The New Transistor Heroes Explained

The New Transistor Heroes is the debut studio album by the Scottish band Bis. It was released on 7 April 1997.

The intro to the opening song "Tell It to the Kids" was recorded by friend of the band Mark Percival, credited in the album notes as Marky P.

Critical reception

The Independent wrote: "The group Bis most resemble, in style and sound, is X-Ray Spex, but it's a resemblance bereft of any acknowledgement of what it means to mimic those attitudes in the late Nineties. Not only is the music a shrill imitation of late-Seventies punk ... but the targets are punk targets, too."^[1]

Track listing

Notes

• This is the UK CD release; it matches the UK and US LP releases.
• The US LP came with a bonus 7-inch with the songs "Kkeerroolleeeenn", "Team Theme" and "Rollerblade Zero".
• The US and Australian CD releases add the songs "Team Theme", "Rollerblade Zero" and "Kkeerroolleeeenn" to the end. "Kkeerroolleeeenn" is an unlisted "hidden" track.
• The Thai CD release adds the song "Kandy Pop" to the end.
• The Japanese CD release adds the songs "Kandy Pop", "This is Fake D.I.Y" and "School Disco" to the end.
• The Japanese MiniDisc release features only the songs found on the UK CD.
• The Australian 2CD release includes all tracks from the UK CD, plus "Kkeerroolleeeenn" on disc 1, and a repackaged version of the Sweet Shop Avengerz EP as disc 2 (five tracks only).

Personnel

Bis

• Manda Rin
• John Disco
• Sci-Fi Steven

Technical

• Rik Flick – producer, engineer
• Manda Rin – artwork

Notes and References

1. News: Gill . Andy . Bis The New Transistor Heroes . The Independent . 4 Apr 1997 . Pop . 10.
2. Web site: ｂｉｓ. Oricon. 2 January 2011. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080404/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/27148/products/release/. 23 October 2012. dead.