Hot on the heels of acquiring Bang's debut, I now have secured their sophomore effort. Like 2 EPs sewed together as one, each headline title gets one side. Musically they are similar with the Mother side being slightly more heavy. Bang's second album does tone down the riffing a bit from the debut and Frank Ferrara doesn't go quite as much for the Ozzy pitch as prior. All the same, it's a solid hard rocker with more ideas than the usual bonehead early 70s North American fare. If you like one, you'll certainly enjoy the other. This was pretty much it for the band. They released one more album, which appears to be far more commercial in nature (I haven't heard it). They also have an archival release that came out many years later.
Ownership: LP: 1972 Capitol. Gatefold. Recent acquisition from JL (2023). I did own this album briefly back in the early 90s, but like with the debut, vintage hard rock wasn't yet part of my diet.
4/2/23 (new entry)
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