{"id":29887,"date":"2026-03-08T20:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29887"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:38:46","slug":"the-noise-who-runs-bang-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/the-noise-who-runs-bang-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"The Noise Who Runs &#8211; Bang Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ian Pickering, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer best known for his work with Front Line Assembly and Sneaker Pimps, has a solo project called The Noise Who Runs. &#8220;Bang Bang&#8221; emphasises the concerns of the average 21st-century worker, who is stuck in a routine, has to deal with rising expenses and declining pay, and watches while influential people build an increasingly dark future. The song begins with rough industrial sounds that create a post-apocalyptic, dystopian vibe. The vocals, which are a reminder of punk artists like Johnny Thunders and Stiv Bators, begin with a honest storytelling style. The story and societal irony of the song are made clear by this spoken-leaning approach. In contrast to the more &#8220;brutal&#8221;\u00a0lyrical subject, the song&#8217;s melody changes into a groove-driven structure with almost dancing\u00a0percussion. The song gets speed and energy from the guitars&#8217; bright post-punk edge. The music pauses slightly at 2:57 before picking back up with its speed. The last section creates a sound that feels modern, futuristic, as well as direct by combining industrial roughness with a glam-punk attitude. In the end, &#8220;Bang Bang&#8221; is an uncompromising critique of contemporary working life, combining sharp lyrics and dark &#8220;images&#8221;\u00a0with a drum\u00a0beat that never stops despite the tension\u00a0it represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BANG BANG\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SC15o1vh7hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">photo by Lucie Logier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61552802180027\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61552802180027<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenoisewhoruns\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenoisewhoruns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Pickering, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer best known for his work with Front Line&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[750,279,455,3009],"class_list":["post-29887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-glam-punk","tag-industrial","tag-post-punk","tag-the-noise-who-runs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29890,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887\/revisions\/29890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}