The Blacklist

The Blacklist are an Australian hard and fast beer metal band formed in Melbourne in late 2001. The band features former members of the Sex Bombs, the Spoilers, the Demolitions and Warped. They play music similar to Motörhead, the Hookers, Venom and Zeke. Shortly after their debut album Electric & Evil was released in June 2004, the group added a third guitarist to their line-up. The group have toured Europe. Biography The Blacklist formed in late 2001 with Nic "Goodtime" Gemmill on lead vocals (ex-Demolitions), T-Bone O'Fury (a.k.a. Ben O'Dowd) on bass guitar, The Jackal on guitar (both ex-the Sex Bombs), Ion Scatt the 1st (a.k.a. Ian Scott) on lead guitar and Skull Crak (a.k.a. Craig Bradley) on drums (both ex-the Spoilers). The Blacklist went into the studio in January 2002 to record their debut six-track extended play, Attacks (February 2002, International Trash) without having performed live. I-94 Bar's Simon Li described it "short, sharp, scorching and punishing punk rock-n-roll." The Blacklist’s debut album, Electric and Evil Spooky Records, was recorded in September 2003 but was not released until June 2004. I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery felt it was "a brutal half-hour post-apocalyptic assault on the aural senses. The riffs are invigorating and powerful, the drumming frenetic, the atmosphere amphetamised." His fellow reviewer, Li opined that it "seems to be far and away the toughest, fastest, meanest and loudest album you will find this year." The group toured Europe and then Australia before it appeared. Late in 2004 Todd of Thunder (a.k.a. Todd Trevor, ex-Warped) joined as third lead guitarist.