{"id":1631,"date":"2012-04-26T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T14:26:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-26T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T14:26:52","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=1631","title":{"rendered":"Bang Tango: Pistol Whipped in the Bible Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>78 Productions\/Music Buy Mail\/SP<\/p>\n<p>BANG TANGO was not an ordinary hair metal band, in fact they were only similar in hairstyle. Their first opus, \u201cPsycho Caf\u00e9\u201d was issued by MCA in 1989 and saw the band getting major airplay on MTV\u00b4s Headbanger\u00b4s Ball. This is their sixth studio album, but counting everything before and after their studio album debut they have actually 12 releases to their name. Speaking of name the only remaining original is vocalist Joe Lest\u00e9, the ranks are completed by guitarist Scott LaFlamme, bassist Lance Eric and drummer Trent Anderson these days. <\/p>\n<p>Do not expect much funk injected into the music these days. Their mainstays today are the attitude, the voice, the groovy bass and the stubbornly repetitive refrains. The cover may look like shit but give them a break. Joe seems to be breaking free of the old days and wants to make new merits. The opener \u201cDick in the System\u201d is grittier than anything I remember them for. I\u00b4d say they opened up the best possible way! The emphasis seems to be on 70\u00b4s KISS and maximum sleaze. Still the band feels genuine. \u201cSuck It Up\u201d rocks, so does \u201cBring on the World\u201d, \u201cI Like It\u201d and \u201cDrivin\u00b4\u201d. The sincere balladry of \u201cHave You Seen Her\u201d would have earned them cash back in the days of old. The main question mark must be the total change of direction\u2026or rather the picture of the band that also separates them from their past? Baah, I think this is a new beginning. With another album like this they\u00b4ll be in the clear!<\/p>\n<p>Track List                                                                            Dick in the System<br \/>\nSuck It Up<br \/>\nOur Way<br \/>\nBring on the World<br \/>\nHave You Seen Her<br \/>\nLive Life<br \/>\nI Like It<br \/>\nBoom Box S\u00e9ance<br \/>\nDrivin\u00b4<br \/>\nPistol Whipped in the Bible Belt <\/p>\n<p>www.musicbuymail.eu www.myspace.com\/bangtango<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>78 Productions\/Music Buy Mail\/SP BANG TANGO was not an ordinary hair metal band, in fact they were only similar in hairstyle. Their first opus, \u201cPsycho Caf\u00e9\u201d was issued by MCA in 1989 and saw the band getting major airplay on MTV\u00b4s Headbanger\u00b4s Ball. This is their sixth studio album, but counting everything before and after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cd_reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}