Bis
You know all those old dudes who say they heard the Sex Pistols and, as a result, immediately cut their hair short and became a punk? In spirit, that’s what happened to this writer when he heard Glaswegian trio Bis over 10 years ago. This Best...
Bis : Return To Central
Ah, Bis - the bright-eyed Scottish cuties that everyone absolutely loved for about five minutes in 1996, and then proceeded to hate with a passion usually reserved for solo Spice Girl careers. The last five years have not been easy for...
London Highbury Garage
The early-'80s weren't meant to be remembered fondly by anyone with a modicum of cool. Which suits Bis - persistent thorn in the side of the serious brigade - just fine. Having long discarded their shrill lo-fi racket, and their brief flirtation...
Bis : Detour
In the eyes of your elderly relatives, growing up is the one thing in which you will never be indulged. You might be the parent of six children, president of ICI, a black ops mercenary in Belize, but as far as they're concerned, you will still...
Bis : Detour
The 49 eggs laid by Alice Nutter (our 47-year-old saltwater she-croc) have just hatched and all but three of the cute little mud-rats were seized and eaten by Old One Eye - the battle-scarred, but still dominant North American alligator. What a...
Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
They grow up slow these days. Within days of their 21st birthdays, Bis finally clamber out of the playpen, bury the hair slides and ray guns in a Teen-C time capsule and get togged up for their first day at rock's Big School. There's...
Social Dancing
In which the loveable cartoon characters, having passed awkwardly through adolescence, set out on a big adventure to uncover their personalities and rethink that first, impetuous manifesto. Gone are the hairgrips and smiles, in comes facial hair,...
Manchester Ritz
If Bis had any sense, they would have tried to get us to like them. Lesser bands would have toned down the energy, tried desperately to convince their critics of their 'maturity' and gone indier-than-thou in the pursuit of credibility and...
