Bang!Bang! Barefoot At Trash

Wednesday night at Trash Bar  (Brooklyn), the crowd was small, consisting mostly of friends and the night's other performers, but that didn't keep Bang!Bang! from playing an explosive set of sex-charged rock and roll. The Chicago trio creates music that fuses the high energy squall of garage rock with glam and new wave, sounding very Go-Gos meets The Hives. Jack Flash (guitar), sporting a lightning bolt-shaped tie, shredded machine gun fire riffs, while sharing vocal duties with Gretta Fine (bass), who stood barefoot on the Trash stage. Bang!Bang! are a fun band whose name will begin spreading more and more as their new record (The Dirt That Makes You Drown) starts to take off. Performances like this one are what make small venues so wonderful. It's too bad we keep losing the best ones.

Photos by Jonny-Leather