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Pleasure (Pleasure)
Directed by T Adam Moyer
Edited by David Bradley
"Pleasure (Pleasure)" as heard on Bang Camaro's debut album, Bang Camaro
Boston's Bang Camaro is more than a metal band. It is its own metal universe: a self-contained cosmos encompassing the last quarter-century of metal -- pop metal, hair metal, speed metal, thrash metal, glam metal -- writ large, proud, and loud.
Yes, you've heard all the riffs before, back when you were a kid hanging in a heavy-metal parking lot in the 'burbs, cranking Dio or Iron Maiden . Like fellow throwbacks Waltham and Damone, Bang Camaro -- a supergroup of sorts consisting of members of some of Boston's best past and present rock bands (the Good North, Model Sons, Taxpayer) -- is all about the good times that were shunted aside and put away as "adulthood" beckoned.
The Camaro's debut full-length rights this wrong with tracks like the Thin Lizzy-esque "Rock of Mages," the narcissistic grandeur of "You Know I Like My Band," and, of course, a power ballad ingeniously titled "The Ballad." Fear not: Bang Camaro has come to save our sorry, rock-depleted souls, and it's taking no prisoners. [Jonathan Perry]
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Who is Bang Camaro?
"We are not a retro band," insists guitarist Bryn Bennett after Bang Camaro's third show on a short east coast tour, "we are an evolution."
"You see," agrees guitarist and co-founder Alex Necochea, "we took the important parts of pop metal and distilled it. We came up with a purer type of music in the end. Lets be honest, no one cared what the lead singer of those bands had to say. They were either comparing their genitalia to some type of weapon that they were going to attack groupies with or they rhymed fire and desire. The fans never cared about that stuff. They wanted to scream along with the huge choruses or they wanted to air guitar to the solos. Thats what we bring."
Its hard to disagree with this novel approach when youre at a Bang Camaro show. The band consists of three guitar players, a bass player, a drummer, and anywhere from ten to twenty singers. The songs remind the listener of arena rock from the mid to late 80s, but with a strange twist. This band has no lead vocals, only guitar solos and choruses sung by the band and the mob of extras. "There was no other way to bring that gang vocal sound to our live show without relying on samples like a lot of the bands in the 80s did," explains Bryn "and thats not rock n roll at all."
Tonight the band is playing at The Bug Jar, a small club in Rochester, NY. Due to the small stage, many of the vocalists form a line in front of the stage before the band kicks in to their first song entitled "The Diemon's Intro." At first the crowd, who are obviously there to see the local favorites The Black Arrows, dont know what to make of the spectacle. Alex and Bryn launch into a dueling lead intro that brings to mind the best of Iron Maiden or even, *gasp*, Night Ranger at their peak. The 12 singers of the night add gang Hey and Yeah! hits to the verse as the band builds to their first chorus. The crescendo of the bridge climaxes to a 5 part harmony reminiscent of Queens layered vocal approach on their recordings. The Rochester crowd is won over and they quickly begin pumping their fists and singing along.
"Were just another indie band," says Alex in their tour bus after the show. "It's not like there is huge money in hard rock anymore. Were playing this type of music because we grew up with it and love it." Bryn and Alex, the two founders of the band, had been playing around Boston in different bands before deciding to start Bang Camaro. Bryn spent two years in a band called The Model Sons and started a Boston music event called The Boston Rising. Alex spent a number of years in The Good North, a brit-pop outfit who became quite popular in their hometown before joining Columbia recording artist Bleu. "We met when our bands started playing together at different clubs around Boston" says Bryn. "We started talking about our influences and quickly realized that we were both closet metal fans. Well, were out of the closet now."
Can it be true? Can indie musicians really be playing 80s metal now? Believe it. These guys aren't wearing wigs with studded leather bracelets. Tonight Bryn is wearing a Pilot to Gunner t-shirt and Alex wont stop talking about his love for Sparklehorse. There doesn't seem to be anything ironic about the way they carry themselves on-stage or the way they talk about their love for a type of music that most people consider a mistake from 20 years ago. "We play Gibsons, not Jacksons. It took quite a while, but we've learned that Jimi Hendrix is the only person that should have ever touched a whammy bar," says Bryn with while downing his eighth stoli and soda. "And maybe Dick Dale," Alex slurs. It looks like their rock'n roll lifestyle is beginning to have an effect on them. All 16 of them retire to a cheap hotel room (a single hotel room!) at about 5:30 AM.
There may not be rows of groupies waiting for them when they climbed off the stage tonight in Rochester, just a bunch of people who love what they are doing. Isn't that what rock n roll is about? Isn't that what people forgot in the 80s?
Hey, just wanted to show you some cars I put your Logo on in Forza 2, it took a couple hours to make the logo from scratch like I had to but I'm pretty proud of it.
Here's what I think you should do. Since Lollapalooza is too rich for my blood, you should try to book a night on either end of it. That's what I think.
Thank you for supporting the Corpses of Dead on Revival. You're allegience with the undead will assure you a quick, and slightly less painful transformation to zombiekind when the time comes.
YOU GUYS ROCK! man its a shame that they didnt annouce you in the E08 Microsoft Convention as one of the bands... but i know you guys will be there. I will always be a fan... and remember one is a man, two is a couple, three is a team, four is a crowd, five is a raid, but twenty is an army :D
I think your success is directly related to your list of influences. You have absorbed the contributions of those who went before you without trying to sound like any one or two bands. Way to go guys and good luck. Thanks for adding Shooting Star and helping to keep rock and roll history alive. Check our page for updates every month. We will feature a lot of your favorites.
yo guys, you're simply fuckin amazing, like words could not describe how fuckin astronomical you guys are, but you gotta stop around new england, mass. NY, and hopefully Connecticut, for those about to rock...I salute you
One more video of me jamming along to your songs. This is my attempt at Pleasure (Pleasure). http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=IaOo2nxnhcs I can't wait to see what kind of sick riffs and solos you have in store for your new material!
New song perhaps? "Night Lies" You guys might still be my favorite on Rock Band 2 as you were in Rock Band i just need to hear Night Lies before i can officially implant that in my brian. Keep Rockin' were still listining.
