Bang Bus

Bang Bus
Logo
Type of site
 Pornographic website
Available in English
Owner Bang Bros (WGCZ S.R.O. (Xvideos.com)[1])
Revenue Membership fees
Website bangbus.com
Alexa rank Increase 95,112 (US/Global 06/2018)
Commercial Yes
Registration Required
Launched 22 March 2001 (2001-03-22)
Current status Active
IP address 68.169.96.15

Bang Bus is a reality pornography website, that is part of the Bang Bros network owned by WGCZ S.R.O. (Xvideos.com).[2] It was being run by Kristopher Hinson and Penn Davis's company, Ox Ideas. The two are friends who attended school together.[3] Greg Entner (known as "Sanchez" or "Dirty Sanchez") worked for the company as a scene director and camera operator and has appeared in most Bang Bus episodes. The videos, mostly 24–40 minutes long, are shot by Entner in gonzo pornography style.

Concept

Each video consists of a typical everyperson, usually a woman, who is "picked up on the street," and is then persuaded to engage in sexual intercourse in the back of a van (usually while it's driving) – the titular Bang Bus. Each storyline usually ends with the person being dropped off unpaid and in the wrong location, shouting at the men as they drive off laughing. In some videos, the focus is on a "guest", usually a professional female performer, with the amateur performers being male instead. The series is shot primarily in Miami, Florida.

Controversy

On October 14, 2004, Miami New Times published an investigation of the site based primarily on interviews with a woman who performed on the site to pay for an abortion. Her ex-boyfriend, the father of her child, suggested that she participate, and she was told that her performance on the site would "only be up for two weeks". However, it quickly spread around the internet, even being seen by her brother in New York. Instead of paying her directly, the company wrote the $1,200 check to her ex-boyfriend, who kept the money and disappeared.[4]

On November 18, 2004, the South Florida news station and website WPLG ran a video segment and article revealing that the segments on the site, promoted as being "real", were actually staged, using people who were paid to perform, as admitted by a Bang Bus producer.[5] The station ran a follow-up story in which the reporter asked police whether the activities depicted on the Bang Bus site were illegal. The police responded that they were not, because the van's windows were tinted to avoid violation of indecent exposure laws, and because the women had consented.[6]

Awards

Bang Bus was awarded "Best Amateur Release" and "Best Amateur Series" at the 2006 AVN Awards.[7] Bang Bus 9 won the 'Best Amateur Release' at the 2007 AVN awards.[8] The series also won "Best Gonzo Series" at the 2008 AVN Awards and "Best Pro-Am Series" at the 2009 AVN Awards.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "'BangBros' Owner Buys Penthouse Biz For $11.2 Million". The Blast. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ The Ride to Perdition Archived May 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Conesa, Kris (October 14, 2004). "The Ride to Perdition". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Porn Bus Shoots Sex On The Move". local10.com. November 19, 2004. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Police Look At Local 10 Porn Bus Investigation". local10.com. November 19, 2004. Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ Adult Video News Awards, avnawards.com
  8. ↑ "AVN Awards Show - History". Avnawards.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ "2008 AVN AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED". AVN. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
  10. ↑ "THE 2009 AVN AWARDS WINNERS". AVN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
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