The Scottish trio famously became the first unsigned band to appear on Top of the Pops in 1996.
When Bis first formed they had one goal in mind.The Scottish trio achieved a lot more highs and lows than that, from Top of the Pops and jumping in the Beastie Boys swimming pool to a hate campaign from the music press and a bitter falling out.“We were always regarded as the young ones, so it’s strange to think we’ve been spending 30 years doing this,” says Amanda.
Within months first single Transmissions On The Teen-C Tip arrived, combining all their interests – pop music, DIY fanzine culture, punk energy and art – into one bundle.Future singles built momentum for the band and then everything exploded in March 1996, when they became the first unsigned band to appear on
“I was 19 when we did Top of the Pops and John is a year younger, so the fact NME found it a nice thing to print death threats to teenagers was just sick. “I hadn’t been abroad other than going to Majorca with my family, so to go to America to be picked up in a limo, and be wined and dined was unbelievable,” she recalls.
“I think the attitude we’ve always had is to just keep going, through anything. Steven and I fell out so badly there’s no way we should have kept going. We hated each other and it was horrible. We had split up just before the Super Furries tour, and that made it really awkwardEventually the group did call it quits in 2003, only to form a new act, data Panik. It wasn’t long before Bis reactivated though, firstly for a string of shows in 2009 and then again in 2014.
She jokes that although she falls over sometimes “on a stage I’ve got a keyboard to hold onto” but, much like Bis in general, she carries on despite difficulties.
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