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| The Blackout | |
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| Origin | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK |
| Genre(s) | Post-hardcore Screamo |
| Years active | 2003–Present |
| Label(s) | Fierce Panda, 2006–2008 |
| Website | The Blackout |
| Members | |
| Sean Smith Gavin Butler Matthew Davies James Davies Rhys Lewis Gareth Lawrence |
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The Blackout are a band from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. After some time backing Lostprophets on their Liberation Transmission Tour with Dopamine they released their first mini-album The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!. As of October 2007 the band released their debut album, We Are The Dynamite. The band recently revealed in a MySpace blog that they were working on a new album.
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History
The Blackout formed in 2003 in South Wales and drawing influences from across the board, they combine guitars, drums, screaming and melodic vocals.
The band has played shows in and around the UK with the likes of Lostprophets, Funeral for a Friend, Fightstar, Avenged Sevenfold, Reuben, and Fairvail (now Cue To Eclipse). They played the Give It a Name Festival' in April 2006. They played on the main stage at The Full Ponty 2007 with the likes of Lostprophets, Reel Big Fish and The Automatic
They were also nominated at the 2006 Kerrang! Awards for Best British Newcomer but lost out to Bring Me the Horizon.
The Blackout released their debut mini album entitled The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout! on October 23, 2006 through Fierce Panda Records and the only single taken from it is Hard Slammin'.
The Blackout released their debut album, We Are The Dynamite, on October 1, 2007 through Fierce Panda records. The first single taken from it is entitled The Beijing Cocktail and was released on September 24, 2007. We Are The Dynamite is the fastest selling album ever released on Fierce Panda.
To coincide with the band's debut album release they announced a 14-date headline UK tour with Flood of Red and Pierce the Veil.
The Blackout joined the Taste of Chaos tour across Europe in November 2007 playing alongside, The Used, Rise Against, Aiden and Gallows.
The second single released from the album We Are The Dynamite was It's High Tide Baby (which features Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins) and was released via Fierce Panda on 11 February 2008. However, due to a pressing error, the a side of this single ended up being the beijing cocktail instead of it's high tide baby.
The Blackout then played a headline UK tour in February with My American Heart supporting them.
In 2008, the band played at the Give It A Name festival for the second time, this time playing on the main stage alongside acts such as Silverstein, Billy Talent and Glassjaw. They also brought along entertainment team The Fuel Girls, to support their stage presence.
2008 also saw the band split with record label fierce panda, scrapping plans to release another two singles from we are the dynamite.
Second record (2008-Present)
The band are set to begin record their second currently untitled album with A vocalist, Jason Perry, and are looking at an early 2009 release, a number of new tracks have been performed throughout 2008, including "Children of the Night" and "I Love Myself and I Want To Live", a track originally slated for release on August 18th 2008, however due to issues of switching record labels, the band were unable to release the track.1 On tour during December 27th - December 30th The Blackout have said that the album will be released in April 2009. Gavin Butler has told Kerrang! Magazine that the working title for the album is "DOG PORN"
Band Members
- Sean Smith - Vocals
- Gavin Butler - Vocals
- James "Bob" Davies - Guitar, backing vocals
- Matthew Davies - Guitar, backing vocals
- Rhys Lewis - Bass Guitar
- Gareth "Snoz" Lawrence - Drums
Discography
Albums
- Pull No Punches [Three-track Demo] (2004)
- The Blackout!The Blackout!The Blackout! (Mini-LP) (2006)
- We Are The Dynamite (2007) UK Indie #5
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| UK Singles Chart | UK Rock Chart | UK Indie Chart | |||
| 2007 | Hard Slammin' | - | 100 | 100 | The Blackout!The Blackout!The Blackout! |
| 2007 | The Beijing Cocktail | 99 | - | 4 | We Are the Dynamite |
| 2008 | It's High Tide Baby | - | - | 1 | We Are the Dynamite |
Other Songs
- My Generation (Limp Bizkit Cover) on Kerrang's compilation Higher Voltage
Videos
- Their first ever video for the track The Beijing Cocktail was released on YouTube on the 6th September 2007 and has since been added to the playlists of Kerrang! TV and Scuzz, two popular digital television music channels in the UK. The video starts with Drummer Gareth Lawrence's nephew introdcing the band.
- Their brand new video for the track 'It's High Tide Baby' has been added to the Scuzz, Kerrang! and MTV2 playlists. It features Ian Watkins of Lostprophets.
Honors
- The Blackout were nominated for the Kerrang! British Newcomer award2, and will also be playing on the Kerrang! New Breed launch show.citation needed
- In December 2006, The Blackout won best new Welsh act at the Pop Factory awards held in the Coal Exchange in Cardiff bay. The awards ceremony was televised on ITV1 Wales.citation needed
References
External links
- The Blackout's official website
- The Blackout's Myspace
- First fanpage about TBO! ever
- Review on BBC Wales Music page
- link Interview with The Blackout on Rocklouder
- Interview with The Blackout on BearTrap Pods (Jun '08)
- Sean Smith Featured Column in VerseOne Magazine. "What Grinds My Gears"
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