Bang or bangs may refer to:

Products

M1922 Bang rifle The Model 1922 Bang rifle is a US semi-automatic rifle designed by the Danish arms designer Søren Hansen Bang. It was a modification of the earlier Models of 1909 and Model 1911 Bang rifles, both chambered in the .30-06 Springfield round. Overv ...

, a US semi-automatic rifle designed by Søren Hansen Bang * Bang, a model car brand *

Bang (beverage) Bang is an American brand of energy drinks. It is made by Vital Pharmaceuticals, a corporation located in Florida. As of 2020, Bang is the third highest selling energy drink in the United States, behind Monster and Red Bull. The brand is known f ...

, an energy drink

Geography

Bang, Lorestan Bang ( fa, بنگ) is a village in Zaz-e Sharqi Rural District, Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in West ...

, a village in Iran *

Bangs, Ohio Bangs is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 ...

, United States * Bangs, Texas, United States

People

Bang (surname) Bang is a Scandinavian surname as well as a Korean surname. The Scandinavian surname is derived from the Old Norse ''banga'' which means to pound or hammer. The Korean surname is cognate to the Chinese surname '' Fāng'' (方). Notable people with ...

Bangs (surname) Bangs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Bangs, music journalist and radio presenter * David Bangs, field naturalist, conservationist and author * Francis S. Bangs, American lawyer *John Kendrick Bangs, 19th-century wri ...

* Bang, pseudonym of

Barbro Alving Barbro Alving (12 January 1909 – 22 January 1987) was a Swedish journalist and writer, a pacifist and feminist, often using the pseudonym Bang. She wrote for, among others, the Swedish newspaper ''Dagens Nyheter'' and the magazines '' Idun'' ...

(1909-1987), Swedish journalist *Stage name for Bae "Bang" Jun-sik, professional ''League of Legends'' player for Evil Geniuses

Print media

* ''Bang!'', a 2005 young adult novel by

Sharon G. Flake Sharon G. Flake (born December 25, 1955) is an American writer of children and young adult literature. She has lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her daughter for many years. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a BA in Engl ...

* ''Bang: The Pickup Bible That Helps You Get More Lays'', a 2007 book by

Roosh V Daryush Valizadeh (born June 14, 1979), also known as Roosh Valizadeh, Roosh V and Roosh Vorek, is an alt-right American blogger and former pickup artist. Valizadeh writes on his personal blog and also owns the ''Return of Kings'' website, Roosh ...

* Bang, a character in the manga series ''One-Punch Man'' * Bay Area News Group (BANG), the largest newspaper publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area

Magazines

* ''Bang'' (magazine), founded 1991, Swedish magazine * ''The Bang'' (Vagabonds), 1907-1917, the weekly magazine of the Vagabonds (National Arts Club)

Film and television

* ''Bang'' (TV series), a bilingual crime drama TV series from Wales * ''Bang'' (film), a 1997 American film * ''Bang!'' (film), a 1977 Swedish film * "Bang" (''Desperate Housewives'') * "Bang" (''The Good Wife'') * "Bang" (''Harper's Island'') * "Bang" (''The Shield'') * "Bangs", an episode of "The Protector" * Bang Cartoon, a website

Games

Bang! (card game) ''Bang!'' is a Spaghetti Western-themed social deduction card game designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Italian publisher DV Giochi in 2002. In 2004, ''Bang!'' won the Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game of 2003 and Best Gra ...

* ''Bang!'' (arcade game) * Bang! (drama game), a game involving imaginary guns * ''Bang!'' (video game) * Bang Shishigami, a ''BlazBlue'' character

Music

* ''Bang!'' (opera), by John Rutter *

Bang Records Bang Records was created by Bert Berns in 1965 together with his partners from Atlantic Records: Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The first letters of their names (Bert, Ahmet, Nesuhi, Gerald) formed the label's name. Forming the ...

, a record label *

Bang! Records Bang! Records is a Spanish label from Basque Country formed in 1998 by Gorka Munster and Juan-Mari Iturrarte. The label has a primary focus on artists from Melbourne, Australia and New York City's swamp, noise and punk blues music scene. Acts ...

, a record label * Bang (company), a music and sound production company from NYC

Groups and musicians

* Bang (Greek band), a Greek pop music group *

Bang (American band) Bang is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active briefly in the early 1970s and again since 2014. History The group was formed by drummer Tony Diorio, bassist/singer Frank Ferrara, and guitarist Frank Gilcken and released ...

, a hard rock group * Bang! (band), a British happy hardcore group *

Bangs (band) Bangs (often erroneously referred to as ''the'' Bangs) was an American punk rock and riot grrrl band from Olympia, Washington. Formation The band was formed in 1997 by the guitarist Sarah Utter, after recruiting her high-school friend Jesse F ...

, an American punk rock group * Bangs (hip hop artist) (born 1992), South Sudanese-Australian hip hop artist * The Bang, a South African band * Bang, former bass player for

Stars Underground Stars Underground is an American rock band that started in early '90s Hollywood glam punk scene,. Using the name Never On Sunday with vocalists Sharmet & Roxy Saint. They call Hollywood, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, home. Zombie Stri ...

and Astrovamps

Albums

* ''Bang!'' (1985 Frankie Goes to Hollywood album) * ''Bang'' (Anitta album), 2015 *

Bang (Chief Keef album) Bang or bangs may refer to: Products * M1922 Bang rifle, a US semi-automatic rifle designed by Søren Hansen Bang * Bang, a List of model car brands, model car brand * Bang (beverage), an energy drink Geography * Bang, Lorestan, a village in I ...

, 2011 * ''Bang'' (James Gang album), 1973 * ''Bang'' (The Jesus Lizard album), 2000 * ''Bang'' (Rockapella album), 2002 * ''Bang!'' (Cinema Bizarre album), 2009 * ''Bang!'' (Corey Hart album), 1990 * ''Bang!'' (Gotthard album) and its title track, 2014 * ''Bang!'' (Thunder album), 2008 * ''Bang!'' (World Party album), 1993 * '' Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood'', 1993

EPs

* ''Bang'' (Rita Ora and Imanbek EP), 2021 * ''Bang'', 2007 EP by

Nightmare of You Nightmare of You is an American indie rock band from New York City. Formed in 2004, the band currently consists of original founder vocalist Brandon Reilly, guitarist Joseph McCaffrey, and drummer Michael Fleischmann. They have toured the US, a ...

* ''Bang!'' (EP), 1997 EP by the Goo Goo Dolls

Songs

* "Bang" (Anitta song), 2015 * "Bang" (Blur song), 1991 * "Bang" (Gorky Park song), 1989 * "Bang" (Rye Rye song), featuring M.I.A., * "Bang!" (After School song), 2011 * "Bang!" (AJR song), 2020 * Bang (Conway the Machine song), 2019 * "Bang", a song by Waka Flocka Flame featuring YG Hootie & Slim Dunkin on the album ''

Flockaveli ''Flockaveli'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Waka Flocka Flame. The title of the album is a portmanteau of Waka Flocka Flame's name and that of the Italian political theorist Machiavelli, and was inspired by fellow American rapper ...

'' * "Bang", a song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich from the album '' If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion'' * "Bang", a song by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from the EP '' Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' * "Bang", a song by Badmarsh & Shri from the album '' Signs'' * "Bang!", a song by The Raveonettes from the album ''

In and Out of Control ''In and Out of Control'' is the fourth studio album by The Raveonettes, and was released on 6 October 2009. Reception The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 t ...

'' * "Bangs", a song by They Might Be Giants on the album ''

Mink Car ''Mink Car'' is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released on September 11, 2001, on the Restless Records label. One of the band's most eclectic efforts, its variety reflects its recording process; it was put together in a number ...

Other uses

* !Bang, a search syntax used by search engine DuckDuckGo *

!Bang! The Funking Conservatory is a professional wrestling school owned by Dory Funk Jr. and established in 1991. It started as a six-day camp, but it later expanded to a three-week program. In 2001, it began running a professional wrestling promotion ...

, a professional wrestling promotion * Bang (Korean), a room or building * Bangs (hair), the part of the hair overhanging the forehead * Bang's disease * Exclamation mark (!), a punctuation symbol sometimes called a "bang" ** Interrobang (‽), a nonstandard punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark and the exclamation mark (the latter is known in printers' and programmers' jargon as a "bang") * An

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, specifically a word that imitates the sound of an explosion or gunshot, like in comics * Slang for an

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* Slang for "to have

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