The Bangs Long Lost Debut Album To Get Digital Release

Back around 2010, The Bangs went into the studio to record a demo, luckily somebody left the tape running. Re-discovered and re-mastered over a decade later by Nub Records‘ Mark Lee, their debut album “The Last Of The Big Shots” will be available to download on 3rd April. From the debut single ‘Livin’ In Hope‘ to the album closer ‘Our Sun Has Set‘, the album contains nine tales of urban life, nine tales about drinking, womanizing and love and loss. The band split up after a handful of gigs and line-up changes and then in 2017, after years in the musical wilderness, songwriter and guitarist Paul Jones suffered a life-threatening double stroke that led to months of hospital treatment and then many more months of painstaking rehab, from which he is now remarkably almost fully recovered.

You can stream ‘Livin’ In Hope‘ below

I had never heard of the UK outfit The Bangs before, and I doubt you probably have either, but a decade ago they recorded this debut album and here it is remastered and ready for all fans of rowdy rock’n’roll where throwback punk ideas are sprinkled in amid the hedonism.