Bang Camaro: A Triple Dose of Sheer Rock Velocity

Come out and play Rockband 11:00am-6:00pm and check out a free live performance by Bang Camaro! Bang Camaro is scheduled to play at 1:00pm in front of the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center 120 Vassar St. at MIT in Cambridge MA, Friday October 26th, 2007.

When the Rock Band bus tour pulls into MIT this Friday, we'll be coming in with a triple dose of sheer rock velocity: Our special guests will be one of Boston's most head-shakin', fist-wavin' bands, Bang Camaro.

If you've never seen the band, we'll ruin the surprise: All those people who come onstage to sing between 15 and 20 people, depending on who's awake and available really are part of the lineup. Just imagine the celestial harmonies from your favorite Def Leppard album (and don't tell us you haven't got one) done before your very eyes. "We usually come out first and play an instrumental," explains guitarist Bryn Bennett, who doubles as a software developer at Harmonix Music. "When all the people rush onstage, we see the jaws drop. They can't figure if they're all in the band, or if we're like a rap group bringing out our posse."

Bang Camaro's founders swear they had every intention of forming a nice, normal, alternative rock band then something went terribly right. We kept trying to write indie rock songs, but then we'd mess around after rehearsals. We realized we were having a way better time learning the "Bark at the Moon" solo, or all these other old Randy Rhodes riffs. Turned out they couldn't get away from the music they grew up loving. As Bryn explains, Alex and I [cofounder Alex Necochea] grew up in small towns, where metal held on longer than it really should have.

Formed barely two years ago, the band caught on in a hurry: Their first gig was in a friend's basement; the second was at the sold-out Paradise club opening for local hero Bleu (who liked Bang Camaro so much he wrote a song for them). Word spread via MP3's posted on their Myspace page; and by September of last year they were playing the Boston Music Awards, where they got nominated for best new band and song of the year. Even the cynics in the Boston press were quick to take notice: The Boston Globe's Joan Anderman noted that the boys in Bang Camaro have melted into a single beer-swilling, headbanging mass of testosterone. During St. Patrick's week this year, Bang Camaro had the only local CD in Newbury Comics' top five that wasn't by the Dropkick Murphys.

The band is just back from its first West Coast tour, where they had the quintessential Hollywood experience of standing on Sunset Strip and hearing their CD blasting from a passing car. They also got to play two of California's most famous clubs, the Troubadour in Los Angeles and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. So come out and catch Bang Camaro now, before the crowds get as packed as the band lineup.

Rockband Tour 10/26/07, 11:00am -6:00pm Live performance by Bang Camaro 1:00pm Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center at MIT 120 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Check out http://www.bangcamaro.com for more info on the band.