Black Lungs

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Black Lungs
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Background information
Origin St. Catharines, Ontario
Genres Punk rock, [1] [2] folk punk, [3] hardcore punk [1]
Years active2005–present
Labels Dine Alone Records
Members Wade MacNeil
Phil Waring
George Clark
Scott Savarie
Past members George Pettit
Sammi Bogdanski
Ian Romano
Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings
Sean McNab
Pat Pengelly
Liam Cormier
Website www.wademacneil.com

Black Lungs is a Canadian punk rock band, formed by Alexisonfire guitarist and vocalist and Gallows vocalist Wade MacNeil. MacNeil originally envisioned the project's music as similar to his first punk rock band, Plan 9. [4]

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History

MacNeil formed Black Lungs with original members percussionist Jordan Hastings, keyboardists Sammi Bogdanski, and Alexisonfire's George Pettit on bass. [5] The side project released their first studio album, Send Flowers , in May, 2008 on Dine Alone Records [6] [7] with Ian Romano on drums. [4] The band toured afterwards to support the album [8] with Liam Cormier on drums. Bedouin Soundclash's former drummer, Pat Pengelly later drummed with the band. [9]

In 2008, Black Lung released a limited edition 7-inch vinyl with two songs. [10] A second two-song 7-inch vinyl entitled Valley of the Dolls was released, through Deranged Records. in 2010. On March 8, 2011, Wade announced a Split EP with fellow Canadians, Cancer Bats.

In 2011, Black Lungs began recording their second album with producer Nick Blagona. After recording the album, titled Pagan Holiday, it was shelved for over four years before being released online for free on Halloween of 2015. [11]

Band members

Current members
Former members

Discography

Videography

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References

  1. 1 2 Feibel, Adam. "Black Lungs Pagan Holiday". Exclaim! . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Campbell, Michelle. "Black Lungs Send Flowers". Exclaim! . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "BLACK LUNGS – SEND FLOWERS" . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Black Lungs’ New Album Was Almost Electronic" [usurped] . Chart Attack, Jun 18, 2008
  5. ↑ "Black Lungs have a dark heart". Metro, Aaron Lavery, 28 Aug 2008
  6. ↑ "Black Lungs sing black songs". Metro, 26 Aug 2008
  7. ↑ "Black Lungs Pagan Holiday". Exclaim!, By Adam Feibel Oct 30, 2015
  8. ↑ "Black Lungs". Rock Midgets. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2008-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ According To National Post News [ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Black Lungs: Black Lungs [7 inch] (2008). Punk News, Reviewed by Ben_Conoley, July 20th 2008
  11. ↑ "Wade MacNeil's Black Lungs Return with Surprise Album". Exclaim!, By Gregory Adams Oct 30, 2015
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