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 has 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 Purall aka MC Lukey 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)[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. 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
- ^ https://www.banquetrecords.com/metronomy/a-thing-for-me/BEC5772441
- ^ "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. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
Further reading edit
- Black Out Crew at VICE, retrieved 18 December 2014.
External links edit
- The Blackout Crew official Facebook Page
- Put A Donk On It on YouTube