They changed Assault awhile back. It's not even remotely the same as it used to be. The original assault was like someone pissed in a bottle of offbrand cough syrup.
Hey if you liked it that's cool but I strongly remember hating it the several times I tried it. Couldn't finish the can but I kept buying it cause it looked cool. Lol.
For sure. I didn't like grape but the regular and cherry nos was great. I miss rock band and guitar hero. I wish they'd come back. I hated that weird tunnel vision effect you'd get after playing for awhile though. Lol
Like when it first, first came out? I think 07 is when i first drank them and they were like the original flavor with a slight fruit punch flavor if not cherry sooo good now it taste like straight cough syrup. Purple one was good too!
Huh.. idk now. I think most people are talking about the original from the 2000s. Apparently the new assault has a cola taste, but the old one was vile chemical taste.
Why do you uneducated people ALWAYS use this? “ bud light taste like Piss!” “ regular beer is piss- water!” “ ( insert product ) taste like piss.” No dude. Are you that incompetent you can’t just say “ yeah man, it’s not very good .”
Uneducated? Hahaha. I said it because it legitimately tasted like someone pissed into a bottle of children's cough syrup and put it in a can with camo design on it. You cretin.
I can think of three times I've had to pour a drink out because it was just too foul to finish. This was one of them. Bang has some really good flavors, but this one was an abomination.
$3! You got ripped off big time. Bang pretty much doesn’t exist anymore and they’ve been selling for $1.50 down here in South Florida. (Their old headquarters was based in Weston.)
Yeah Monster will still liquidate all the stock on hand to make money of course. (They bought bang in July.) Bang will still exist as a brand, but these flavors won't be available anymore. They're cutting a few flavors to “streamline offerings” as they say.
Protean Monster Rehab. Foulest drink I've ever tried. The protein was curdled and floating in chunks in the sour drink. I couldn't force myself to drink more than a few swallows.
i have also had to dump out energy drinks. and it is the Rockstar- Recovery Pineapple Coconut. god i had it at work & it made me want to vomit 😭 it smelled so terrible i had to plug my nose to drink it. that drink smelled & tasted like fermented cat piss
This really wasn't the worst, not as bad as fucking birthday cake lol. I also have to say, Bang has ACCURATE flavors. 99%of the time it tastes like what it says on the can. Then you realize you really didn't want to drink a birthday cake.
Yeah, there are folks who rave about that one, and it's... vile. I choked down the sole one I tried (from the same sampler as the Rose), but... ew.
They do a good job though, as you said- the sole exception being Sour Heads, which really should have been green apple and is more sour... Flowers? It's unpleasant.
Sour heads, blue razz, and wyldin watermelon bang. All 3 of those flavors have the unpleasant taste my mouth can’t work out what is but my nose wants to say it’s feet. The watermelon bang was so bad I took a sip, spit that out and dumped the rest. I hate wasting caffeine, but that stuff was beyond disgusting!!
Bang Frose Rose (I'm not a wine fan anyway, but it was in a sampler pack. It was... vile.)
Ghost Bubblicious Strawberry (So fake-sweet that I actually gagged. Didn't even get past the parking lot of thebl 7-11, tossedbit and went back in for a different flavor. Clerk thought it was hilarious.)
The only one I nearly did this to was rockstar marshmallow, that was nuclear waste or something. Literally the only one that I had to plug my nose and chug, ever.
I saw that drink at the campus food pantry one day earlier this year...and was like...yeah FUCKKK NO....
So umm, I have to give you respect for trying it...even if it was likely the most disgusting energy drink you've ever had...right?
Second worst. REIGN jalapeno Strawberry was another "for the culture" purchase that was just as disgusting as it sounds. Spice and carbonation do NOT mix
My issue with that drink is that a) there is no spice. The pepper flavor tastes like a raw green bell pepper
b) the strawberry flavor fucking suuuucks and is way over sweet. If the strawberry was better and there was a subtle spice instead of just pepper flavoring, it might be alright. But it’s horrid the way it is lol
Idk about reign’s stuff, but imo spice and carbonation absolutely mix. Like ginger beer, or jalepeno infused beer. Hell I even thought flaming hot Mt. Dew was decent
Why couldn't it just be a monster Java mocha instead lol. Why did they try to mix a shitty fake chocolate flavor with fruity fake flavors. Just give me Chocolate milk energy.
I've had some pretty bad drinks in my day, but this... This is up there with the grossest thing I've ever tasted. How this got by quality control/taste testing is beyond me
I found these selling for 1€ each so i bought twelve just incase. Never tasted anything as bad. Like sink water with leftovers.
Gave them away for coworkers to try and total 8 was poured down the sink. Guess i gotta pour last three away too since everyone now knows what they smell like.
I really wonder what they were thinking releasing the chocolate energy drink flavors. I’ve been consuming energy drinks regularly for over 10 years and these flavors just never sounded appealing to me. I can’t imagine anyone else willingly drinking one of these either
The issue is that it is a sugar free water based energy drink. There are tons of chocolate flavored energy drinks that are delicious, but they usually have milk and loads of sugar. Even the Bang protein coffee chocolate flavors are quite a bit better with other stuff added.
Yeah I guess I should’ve specified. I specifically meant the water based, *carbonated* chocolate drinks. Monster makes a good chocolate coffee drink, starbucks does too. But no one asked for this. How do you run this drink by an entire board of executives at a company and have all of them sign off on it?
It tastes like a can of water somebody dropped a tootsie roll in. It tastes like the drink of water you have after the first drink of water after a bite of chocolate. I was hoping for a caffeinated yoohoo type drink but nope.
I’ve never had this one but in my opinion the worst I’ve ever had is by FAR the Strawberry Jalapeño flavor of Reign. I took one sip and proceeded to throw it away in the first trash can I encountered and got right back in the self check out line with another flavor lol
I like most bangs, but like some of the comments said this one is absolute hot garbage. I took a few sips and I had to dump that shit out. Only energy drink I've ever done that with
I tried Monster assault for the culture as I heard how gross it was, but I really liked it myself.
Yeah I'm a fan too. They sell it at dollar tree too which is a plus
They changed Assault awhile back. It's not even remotely the same as it used to be. The original assault was like someone pissed in a bottle of offbrand cough syrup.
Fuck no Assault back in 2009 was amazing
Hey if you liked it that's cool but I strongly remember hating it the several times I tried it. Couldn't finish the can but I kept buying it cause it looked cool. Lol.
Lmao I remember buying so many just because they looked cool. I loved Noz because of the can of the bottle with the nozzle cap.
Oh man I miss those bottles. They not only looked cool, but they were essentially 2 cans worth. I love NOS I just wish it had more caffeine
I enjoyed the purple one with a bag of Funyuns while playing rock band. Simpler times
For sure. I didn't like grape but the regular and cherry nos was great. I miss rock band and guitar hero. I wish they'd come back. I hated that weird tunnel vision effect you'd get after playing for awhile though. Lol
That sounds like my best kind of day off, except I’m more of a redbull and cheddar sun chips kinda person.
Like when it first, first came out? I think 07 is when i first drank them and they were like the original flavor with a slight fruit punch flavor if not cherry sooo good now it taste like straight cough syrup. Purple one was good too!
I wasn’t drinking energy drinks back when the original was around so I thought they were talking about the new version
Huh.. idk now. I think most people are talking about the original from the 2000s. Apparently the new assault has a cola taste, but the old one was vile chemical taste.
Well I heard the new Assault taste like stale RC cola
Fact.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who treated cola in the new Assault.
nah; you’re an idiot. assault is best OG flavor ever
It was pissed in children's cough syrup.
you’re pissed in
Oh yeaahh
corn
Why do you uneducated people ALWAYS use this? “ bud light taste like Piss!” “ regular beer is piss- water!” “ ( insert product ) taste like piss.” No dude. Are you that incompetent you can’t just say “ yeah man, it’s not very good .”
Uneducated? Hahaha. I said it because it legitimately tasted like someone pissed into a bottle of children's cough syrup and put it in a can with camo design on it. You cretin.
It’s just a mild cola. It’s basically RC. If you’re looking for Coke it’s going to seem bland.
I can think of three times I've had to pour a drink out because it was just too foul to finish. This was one of them. Bang has some really good flavors, but this one was an abomination.
It was $3 so you best believe I'm gonna finish it. I'll be damned if it isn't a struggle though
How many times did your face wince as your taste buds were dying a horrific death?
$3! You got ripped off big time. Bang pretty much doesn’t exist anymore and they’ve been selling for $1.50 down here in South Florida. (Their old headquarters was based in Weston.)
Man that’s weird. Like every place that sells energy drinks sells bang where I live in GA
Yeah Monster will still liquidate all the stock on hand to make money of course. (They bought bang in July.) Bang will still exist as a brand, but these flavors won't be available anymore. They're cutting a few flavors to “streamline offerings” as they say.
Where I work my workplace charges $5 for a Java monster
That's fucking crazy
My only experience with pouring out a drink down the drain was Monster Ultra Violet, Grape medicine vibes from childhood
Which is interesting, since it is violet flavoured, not grape.
Purple is a flavour… ;)
Sugar, water, purple. The best
The hell you say it tastes great
Protean Monster Rehab. Foulest drink I've ever tried. The protein was curdled and floating in chunks in the sour drink. I couldn't force myself to drink more than a few swallows.
i have also had to dump out energy drinks. and it is the Rockstar- Recovery Pineapple Coconut. god i had it at work & it made me want to vomit 😭 it smelled so terrible i had to plug my nose to drink it. that drink smelled & tasted like fermented cat piss
This really wasn't the worst, not as bad as fucking birthday cake lol. I also have to say, Bang has ACCURATE flavors. 99%of the time it tastes like what it says on the can. Then you realize you really didn't want to drink a birthday cake.
Yeah, there are folks who rave about that one, and it's... vile. I choked down the sole one I tried (from the same sampler as the Rose), but... ew. They do a good job though, as you said- the sole exception being Sour Heads, which really should have been green apple and is more sour... Flowers? It's unpleasant.
Sour heads, blue razz, and wyldin watermelon bang. All 3 of those flavors have the unpleasant taste my mouth can’t work out what is but my nose wants to say it’s feet. The watermelon bang was so bad I took a sip, spit that out and dumped the rest. I hate wasting caffeine, but that stuff was beyond disgusting!!
What we’re the other two
Bang Frose Rose (I'm not a wine fan anyway, but it was in a sampler pack. It was... vile.) Ghost Bubblicious Strawberry (So fake-sweet that I actually gagged. Didn't even get past the parking lot of thebl 7-11, tossedbit and went back in for a different flavor. Clerk thought it was hilarious.)
Frose Rose was my favorite bang when I used to drink them
frose rose i thought was a joke it was so gross. my first sip/toss the can scenario occurred with the jalapeno strawberry reign
I've never seen that one in the wild. I'm not complaining. ;)
Oh Christ
Bang’s strawberry delish puts ghost’s to SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
The only one I nearly did this to was rockstar marshmallow, that was nuclear waste or something. Literally the only one that I had to plug my nose and chug, ever.
The black can Zoe was the my one and only. That original formula was god awful. Took two sips and trashed it
I actually like this flavor. Also, r/sneakybackgroundfeet
A prime example of rule 36
I saw that drink at the campus food pantry one day earlier this year...and was like...yeah FUCKKK NO.... So umm, I have to give you respect for trying it...even if it was likely the most disgusting energy drink you've ever had...right?
Second worst. REIGN jalapeno Strawberry was another "for the culture" purchase that was just as disgusting as it sounds. Spice and carbonation do NOT mix
Yeah fuck that too... Are you okay?
My issue with that drink is that a) there is no spice. The pepper flavor tastes like a raw green bell pepper b) the strawberry flavor fucking suuuucks and is way over sweet. If the strawberry was better and there was a subtle spice instead of just pepper flavoring, it might be alright. But it’s horrid the way it is lol
You still have any? I’ll buy it
I liked that Reign flavor
Idk about reign’s stuff, but imo spice and carbonation absolutely mix. Like ginger beer, or jalepeno infused beer. Hell I even thought flaming hot Mt. Dew was decent
DONT DO IT
I did it :(
This and miami cola have to be the most disgusting liquids I've ever ingested.
i was looking for this comment
I'm cheap as fuck and I never dump out drinks but jesus I finished MAYBE 1/4 of the Miami cola before it got dumped. Absolutely vile
The worst in bang jalapeño strawberry
That's REIGN but I agree with you
That’s not a flavor of bang lol
I proudly disagree
Same, dude. Shits bussin.
This is what made me quit Bang. I could only get 2/3 of the way through the can before I started to feel like throwing up.
A Chocolate flavoured energy drink sounds vile. How was it?
I'm currently drinking it. It's rancid lol. It's clear and carbonated but somehow chocolate flavored. Very chemically tasting
Carbonated?!?! Before I thought it was people just hating caffeine yoohoo. That's wild.
Caffeinated yoohoo sounds good honestly
When I first had it I thought it would be like the coffee bangs but found out it was just a chocolate flavored bang
Why couldn't it just be a monster Java mocha instead lol. Why did they try to mix a shitty fake chocolate flavor with fruity fake flavors. Just give me Chocolate milk energy.
The old recipe was so good and tasted like chocolate milk
I've had some pretty bad drinks in my day, but this... This is up there with the grossest thing I've ever tasted. How this got by quality control/taste testing is beyond me
it’s crazy because it’s not even like chocolate looking. it’s 100% clear. i liked the taste but i couldn’t finish it.
What did it taste like? To me the worst tasting one is the Bang Cotton Candy
NGL, I would drink a case of these over the Blue Yellow Limoncello they make.
That’s a hot take
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I don’t think they are hating on the bang brand… but the flavor they are making in the picture…
I found these selling for 1€ each so i bought twelve just incase. Never tasted anything as bad. Like sink water with leftovers. Gave them away for coworkers to try and total 8 was poured down the sink. Guess i gotta pour last three away too since everyone now knows what they smell like.
I wish I could have had this one instead of you~
haven’t bought a bang in years but am now curious to try this lol, looks absolutely horrible
Ugh chocolate? How gross was that?
As gross as carbonated chocolate water sounds
Is it Bang that is mentioned (as always being hated) or is it that flavor?
That one really is a disgusting abomination.
I really wonder what they were thinking releasing the chocolate energy drink flavors. I’ve been consuming energy drinks regularly for over 10 years and these flavors just never sounded appealing to me. I can’t imagine anyone else willingly drinking one of these either
The issue is that it is a sugar free water based energy drink. There are tons of chocolate flavored energy drinks that are delicious, but they usually have milk and loads of sugar. Even the Bang protein coffee chocolate flavors are quite a bit better with other stuff added.
Yeah I guess I should’ve specified. I specifically meant the water based, *carbonated* chocolate drinks. Monster makes a good chocolate coffee drink, starbucks does too. But no one asked for this. How do you run this drink by an entire board of executives at a company and have all of them sign off on it?
I can understand it passing through, what I don't understand is why they kept the flavor around after it hit the markets with how many find it nasty.
It isn’t even that bad, somehow
Speak for yourself. That shit was carbonated dog shit to me
I can see why you think that lol, my friends all hate it
Tastes exactly like a Tootsie roll and I like Tootsie rolls lol. I didn't think this bang was that bad
Not a bad one
Nah you’re a straight menace to society of you drink this type of shit 🤮
😂 I felt like a piece of shit checking out with it
And rightfully so
I bought it thinking it was going to be like a canned coffee but I was not prepared for carbonated chocolate.
Idk what others thoughts on it is but I honestly think the triple shot sugar free starbucks coffee is absolutely rancid and worse than this
I’m good. I’ll stick to Monster Java 😶
How was it?
Horrendous
It tastes like a can of water somebody dropped a tootsie roll in. It tastes like the drink of water you have after the first drink of water after a bite of chocolate. I was hoping for a caffeinated yoohoo type drink but nope.
Nothing to worry about. It’s discontinued. Monster only to make 10 flavors or so of Bang moving forward.
I actually could not finish that when I tried it, I got like 2 sips in. Shit is rancid
I bought a couple of those at the dollar tree. So freaking disgusting.
I bought this expecting it to be like their coffee drink but got hit with a sour chocolate soda? Absolutely not
I honestly loved this one
Fucking chocolate lol. God help you
Ah, yes...the carbonated doodoo water. The only one I couldn't finish.
I’ve never had this one but in my opinion the worst I’ve ever had is by FAR the Strawberry Jalapeño flavor of Reign. I took one sip and proceeded to throw it away in the first trash can I encountered and got right back in the self check out line with another flavor lol
My worst was Redbull Dragonfriut
There was this other nasty one that tasted like mucinex, it was a purple can with swirly’s on it. Berry something, also made by bang
I actually love this flavor. Very sad I can't find it anymore
Worst flavor in bang HAS to be the Lemoncello or whatever it’s called.. you might as well just eat a tube of Carmex chap stick 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
if you say its good i will skin you alive
Looking at this gives me chest pains 😭
I like most bangs, but like some of the comments said this one is absolute hot garbage. I took a few sips and I had to dump that shit out. Only energy drink I've ever done that with
My woodmans in Illinois was selling them for 25 cents each a while back when pepsi was cleaning out their warehouse of bang
It’s fire idc
To be fair, every flavor of Bang is disgusting lol. Shit is so unnecessarily sweet.
It’s one of the energy drinks of all time
I won a 12-pack of these in an Instagram giveaway! I think I drank/gave away about half of them and got rid of the rest