When Particles Collide with Bait Bag & Fon Fon Ru

375 Forest Avenue,Portland ME 04101

09 October, 2021

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When Particles Collide with Bait Bag & Fon Fon Ru ALL AGES When Particles Collide When Particles Collide with Bait Bag & Fon Fon Ru WHEN PARTICLES COLLIDE Trained as a jazz drummer and choral vocalist, Chris met Sasha, a self taught punk rocker and singer-songwriter in the spring of 2010 when they were both cast in a Bangor Maine production of the rock ‘n roll musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They have been working together ever since to find where disparate influences come together to create melody forward, hard hitting, genre bending rock ‘n roll. When Particles Collide has built a reputation as a must see band one show at a time touring all over the US and Canada. They are currently a full time, independent touring outfit living out of their 2014 Ram Promaster and rack up over 200 shows per year. Under their own record label, Unstoppable Rock Records they have released eight sets of recordings including three vinyl records (Photoelectric 2014-sold out, Ecotone 2016-currently in the album’s second pressing, and Fade To Gold 2018-Limited edition, hand screened artwork on Side B). Before becoming full time musicians Sasha taught high school chemistry for 18 years and Chris worked in the car business and as a nanny. Sasha and Chris were also married at the theater where they met in June of 2013. https://www.whenparticlescollide.com/ Bait Bag was founded in the summer of 2018 by Fiona Robins, Claire Donnelly, and Courtney Naliboff, on the island of North Haven, Maine. Needing catharsis after being weighed down by constant bad news, the three women got together to make loud music. Their tone is planted firmly in rock and roll with a nod to punk and a knowing wink at the riot grrrl movement. Inspired by bands like Sleater Kinney, Blondie, and Le Tigre, as well as anything loud, fun, and inclusive, Bait Bag’s songs, are intended to empower and excite, or at least give other frustrated people something to flail around to. Bait Bag opened for Deerhoof at Brighton Music Hall in Boston, MA and for Screaming Females at Port City Music Hall in Portland, ME, and has performed at the Bitter End in New York City. They won the “Outstanding Performance” award from Music Video Portland. They released their fourth EP, Consider This a Warning, on March 6th, 2020 at Port City Music Hall during the Maine Academy of Modern Music “Girls Rock” weekend. And their Tiny Desk Contest Submission “Good Guy” received a “Desk of the Day” feature on NPR Music’s social media. https://www.baitbagtheband.com/ FonFon Ru makes loud sounds - the kind that stay in your ears even after you’ve closed your eyes. Goodnight. https://www.fonfonru.me/ When Particles Collide An all ages all inclusive music venue supporting the arts in their many forms.