The Black Pacific

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The Black Pacific
The Black Pacific at Warped Tour 2011-08-09 01.jpg
The Black Pacific performing on the 2011 Warped Tour. Left to right: Orrell, Vega, Lindberg, and Caswell.
Background information
Origin Huntington Beach, California, United States
Genres Punk rock
Years active2010-2012
Labels SideOneDummy
Associated acts Pennywise, Dropkick Murphys
Website theblackpacific.com
Members Jim Lindberg
Marc Orrell
Gavin Caswell
Alan Vega
Past membersDavey Latter

The Black Pacific was a punk rock music project that was started in 2010 by Jim Lindberg, the vocalist of Pennywise, and two previously unknown members, Alan Vega (drums) and Davey Latter (bass). They were signed to SideOneDummy Records and their self-titled debut album was released on September 14, 2010. [1]

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On October 8, 2010, some line-up changes were announced by the band: Marc Orrell, formerly of celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys has joined the band as second guitarist, and Gavin Caswell has joined as bassist, replacing Davey Latter who had to return to his drumming duties with his other band Everest. [2] [3] [4]

In June 2010 (shortly after the completion of their first album), Jim announced that the Black Pacific had plans to release more music in the future. He also remarked that they had more songs written than could fit on their first album, and that (in June 2010) they had another batch of songs ready to record. [5]

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Former members

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References

  1. "The Black Pacific (ex-Pennywise) plan September release for debut". Punknews.org. June 29, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  2. "Lineup changes to The Black Pacific". punknews.org. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. "Line Up Additions to The Black Pacific : The Black Pacific". theblackpacific.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. Sean Reid. "Alter The Press!: The Black Pacific Announce Line-Up Changes". alterthepress.com. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  5. "Interviews: Jim Lindberg (The Black Pacific, ex-Pennywise)". punknews.org. Retrieved 14 May 2015.