Playing upbeat but noisy indie rock with pop hooks and more than a slight grunge influence, Bully is a band from Nashville, Tennessee founded by vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Alicia Bognanno. Originally from Rosemount, Minnesota, Bognanno didn’t show a great interest in music when she was young, and wasn’t an especially distinguished student, but while in high school, she discovered that her school offered elective courses in audio engineering. Bognanno signed on and discovered she had a knack for working with recording gear. The experience kick-started Bognanno’s desire to write and sing her own songs.
Bognanno settled in Nashville, and joined a power pop band called King Arthur while engineering at Battle Tapes Recording and handling live sound at music venue The Stone Fox. When Bognanno met up with drummer Stewart Copeland (not the former Police percussionist), she decided it was time to form a band of her own to make use of her backlog of personal songs, and with the addition of guitarist Clayton Parker and bassist Reece Lazarus, they formed Bully. Bully started playing out in mid-2013, and in April 2014, they released their first single, “Milkman”. By October 2014, the band had signed with Star Time International, an imprint of Columbia, which issued a five-song EP simply titled Bully. After steady touring in the United States and Europe (including festival appearances at Bonnaroo, SXSW, and Austin City Limits), Bully’s debut album, Feels Like, was released on June 23, 2015. Since opening for the likes of Best Coast, Those Darlins, and Superchunk, Bully is ready to grab their own audience, make sure to be apart of that when they come through Austin in February.
Bully w/ Diet Cig
Thursday, February 4th
Buy Tickets: On Sale on 11/20 at 10am
Doors: 9pm
All ages
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