The Blackout Crew, also known as The Bards of Oldham,[citation needed] are a donk/rap group consisting of six rap artists – Cover, Allison, Heaton, Davis, Kabbani and Chadwick – from Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester.[1]
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| Also known as | The Bards of Oldham |
| Origin | Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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Their 2009 album Time 2 Shine 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" were frequently used in the opening of the BBC Radio 2/BBC Radio 6 Music programme Radcliffe & Maconie, being generally favoured by Mark Radcliffe.[citation needed] The 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 the single "Won't Forget You" with D.O.D. and Ina Wroldsen, which was shortly followed by a "Donk Edit" featuring Kurtis Chadwick (MC Viper), Jordan Cover (MC Cover) and Luke Purcell (MC Lukey P) from the newly reformed Blackout Crew, which peaked at number 28 on 16 November 2023 in the UK,[4] far surpassing the original edit's peak of number 82 on 9 November 2023.[8]
Members
editReferences
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.
- ^ a b "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 [bare URL]
- ^ "Metronomy - A Thing for Me".
- ^ "WON'T FORGET YOU". Official Charts. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Former Blackout Crew producer in line for award". The Bolton News. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "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.
Further reading
edit- Black Out Crew at VICE, retrieved 18 December 2014.
