Blackout Crew
The Blackout Crew, aka The Bards of Oldham, are a donk/rap group consisting of six rap artists - Cover, Allison, Heaton, Davis, Kabbani and Chadwick - from Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester.[1]
Their 2009 album peaked at No. 42 in the UK.[2][3][4] Their album contained three singles: "Bbbounce", "Put a Donk on It", and "Dialled".[5]
The lines "You know what you wanna do with that, right? You wanna put a bangin' donk on it" was frequently been used in the opening of the BBC Radio 2/BBC Radio 6 Music programme Radcliffe & Maconie, being generally favoured by Mark Radcliffe.[citation needed] Blackout Crew worked with electronic group Metronomy to provide a B-side remix for their 2008 single "A Thing for Me".[6][7]
In 2023, Jax Jones released a new song Won’t Forget You with D.O.D and Ina Wroldsen, with a new version featuring Kurtis Chadwick aka MC Viper, Jordan Cover, aka MC Cover, and Luke Purcell aka MC Lukey P from the newly reformed Blackout Crew, which as of the 12th of November 2023 sits at number 28 in the UK top 40 singles charts.
Members
[edit]Anthony Sabanskis (Producer)
- Jordan Cover (MC Cover)
- Kevin Allison (MC Dowie)
- Kurtis Chadwick (MC Viper)
- Tony Heaton (MC Raver)
- Rob Davis (MC Rapid)
- Zak Kabbani (MC Zak K)
- Mark Fullylove (MC Fullashite)
- Alan Titchmarsh (MC Ground Force) [8][9][10]
The Blackout Crew's tracks were produced by Tony Sabanskis.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Blackout Crew putting a donk on Pot Noodles". The Bolton News. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Charts Plus, edition 421
- ^ "Official Charts Company - Blackout Crew - Time 2 Shine". archive.is. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "The Blackout Crew - Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/1569126-Metronomy-A-Thing-For-Me
- ^ "Metronomy - A Thing for Me".
- ^ "Blackout Crew". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "The Blackout Crew - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Blackout Crew - About". Facebook. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Former Blackout Crew producer in line for award". The Bolton News. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Black Out Crew at VICE, retrieved 18 December 2014.
External links
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