Bang
Encyclopedia
Performers
- Bang (band)Bang (band)Bang was a Greek band that represented Greece in the ESC 1987 and had minor success in Europe and Japan.-Biography:Bang was formed in 1987 by Thanos Kalliris and Vasilis Dertilis. Thanos was the frontman and Vassilis was doing backing vocals and played keyboards. In 1987 they competed in the Greek...
, a Greek pop music group - Bang (American band), a hard rock group
- Bang (UK pop band)Bang (UK pop band)Bang was a Greek male vocal duo, consisting of Paul Stevens and Billy Adams . They had chart success with the single "You're The One", released on the RCA label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 6 May 1989, reaching #74...
- Bang! (band), a British happy hardcore group
- Bangs (band)Bangs (band)Bangs was a punk rock band from Olympia, Washington, formed in 1997 by guitarist Sarah Utter, after recruiting high-school friend Jesse Fox on drums and Maggie Vail .Bangs toured with...
, an American punk rock group - Bangs (hip hop artist)Bangs (hip hop artist)Ajak Chol , better known by his stage name Bangs, is a South Sudanese-Australian hip hop artist. He is best known for his song "Take U To Da Movies".- Early life :...
, a South Sudanese-Australian hip hop artist.
Albums and EPs
- Bang! (After School EP)Bang! (After School EP)Bang! is the third single released by South Korean girl group, After School. The EP marked the first appearance of the group's eighth member, Lizzy....
- BANG! (Cinema Bizarre album)BANG! (Cinema Bizarre album)-Promotion:The band recently toured with Lady Gaga on her The Fame Ball Tour to promote ToyZ and BANG!. They have played in select city's and locations as the opening act of the tour.*3/12 House of Blues-San Diego*3/13 Avalon Hollywood, CA...
- Bang! (1985 Frankie Goes to Hollywood album)
- Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Bang! (EP)Bang! (EP)Bang! is a mostly live EP released only in Japan by the Goo Goo Dolls in 1996 for Warner Bros. Records.-Track listing:#"Name " - 3:53#"Don't Change " - 3:48#"Girl Right Next to Me " - 3:31#"Another Second Time Around " - 2:52...
, by the Goo Goo Dolls - Bang! (Corey Hart album)Bang! (Corey Hart album)Bang! is the fifth album by Corey Hart, released in 1990. It was his last album to chart in the U.S., reaching #134, and generated just one hit single, "A Little Love", which reached #37...
- Bang (James Gang album)Bang (James Gang album)Bang is the sixth studio album by James Gang, released in 1973. This is the first James Gang album featuring lead guitarist Tommy Bolin after Domenic Troiano left the band.-Reception:...
- Bang (The Jesus Lizard album)Bang (The Jesus Lizard album)Bang is a compilation album by The Jesus Lizard, containing tracks previously released on EPs and singles.-Track listing:All songs by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted otherwise.#"Chrome" - 3:51#"7 Vs...
- Bang (EP), by Nightmare of You
- Bang (Rockapella album)Bang (Rockapella album)Bang is the sixteenth overall and eleventh North American album by the a cappella group Rockapella. It is the first studio album the group has released since 2002. It also marks band members John K. Brown's and Steven Dorian's first recording appearance with Rockapella, having been with the group...
- Bang! (Thunder album)Bang! (Thunder album)Bang! is the ninth studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. It was released on 3 November 2008. Bang! is the only Thunder album to have a Parental Advisory sticker on the front cover, due to a very brief use of profanity in "On the Radio"...
- Bang! (World Party album)Bang! (World Party album)Bang! is the third album by British group World Party. While previous World Party albums were essentially solo projects by one-man orchestra Karl Wallinger, for this album World Party officially became a three person group: Wallinger , Dave Catlin-Birch , and Chris Sharrock...
Songs
- "Bang" (song)Bang (song)"Bang" is a song by Blur and was released 29 July 1991 as their third single. It was also featured on the band's debut album Leisure. It has been all but disowned by the band, who claim it was written in less than fifteen minutes in response to record company demands for another bankable single...
, by Blur - "Bang", a song by Gorky Park on the album Gorky ParkGorky Park (album)Gorky Park is the debut album from Russian rock band Gorky Park. It was released in 1989 on Mercury Records, after Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi expressed interest in the band and got them signed to Mercury, Bon Jovi's label...
- "Bang" (Rye Rye song)Bang (Rye Rye song)"Bang" is a song and single by rapper/dancer Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.. It was recorded in 2008 and is possibly set to appear on her 2011 album Go! Pop! Bang!. It was released in 2009 on N.E.E.T. Recordings and Interscope Records. The single was released first, followed by an EP of remixes, Bang –...
, by Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. on the albums Fast & Furious and Go! Pop! Bang! - "Bangs", a song by They Might Be Giants on the album Mink CarMink CarMink Car is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 on Restless Records, on the same morning as the September 11 attacks....
Film and television
- Bang (film)Bang (film)Bang is a 1997 independent film directed by Ash.-Plot:Bang is a story about an unnamed young woman living in Los Angeles, played by Darling Narita...
, a 1997 American film - Bang! (film), a 1977 Swedish film
- "Bang" (Desperate Housewives)Bang (Desperate Housewives)“Bang” is the 54th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It was also the seventh episode of the show’s third season. The episode was written by Joe Keenan and directed by Larry Shaw. It was broadcast on November 5, 2006...
- "Bang" (The Good Wife)Bang (The Good Wife)"Bang" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American legal drama television series The Good Wife. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on March 2, 2010. In the episode, ex States Attorney Peter Florrick is released from prison to his home. He is confined by house arrest...
- "Bang" (Harper's Island)
- "Bang" (The Shield)
Games
- Bang!Bang!Bang! is a wild west-themed card game similar to a spaghetti western designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Italian publisher daVinci Editrice in 2002...
, a card game - Bang! (arcade game)Bang! (arcade game)Bang! is a wild west shoot 'em up arcade game released by Gaelco in 1998, featuring cartoon graphics. The rules are the same as Point Blank: the player starts up with three lives, and the goal is to complete each stage by reaching the requested quota of hits or points...
- Bang! (drama game)Bang! (drama game)Bang! is a drama game, in which players stand in a circle and shoot each other with imaginary guns....
, a game involving imaginary guns - Bang! (video game)Bang! (video game)Bang Attack is a video game for WiiWare developed by Netherlands-based Engine Software. It was originally released in Europe on December 5, and later in North America on April 19, 2010...
- Bang Shishigami, a BlazBlue character
Other uses
- Bangs (hair), hair in front of the forehead
- Bang (magazine)Bang (magazine)Bang is a Swedish feminist culture magazine. It was started in 1991 by students at Stockholm University. The current editors in chief are Trifa Shakely and Johanna Palmström. The magazine is named after Barbro Alving, whose signature was "Bang". There are four issues per year with a circulation of...
- Bang (Korean)Bang (Korean)Bang is a romanization of the Korean word 방, meaning 'room'. In a traditional Korean house, a sarangbang is the man's study or drawing room, for example....
, a room or building - Bang! (opera), by John Rutter
- !Bang!!BANG!!Bang! is a professional wrestling promotion owned by Dory Funk, Jr. It is run by the Funking Conservatory, a full-service professional wrestling school, and the stars of !BANG! play as members of the Funking Conservatory team...
, a professional wrestling promotion - Bangs, TexasBangs, TexasBangs is a city located in Brown County in West Central Texas. The population was 1,620 at the 2000 census. Bangs is the birthplace of Major League Baseball batting champion Debs Garms.-Geography:Bangs is located at ....
- Bang CartoonBang CartoonBang Cartoon is a website that hosts satirical Flash cartoons based almost exclusively on the NFL. It was created in September 2003...
, a website - Bang's disease
- BANG fileBANG fileA BANG file is a point access method which divides space into a nonperiodic grid. Each spatial dimension is divided by a linear hash...
, a point access method - Bang path, a type of e-mail address
- Bang RecordsBang RecordsBang Records was created by Bert Berns in 1965 together with his partners from Atlantic Records: Ahmet Ertegün, Nesuhi Ertegün and Jerry Wexler...
, a record label - Exclamation markExclamation markThe exclamation mark, exclamation point, or bang, or "dembanger" is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume , and often marks the end of a sentence. Example: “Watch out!” The character is encoded in Unicode at...
(!), a punctuation symbol - Bang (company), a music and sound production company from NYC
- Bang, a model car brand
- Bang!, a 2005 young adult novel by Sharon G. FlakeSharon G. FlakeSharon Flake is an author of young adult literature. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has resided in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her daughter for many years...
- Bang! (book) - The Complete History of the Universe, a book about the origins of the universe, especially the Big Bang, by Brian MayBrian MayBrian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
, Patrick MoorePatrick MooreSir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS is a British amateur astronomer who has attained prominent status in astronomy as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter of the subject, and who is credited as having done more than any other person to raise the profile of...
and Chris LintottChris LintottChristopher John Lintott is an English astrophysicist currently serving as the Director of Citizen Science at the Adler Planetarium. He is a post-doctoral researcher who is involved in a number of popular science projects aimed at bringing astronomical science to a wider audience...
. - BANG (cologne) by Marc JacobsMarc JacobsMarc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...
, a fragrance for men.
People
- Peter Georg BangPeter Georg BangPeter Georg Bang was a Danish politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1854-1856 as leader of the Cabinet of Bang....
(born 1797), Danish politician and jurist - Anton Christian BangAnton Christian BangAnton Christian Bang was a Norwegian theologian, historian and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway....
(born 1840), Norwegian politician - Bernhard Lauritz Frederik BangBernhard Lauritz Frederik Bang- External links :*...
, Danish scientist - Herman BangHerman BangHerman Joachim Bang was a Danish author, one of the men of the Modern Breakthrough.-Biography:Bang was born into a noble family of Asserballe, on the small Danish island of Als, the son of a South Jutlandic vicar...
, Danish author - Lester BangsLester BangsLeslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock 'n' roll criticism....
, American music journalist - Lance BangsLance BangsLance Bangs is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and music video director who has created videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Green Day, the Arcade Fire, the Shins, The Thermals, Belle & Sebastian, Menomena, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R.E.M., Mike Watt, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Kanye West, and...
, American filmmaker - John Kendrick BangsJohn Kendrick BangsJohn Kendrick Bangs was an American author, editor and satirist.-Biography:He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father was a lawyer in New York City....
, 19th-century writer - Molly BangMolly BangMolly Bang is an American illustrator, born in Princeton, New Jersey. She lives in California, after having lived for some time in Massachusetts.Bang began writing children's books after a failed stint as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun...
(born 1943) American illustrator - Nina BangNina BangNina Henriette Wendeline Bang née Ellinger was a Danish social democratic politician and historian...
(1866–1928), Danish politician - Outram BangsOutram BangsOutram Bangs was an American zoologist.Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts and studied at Harvard from 1880 to 1884...
(1863–1932), American zoologist - Bang Seong JoonBang Seong JoonBang Seong Joon is a Korean voice actor.He joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 2002.-Broadcast TV:*Futari wa Pretty Cure *Ojamajo Doremi series...
, South Korean voice actor - Bang Young-ungBang Young-ungBang Young-ung is a South Korean novelist whose works focus on affectionately portraying the lives of ordinary people in contemporary South Korea. He was born in Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do....
(born 1942), South Korean novelist - Barbro AlvingBarbro AlvingBarbro Alving was a Swedish journalist and writer, a pacifist and feminist. She is widely known for writing under her pseudonym Bang. She wrote for, among others, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the magazines Idun and Vecko-Journalen...
(born 1909), Swedish journalist
See also
- BhangBhangBhang is a preparation from the leaves and flowers of the female cannabis plant, smoked or consumed as a beverage in the Indian subcontinent.- India:...
- Bang Bang (disambiguation)
- Big Bang (disambiguation)Big Bang (disambiguation)The Big Bang was, according to the prevailing cosmological theory of the universe's early development, the event that led to the formation of the universe.Big Bang may also refer to:-Music:*Big Bang , a British electronic synthpop duo...