitol, losing their producer Michael Sunday and being blackballed from getting gigs. The band disbanded in sheer frustration in 1974, only three years after the release of their self-titled debut.

However, Bang left behind them a dominant recorded legacy consisting of four full-length albums: Bang (1971), Mother/Bow to the King (1972), Music (1973) and Death of a Country, which was recorded in 1971, but remained unreleased for decades.

Now all four classic albums will see the light of day in luxurious form, and the cover artwork for Death of a Country has been created according to the original plan for the first time ever. (svartrecords.com)

BANG was an amazing band from the southern part of the USA playing hard rock. This is their very first recording from 1971 and appearing for the first time on vinyl in a deluxe gatefold sleeve. The record is concept album actually. The LP opens with the long title track which is an excellent political commentary as well, which 40 years on is still sadly relevant. It is has a really nice groove and great playing by the band, almost progressive rock in nature. No Tresspassing is more melodic and floating but also a great track. Sometimes they channel the vibe of the Beatles, Pink Floyd (More era) in some of the musical passages. Flip the record over and you have 4 shorter tracks. My Window has a Pink Floyd inspiration with this floating nature to start and then the harder riff kicks in on this great track. Life is Ending is more hard rocking and uptempo. Future Song has a section that some will recognize the Hawkwind influence and the most psychedelic of all the tracks, especially the phased out ending. A really cool record but not as hard rocking as the next two records the band would make but a record I really like a lot. (Scott aka. Dr. Space/writingaboutmusic.blogspot.de)

Frank Ferrara - Vocals, Bass
Frank Glicken - Guitar, Harmony Vocals
Tony D'iorio - Drums