So this is what happened to Bis...

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Datapanik = Steven, John and Manda back together, apparently. Any good?

― mike a, Friday, 2 September 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Any good?

Not if they sound the same as Bis

― Richard Wood Johnson, Friday, 2 September 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

MUCH better than Bis -- by chance I saw their first live show in the new incarnation in Glasgow. Really excellent, catchy songs, had a great time.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 September 2005 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.hiphopstore.ch/images/logo/bizletmesee.jpg

― pappawheelie II, Friday, 2 September 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://basementalism.com/Images/07-19-03-canibus-b.jpg

― deej.., Friday, 2 September 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

haha the generation divide right there.

― deej.., Friday, 2 September 2005 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

You've got to find the common ground!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 September 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha, last time bis played philly they canceled the show due to poor ticket sales. i loved the teen-c era of bis, not this "we're adults now" ego trip bullshit.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 2 September 2005 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, but they're not kinds any more. It would be perverse for them to still do the Teen C thing. Acting their age doesn't mean they've lost their sense of fun. Saw them at the same show as Ned (his locks they did rock!) and again a few weeks ago in Sleazy's, where they were rather better (or at least the venue was better suited to them). Bis with a bit more muscle basically - louder guitars and bass and drums for added rockness, but still plenty of synths and squeaky fun.

― Stew (stew s), Friday, 2 September 2005 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

Stew v. much OTM. Frankly I never was thrilled by the willful naif thing -- some bands can make that work, some don't, and the PowerPuff Girls theme aside, I never felt Bis made it work. This isn't even a continuation from the end of Bis, but a serious step up -- and it isn't just because they have 'added rockness' though god knows I like volume. ;-) Everything simply *felt* right finally, and I like hearing that more recent shows are even better.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 September 2005 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha, i was just listening to them earlier today and wondering what they were up to..

what does this '"we're adults now' ego trip bullshit" mean? I don't follow. I guess I'm in the minority of people who don't like early Bis but began to like them once they went "eurodisco." but then again it seems like only a small minority like Bis at all... Hell, at the very least they were way ahead of the 80's/new wave revival curve..

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Friday, 2 September 2005 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

they've always been crap whether acting like babies or like adults.

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 2 September 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

I'm looking forward to this. The album Andy Gill produced, Social Dancing, had some good songs, esp. "Action and Drama".

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 2 September 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

They have a Flickr photo stream for those that are interested in such things. It seems like an interesting glance into a band starting over.

I hope Data Panik are better than The Kitchen which, if I recall correctly, was what Amanda and her (American) husband were performing under between Bis folding and non-Bis reforming. I saw them in an opening slot (or two?) and didn't care for it too much.

― gspm (gspm), Saturday, 3 September 2005 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to start a rumor that John is Mick Jones' son. The resemblance is uncanny.

― mike a, Saturday, 3 September 2005 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

wouldn't they be better off without amanda? or is she the "genius" behind the tunes that sound so poor?

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 3 September 2005 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

We've been talking about this on the Bis thread!

Bis: C or D?

The Data Panik single is great. Bis is great. The world is good.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 3 September 2005 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

you ran out of things to say in april, must not be that great.

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 4 September 2005 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

they did the powerpuff girls theme?
wasn't it puffy ami yumi?

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Sunday, 4 September 2005 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

saw them a couple of times

good, I think, but not cool to kick over monitors, even if you're a little bit annoyed

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 4 September 2005 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

We can always count on you to be ILM's resident Bis hater, Keith!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 4 September 2005 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Will they release an album in the near future?

― zeus, Sunday, 4 September 2005 07:58 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, the single was fine, fine, fine. Post-punk revivalism done correctly - i.e. not much like any of the original bands.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 5 September 2005 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

Manda added me back on flickr!

― Bombed Out and Depleted / Kate (papa november), Monday, 5 September 2005 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

So what exactly did they do to you Keith?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 5 September 2005 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

her voice just makes my skin crawl, it's mostly that. also, back when they first started everything was about how you had to see Bis live to appreciate them then I did and it was ridiculous and infantile and I guess I always was against them and their Teen-C legions. Sorry.

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think Keith needs an excuse.

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

as i think i've said elsewhere, i hated and loathed and despised bis with an unholy passion when they began. i took great glee in filing a bitterly scathing live review for the sc0tsm4n.

by the time they did the factory covers EP, i'd grown to love them. i saw them live in glasgow twice around that time - once at barfly, once at optimo - and they ruled.

also: sci-fi steve is an absolute gentleman: a genuinely lovely guy.

i don't like datapanik at all, though.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

Manda sure has lost a lot of weight since 1996 (last time I actually heard this band).

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 5 September 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

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