Bang Bang Machine

Bang Bang Machine were an indie band from Evesham, Worcestershire in England. They formed in 1989 and split up in 1996 after record company troubles. After 17 years they re-released their back catalogue on iTunes in 2013.^[1][2]

In January 1992 the band recorded a Peel Session for broadcast on BBC Radio 1.^[3] Their track "Geek Love" topped John Peel's Festive 50 in 1992, with Peel stating "even if they never made another record, they’ll have achieved more than most of us do in our entire lives".^[4][5][6]

Following the success of their "Geek Love" debut, the band were "steamrollered" by major labels, until in 1994 they released their debut album, Eternal Happiness, on Ultimate. A review within the CMJ New Music Report described the album as "lush, defiant, giddy, sometimes ethereal, sometimes bubblegum-gooey, sometimes pop-snappy". Album track "16 Years", called a "turbulent 1992 indie classic" by The Guardian critic Dave Simpson, was about the Stefan Kiszko case where an innocent man was jailed for a crime he did not commit.^[7][8]