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Bang Camaro returns to get fists up and heads banging once again on BANG CAMARO III

After a decade of dormancy, Bang Camaro, once called Boston’s Biggest Rock Band, returns to get fists up and heads banging once again on BANG CAMARO III. LISTEN HERE. With face-melting guitar solos and a wall of gang vocals, Bang Camaro blasted onto the Boston music scene in 2005 as a reaction to the early…

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Bang Camaro, BANG CAMARO III

After a decade of dormancy, Bang Camaro, once called Boston’s Biggest Rock Band, returns to get fists up and heads banging once again on BANG CAMARO III. LISTEN HERE.

With face-melting guitar solos and a wall of gang vocals, Bang Camaro blasted onto the Boston music scene in 2005 as a reaction to the early aughts nostalgia for post-punk / new wave music. If bands like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Interpol were going to wax nostalgic about bands like Joy Division, Bang Camaro was spawned to fill the void left by groups like Def Leppard and Skid Row.

Quickly boosted by their inimitable performances – complete with approximately 20 lead vocalists to bring their signature sound to life without backing tracks, leading to one apt description of their sound as “Headbangers Ball meets The Polyphonic Spree” – and inclusion in the widely popular rhythm games Guitar Hero and Rock Band, Bang Camaro hit the road.

They toured the US and Canada for five straight years, appearing at festivals such as Lollapalooza and Summerfest. The relentless touring, coupled with the releases of their debut self-titled album in 2007 and 2009’s follow-up, Bang Camaro II, and appearances on national television shows like Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and MTV Spring Break, continued to attract fans, including stars Jimmy Fallon (who joined them on stage for a legendary performance at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom) and James Gunn.

The latter would serve as the catalyst for the band to reunite a decade after their last show when he selected “Push Push (Lady Lightning)” to be prominently featured in a trailer and episode of the HBO series, Peacemaker. The surprise request, and the positive reaction from the show’s audience, inspired guitarists Bryn Bennett and Alejandro Necochea, and bassist Dave “Doz” Riley, to start making music together again.

The result is a collection of new songs reminiscent of their earlier work while continuing to push the limit of what the world’s only gang-vocal-based metal band has done before.

Bang Camaro III is now available wherever you stream music.