Bam Bam music links

"The Top 10 Deep Cut Grunge Tracks". Bam Bam 'Villains (also wear white)' is #6.

AMERICAN SONGWRITER, March 24, 2023. By Jacob Uitti.

'A' is for Aretha - 'T' is for Tina Bell!!

The new children's book 'A is for Aretha' is out now on Kokila-Penguin-Random House Books.

 (by Leslie Kwan, illustrated by Rachelle Baker) 

A História NÃO CONTADA do GRUNGE: TINA BELL e BAM BAM

Iara Iguti, Nov 5, 2022

(Brazilian documentary}

TINA BELL, LA MUJER NEGRA QUE INSPIRÓ LA ESCENA GRUNGE.

TINA BELL, THE BLACK WOMAN WHO INSPIRED THE GRUNGE SCENE.

VEIN Magazine (Spain) 10/12/2022. BY BISOLA PARK. 

Tina Bell on CROSSCUT's Black Arts Legacies series.

TJ Martin and I talking Tina Bell & Bam Bam with Meshell Sturgis and Jasmine Mahmoud for CROSSCUT's Black Arts Legacies series.  June 1, 2022.  

Tina Bell in Broccoli Magazine #14

"Martin introduced weird tuning and scales that eventually permeated the Seattle scene as a whole, and Bell’s early gospel choir days gave her the full-bodied voice she needed to be heard over the thrashing instruments."  

"Her unpredictable dynamism was marked by shifts between cheeky flirtations with her bandmates and arresting hardcore mic deliveries that felt impossibly powerful coming from her lithe frame." 

Neyat Yohannes, Broccoli Magazine Apr 4, 2022. 

WOW- BAM BAM Villains (Also Wear White) got a great review in MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL!!

"I love when a record is reissued and it completely upends how we understand music history, giving us new classics to revere and pioneers their proper place." 

Corby Plumb, Maximum Rocknroll  Feb 27, 2022. 

IT'S OUT!! Bam Bam - Villains (also wear white) 12" reissue

Three tracks from the original Reciprocal Recording 7" release and three unreleased demos. Produced by Chris Hanzsek & Tommy Martin, remastered by production legend Jack Endino. (cover pics by David Ledgerwood. )

Includes unlimited streaming of Villains (Also Wear White) EP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC, and more..  
Limited first run of 1000 records. 20 random copies will have a vintage  flyer inserted and 5 extra lucky random copies will include an original 7" release from 1984. 
Out next week on Bric-a-Brac Records just in time for Tina Bell's birthday Feb 5th!!   

10 Obscure Artists Who Shaped Popular Music

Mark E. Moon. Dallas Observer, Jan 11, 2022

"As many critics have pointed out lately, Seattle band Bam Bam predated bands like Nirvana and Mudhoney in the same music scene, only to fade into a criminal state of obscurity. Bam Bam is considered by these thinkpieces to be one of the first grunge bands."  

F*cking awesome for Bam Bam to be on a list with Link Wray, The Gun Club and Lee Scratch Perry!!  

Grunge Trailblazers Bam Bam are Finally Getting Their Rightful Place in Rock History.

10 obscure but brilliant grunge bands who should’ve been huge. By Dave Everley - Louder, September 06, 2021.

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