Formed 1988, U.S.A.
Albums:
1989
Live Injection
1989
Psycho Cafe
1991
Dancin' On Coals
1992
Ain't No Jive...Live!
1994
Love After Death
1998
Live
1999
Untied & Live
1999
Greatest Tricks
2004
Ready To Go
2004
The Ultimate Bang Tango: Rockers And Thieves
2006
From The Hip
History:
One of the most original bands to come out of the L.A. glam scene in the late 80's.
They blended the glam vocals and attitude with funky bass lines and a streetwise
appearance. They showed so much potential that they were signed to a major label
before a demo was even recorded.
The band formed in Los Angeles when Rough Cutt's Amir Derakh
introduced Joe LeSte (vocals) to Mark Knight (guitar) and Kyle Kyle
(bass). The line-up was later completed with the additions of Kyle Stevens
(guitar) and Tigg Ketler (drums). The group was quickly snatched up by
Mechanic/MCA and unleashed their Psycho Cafe, an original and unrelenting
debut studio album. Singles such as "Someone Like You" brought the band mild success
and rave reviews. However by the time of 1994's Love After Death release,
the music scene had changed completely and was unforgiving to band such as Bang
Tango. Knowing their time had passed, the group split up and went their
separate ways.
Kyle Kyle would team up with Taime Downe (Faster Pussycat)
in an industrial tinged band called the Newlydeads. However by
1998 he had re-teamed with Joe LeSte for a Bang Tango reunion tour
with Mark Tremalgia on guitar and Walter Earl on drums.
The bands heyday has long passed without much fanfare, but they left behind
some of the most memorable and distinguishable music of the glam era. LeSte
managed to land another major label deal with the Beautiful Creatures,
but also had
time to record a new Bang Tango album in 2004. Ready To Go featured a
revamped line-up of Alex Grossi (guitar), Anthony Focx (guitar),
Chris Roach (bass) and Matt Starr (drums) while 2006's From The Hip featured
Mark Simpson (guitar), Lance Eric (bass) and Timmy Russell (drums). The remaining original
members have formed the Worry Beads.
Links:
The Official Bang Tango Page
The Official Beautiful Creatures Page
The Official Worry Beads Page
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