2008 Woodie Awards
Bang Camaro is on the fast track to success
20-piece metal throwback brings back fun '80s metal and righteous guitar solos without the irony
Richard Cherecwich
Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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Bang Camaro is the biggest band in Boston right now.
The '80s-metal-throwback band was named best live band and best new band by Boston rock magazine The Noise.
The song "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" was featured in Guitar Hero II.
A documentary filmmaker follows the band members around.
Every gig the band has ever played has sold out, including a show at the Paradise last Saturday. Local audiences are reveling in the live shows of this 20-member band.
That's correct, 20 members.
Bang Camaro has no lead vocalist; instead, a group of anywhere from 12 to 15 singers, known as "the Choir," provides the band's vocals. Songs don't really have verses-it's mostly just huge choruses and high-flying guitar heroics on the band's debut album, Bang Camaro, released on its own imprint, Black Sword Records.
Despite the accolades and adulations, the band members have their feet planted solely on the ground.
"I never thought people would like this," said guitarist and founder Bryn Bennett in an interview with The Beacon. "It's been crazy. It's unexpected, but fun."
A few hours later, Bennett and fellow founder/guitarist Alex Necochea would be standing back-to-back on stage at the Middle East Upstairs, shredding guitar solos while a dozen singers chant behind them at the band's record release party.
First, though, they eat falafel wraps and shake hands with well-wishers. Other band members mill about, playing air-guitar to Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast."
Success came quickly, but the men of Bang Camaro are just affable dudes having fun.
"We'd have the best time when we were playing guitar solos in practice. One day, we were messing around, kind of drunk, and we were like, 'we should try making a band that sounds like Def Leppard did, but be able to pull it off live; how do we do that?'" Bennett said. "Well, we've got a lot of friends that sing, we got them all into a studio one night and it was the best time we've ever had and we just took it from there."
The '80s-metal-throwback band was named best live band and best new band by Boston rock magazine The Noise.
The song "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" was featured in Guitar Hero II.
A documentary filmmaker follows the band members around.
Every gig the band has ever played has sold out, including a show at the Paradise last Saturday. Local audiences are reveling in the live shows of this 20-member band.
That's correct, 20 members.
Bang Camaro has no lead vocalist; instead, a group of anywhere from 12 to 15 singers, known as "the Choir," provides the band's vocals. Songs don't really have verses-it's mostly just huge choruses and high-flying guitar heroics on the band's debut album, Bang Camaro, released on its own imprint, Black Sword Records.
Despite the accolades and adulations, the band members have their feet planted solely on the ground.
"I never thought people would like this," said guitarist and founder Bryn Bennett in an interview with The Beacon. "It's been crazy. It's unexpected, but fun."
A few hours later, Bennett and fellow founder/guitarist Alex Necochea would be standing back-to-back on stage at the Middle East Upstairs, shredding guitar solos while a dozen singers chant behind them at the band's record release party.
First, though, they eat falafel wraps and shake hands with well-wishers. Other band members mill about, playing air-guitar to Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast."
Success came quickly, but the men of Bang Camaro are just affable dudes having fun.
"We'd have the best time when we were playing guitar solos in practice. One day, we were messing around, kind of drunk, and we were like, 'we should try making a band that sounds like Def Leppard did, but be able to pull it off live; how do we do that?'" Bennett said. "Well, we've got a lot of friends that sing, we got them all into a studio one night and it was the best time we've ever had and we just took it from there."
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