PANGS are an electropunk group formed in 2015 in Nashville.

Background

PANGS (formerly NUDITY) was begun as a recording project in early 2015 by members Lindsay and Nick Bennett and Will Reiss. Their first release in June 2015, "Already Dead" b/w a cover of

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's " Whole Wide World" earned praise in

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(25 July 2015) where they were named Buzz Band of the Week. Releasing subsequent singles and performing throughout 2015 and 2016 resulted in interviews and reviews by

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and Impose Magazine. PANGS' song "RUBICON" appears in "The Friend Connection" episode of

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series

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. In February 2017 PANGS provided the main theme song, "ARMS CTRL," for the E! network's tv series

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. In April 2017 PANGS guitarist and producer, Nick Bennett, began touring with

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as guitarist for Diamond's

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Discography

* "Already Dead"/" Whole Wide World" (2015) - self-released digital single * "Audio/Visual" (2016) - self-released digital single * "Rubicon" (2016) - self-released digital single * "Killing Kind" (2016) - self-released digital single * "Busy Signals" (2016) - self-released digital single * "

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" (2016) - self-released digital single * "Supernatty" (2016) - self-released digital single * "Do Better" (2016) - self-released digital single * "Arms Ctrl" (2017) - self-released digital single * "Next to Me" (2017) - self-released digital single * "Vanishing Point EP" (2017) - self-released digital ep

References

{{reflist Electropunk musical groups Musical groups established in 2015 2015 establishments in Tennessee