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blakfish

"BLAK COUNTRY FISH"

About Me


We like to think we are a hard working band based in the midlands. With some help from friends we run our own company "ondryland". We have already nearly killed ourselves this year, completing almost a 5 week tour with Meet Me In St. Louis in January, then disgusting audiences in Ireland with Tubelord. We have so far destroyed 9 countries in Europe in less than 4 months. Between all this we have been recording our new record which we will be releasing in August.
We have been lucky enough to meet and play with these guys as well as many more; Spy Versus Spy, This Ain't Vegas, Rolo Tomassi, Meet Me In St. Louis, Marvins Revolt, Dartz!, This Town Needs Guns, Secondsmile, Charlottefield, Ack Ack Ack, Russian Circles, An Albatross, Mutiny On The Bounty, RX Bandits, SikTh, Enter Shikari, Marmaduke Duke, The Scare, DIE! DIE! DIE!, Citizens Here and Abroad, Oxford Collapse, Kid's In Glass Houses and You say Party! We Say die! to list a few. As well as playing at DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL '07 with loads of bands, good and bad a like.
Check blakfish.com or ondryland for more information. Thanks.
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Support independant shops...
You can purchase our "GOLD" Ep from these stores/sites:
Banquet records
Tempest records
Swordfish records
or...
Merch Store
www.blakfish.bigcartel.com
Treat yourself
We are on this beautiful little 10" vinyl with some of our good friends Colour, Caesura, Minotaur Explode, The Defeat and My First Tooth.
We are also on this great 50 track mp3 cd with some of the greatest bands from all around the world, so it's worth buying. It's £4 or free when you buy another cd from either us or the Big Scary Monsters shop.
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Member Since: 2/6/2005
Band Website: blakfish.com
Band Members: We will be on tour with Tubelord in August:

For all bookings and press contact our Management: ondryland
E-Mail: [email protected]
Thom
Rich
Wiz
Sam
Sounds Like:
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"Given our rather unhealthy penchant for all things heavy, Rock Midgets' ear is immediately drawn to Blakfish, with their classy offering 'Preparing For Guests' coming across like a blood stained, carnivorous version of Fall of Troy." -
rockmidgets.com

"Marvelous. 'The Fall Of Troy'-esque insanity" -
Rock Sound

"Birmingham's Blakfish have been around for ages but they used to be rubbish. Now they're brilliant."
NME

"The tightness of Blakfish's eccentric high-energy offbeat stop-start hardcore is an intoxicating blend of elemental forces, with reggae breakdowns and hip hop interludes lightening the mood amidst scalding, paint stripping riot rock topped by alternately melodic and throat-ripping raging vocals. For fans of Converge, Spy vs. Spy, Mogwai, Fugazi and At the Drive In, this is the sound of intelligent intensity with serious musicianship and a unique party vibe, so cheer up kids, Blakfish are here... life's not so bad!"
Salvo magazine

"Bring your earplugs and don't bring your parents! Blakfish are here and they want you to know it too. Here is something dynamic, explosive, aggresive and intense. With time signatures bouncing around like drunken teenagers on a trampoline, and vocals to make even your own throat hurt. This band will change your life."
Birminghamusic.com

"I'd suggest catching them live, listen to their MySpace tracks, buy Gold, do anything to catch them now. Worthy artists of the month. Any month."
Demos reviewed

"Blakfish are one of the most innovative and exciting acts you're likely to discover this year."
Subba-Cultcha.com

"Blakfish are one of the most important British bands of our time."
10 lives

"Blakfish's blowtorch-to-the-face – of – Mclusky hardcore ended up scaring every attendee. Proving Blakfish are certainly worth as much as any of their showmates, and this group should be watched, preferably up close and in the middle of a riot."
Play Music - Pickup

"Blakfish’s set goes swimmingly. The energetic punk-rockers reel in the crowd by fusing a range of interchanging melodies and rhythms, before the lead singer casts himself off the stage halfway through their final song."
Sandman Magazine



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SHOWS

Record Label: Big Scary Monsters (UK) Richter Collective (Eire)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

JASON WILCOCK

Jason Wilcock is the lovely man that Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered our new record 'See You In Another City'.  The guy has never taken a day off and even worked through his holiday...
Posted by blakfish on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:28:00 PST

Whats going on?

You can also read this at: http://blogscarymonsters.blogspot.com/Now then, this is the world of Blakfish in a nutshell& So we made it on to the 6 Machine, it will be the first vinyl release we are inc...
Posted by blakfish on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:52:00 PST

Blazing Saddles

For those of you that read and replied in sympathy yesterday, thank you...If you didnt hear, well now you can see: If you have anything you can give, pennies or pounds there's a donations but...
Posted by blakfish on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:24:00 PST

Summer tour with Tubelord (ROUTE PLAN FOR PROMOTERS)

Below is the tour plan, dates marked with * are taken.If you are interested email [email protected] this tour is booking up fast so get in touch asap!AUGUST8th - Luton *9th - Reading *10th - L...
Posted by blakfish on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:16:00 PST

BSM "Six Machine"....

We've been entered in a BSM comp called "the Six Machine" the winning six bands end up on a split 10" quite a few of our friends bands are up to be voted for, but there's nothing wrong with a bit of h...
Posted by blakfish on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:59:00 PST

First night of tour

Last night was the first night of tour. Played at the Black Dog in Grantham, went well apart from a drunk man started jumping about and knocked my head and cab over. Luckily it worked fine when plugge...
Posted by blakfish on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:31:00 PST

MMISL + BF Tour Flyers

Any more for any more?...
Posted by blakfish on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:10:00 PST

**Artist of the month!!!

** Artist of the month, October 07, BlakfishBlakfishwww.myspace.com/blakfishWith new EP 'Gold' out, a series of impressive gigs lined up and tours with the wonderful 'Meet Me In St Louis' scheduled, b...
Posted by blakfish on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:06:00 PST

Reviews

"The tightness of Blakfish's eccentric high-energy offbeat stop-start hardcore is an intoxicating blend of elemental forces, with reggae breakdowns and hip hop interludes lightening the mood amidst sc...
Posted by blakfish on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:30:00 PST

FUCK STAFFORD

Too loud for StaffordLast night (4th Oct) we turned up at Staffs uni to play for "plastic tree records". It was a joke on many levels that I will now go into. From the minute we got there everyone was...
Posted by blakfish on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:49:00 PST