BANG! (HARDCORE)

'Bang!' were a British happy hardcore from the late 1990s consisting of producer Nick Arnold, Tom Orton and female vocalist Jo James. Nick Arnold and Tom Orton had previously been a members of the band Smart-Es, who reached 2 in the UK in 1992 with their cover of the theme tune to ''Sesame Street'' entitled ''Sesame's Treat''. Tom Orton brought Jo James to the attention of Nick after a contact of Tom's, Jo's husband, presented to him a demo of his wife singing.
After their first release - Cloudy Daze, Tom left Bang to persue other genre's including bands Parkride and Kriminal working with Jack Speed. Bang then went on to have enormous success with "Shooting star". Their underground bouncy singles were regularly featured on the Bonkers compilation series.
Their single Shooting Star was covered by trance act Flip & Fill in 2002, who took it to number 3 in the UK charts.
Jo James eventually quit the band but worked with the aforementioned Flip & Fill on their 2003 single ''I Wanna Dance With Somebody''; a cover version of the old Whitney Houston track.

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★ Bang!'s discography

★ Blaze!'s discography (alternate release name)

★ Nimrod!'s discography (alternate release name)

★ Stealth's discography (alternate release name)