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ON SALE TUE 21st JAN 10AMPop Recs are proud to bring Glasgow, Scotland’s disco punk legends bis to Sunderland for the first time! They’ll be stopping in on their way back north from the Shiiine On festival in Skegness. Completing a cracking bill of drum kit-free acts are rising stars of the North East noise and beats scene Fashion Tips, and opening the night HENS BENS will be coming down from Edinburgh with their hyper speed Devo-influenced electro pop punk.
2024 marked bis’s 30th anniversary. A whirlwind first 18 months saw them go from playing to a handful of curious future fans in Glasgow basements to peak-time TV stardom on Top of the Pops and filling huge tents at festivals across Europe all while still teenagers. While the UK media was in equal parts enamoured and horrified by the unorthodox musical DNA of the band, their knack for a nagging melody, unrelenting energy and wide-eyed politics saw them hit big in Japan, nearly breakthrough in America where they had label support from the Beastie Boys and touring with a diverse range of acts reflecting the disparate range of influences the band had – Foo Fighters, The Cardigans, Bikini K*ll and Pavement to name but a few. Whilst perhaps best known for early Riot-Grrrl influenced hit ‘Kandy Pop’ or the later slick Techno-Pop of ‘Eurodisco’, the band are also known worldwide as creators of the original theme to ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ cartoon and for the appearance of ‘Statement of Intent’ on the soundtrack to the ‘Jet Set Radio Future’ videogame.
After 3 albums and countless singles, the band temporarily called it a day in 2003, frustrated by record label struggles. They would reunite occasionally (an Islington Academy sellout in 2007 and a triumphant Primavera in 2012 amongst others) but returned with renewed vigour in 2019 with the ‘Slight Disconnects’ album and again in 2022 with the Rave-influenced ‘Systems Music For Home Defence’.
Tickets £15 advance from Music Glue
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
172-175 High Street West, SR1 1UP Sunderland, United Kingdom, 170 High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 1UP, United Kingdom,City of Sunderland
