BANG

From http://www.bangmusic.com/story.html The sun was just coming up as we pulled into the Orlando Sport Stadium. The gate was open so we drove right onto the floor . After sitting around in the arena for a while, it was time for us to meet opportunity , make our move and cross through. We started looking for somebody, anybody to plead our case. We eventually made our way back to the office's and BANGed on a door marked private. As soon as this tall thin guy opened it Tony announced , or more truthfully blurted, "We're BANG from Philly and we're as good as any band here tonight! . We have our equipment ready to set up and play. If you like us, let us open the show, if not we'll leave. You've got nothing to loose and you will see and hear something that will astound you"! The clanging of our balls in this guy's face actually pushed him backwards and impressed him enough, he agreed to hear us. This tall thin guy was Rick Bowen owner of East Coast Concerts who partnered with West Coast Concerts the Granddaddy of all concert promoters. We can still see him standing in the middle of the empty arena watching us , arms folded, listening intently with his assistant Jimmy as we played "Death of a Country" and few other songs. The set went great musically and of course we were on top of all our moves. In our minds and hearts we knew we had what it took to be Rock & Roll stars. You have to believe! We were ready. All those months of practice. All those hours honing our craft. All the sacrificing each of us had done had prepared us for this moment in time. We were BANG a Heavy Metal Power Trio. Music shot from Guns! We were stepping through. It was exciting. Our chance, our big break, we passed the audition. Later that night 8,000 kids would be screaming at Rod Stewart & Faces, Deep Purple, Southern Comfort and a new opening act named BANG.