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Maninblack

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About Me


Maninblack will get you if you don't watch out...
Aggressive, experimental Oi! , UK '77 style Punk and Skinhead Reggae from New York City, fronted by the former singer of US/NYC Oi legend The Press , the enigmatic André Schlesinger, and under the manipulative managerial guidance of Garry Bushell . Maninblack is a hybrid of back engineered Hi-Tech Synth and overpowered Lo-Fi Streetpunk and, along with their Devil Dub style Reggae, both soulful and abrasive, provocative and angry. Maninblack brings Oi into the 21st Century with a unique sound and an authentic lineage, straight out of Babylon.
Maninblack is represented by
Garry Bushell Enterprises, Ltd.
Greater London, England, UK
Note: Maninblack does not do business over MySpace!
Send all serious correspondences to Maninblack @ nyc . rr . com
Additional contact, phone and press kit available upon request.

* This page maintained by André Schlesinger with the kind assistance of Sally Hand, Shock Promotions, LTD . All images and sound files attributed to Maninblack on this page and its sub pages are copyright © André Schlesinger/Maninblack and their respective artists and may not be used without expressed permission!
Cover image: Two Sunspots, by Sally Hand .
Attention!
Maninblack is not here to promote you!
Our comments section is not a community bulletin board. We are not interested in buying your new book or CD and we certainly don't want any of your merchandise. We are not "we love all music" types of people so chances are we don't like your music either and unless you've put us on the guest list (+ transportation and drink tickets) we probably aren't interested in going to your next show. We don't do the battle of the bands thing (unless it involves actuall physical violence) and if you ask us to vote for you we will individually log on to the site hosting the contest and vote against you. Of course there are exceptions to these rules and those bands, artist, individuals, supporters, business associates and friends know who they are.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/24/2004
Band Website: maninblack.org
Band Members:

André Schlesinger: Lead Vocals, SynthGuitar, Guitar, Keyboards

R.J. Demler : Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals.

Open : Drums, Electronic Percussion

Open : Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Open : Keyboards, Samples, Backing Vocals

Garry Bushell : Management

Sarri Hand : Production Assistant, Photographer, Publicist, Anima

Black Dalek : Mascot, Moral Support

Influences:

That Girlinblack..., The Press, The Gonads, Sham 69, Cockney Rejects, The Redskins, Garry Johnson, The Opressed, The Business, Cock Sparrer, Max Splodge, 4-Skins, Blitz, Prole, Orgasm Guerillas, Lord Waistrel, Red Alert, Peter & The Testube Babies, Angelic Upstarts, Chron Gen, UK Subs, The Clash, The Stranglers, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, The Jam, Plastic Bertrand, UB40, Jimmi Cliff, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Desmond Dekker, James Brown, Four Tops, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, David Bowie, The Stooges, Sweet, Kraftwerk, Alice Cooper Band, The Who, Alanis Morissette, Ennio Morricone, Ravi Shankar, Socialist Workers Party (UK), Leon Trotsky, Karl Marx, Garry Bushell, Sergio Leone, Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey, Charles Fort, Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, Nikola Tesla, George Orwell, Spaghetti Westerns, 12 Monkeys, Dark City, Blade Runner, Primer, Last Man Standing, 1984, Taxi Driver, The Unforgiven, The Magnificent Seven, Velvet Goldmine, The SciFi Channel, The Prisoner, UFO Homo neanderthalensis, various concepts in time travel, and most importantly Manhattan Island the City of New York


Sounds Like: Orwell's future.
Record Label: shopping...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Drummer Wanted

From Maninblack's official site:29.05.08Maninblack is searching for a new drummer! This is our priority right now, we need to fill the drummer position immediately. Candidate must meet the following ...
Posted by Maninblack on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:19:00 PST

The Complete Press - 1984 - 1994 on Insurgence Records

The Press: The Complete Press - 1984 - 1994The CD from my old band The Press is and is available now:The Complete Press ~ 1984-1994, digipack CD (2007) on Insurgence RecordsThis is everything ever rec...
Posted by Maninblack on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:05:00 PST

Collaborator In Black & Red

You can hear Maninblack vocalist/songwriter André Schlesinger collaborating on a couple of tracks with the experimental Punk project out of Bristol UK known as RedSquare. Andre plays a very Paul McCar...
Posted by Maninblack on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:54:00 PST

A Dubious Insult

Maninblack gets fingered by the Far Right for all the wrong reasons:Final Conflict on Maninblack's involvement with the 4 Skins tribute CD:http://finalconflictblog.blogspot.com/search/label/OiNote : My...
Posted by Maninblack on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:58:00 PST

Maninblack Opens The Books

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: André SchlesingerManinblackPhone: available upon requesteMail:[email protected] website: http://www.maninblack.orgEncapsulated: http://www.myspace.com/maninb...
Posted by Maninblack on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:56:00 PST