The place: Melbourne, Australia.

The story: It was in this year that two of Melbourne’s finest, punk rock exponents the Spoilers and trashy rock’n’roll specialists the Sex Bombs played their last shows. After many years of fuckin’ shit up, it was time to call it a day......or was it?

Unhappy with the state of the local scene and rock’n’roll in general, T-Bone O’Fury (bass), the Jackal (axe), Ion Scatt the 1st (axe) and Skull Crak (skins) started belting out some tunes together. After a couple of months spent fuckin’ around and killin’ some time, T-Bone put in a call to an old mate, Goodtime Gemmill who was working in a slaughter house in country Victoria, to come try out on vocals. After one quick run through of the Motorhead classic ‘Bomber’, the Blacklist had their line-up set in stone.

Never a band to do things the conventional way, the Blacklist went into the studio in January 2002 to record their debut EP ‘Attacks’ without having played a single show together. After the completion of ‘Attacks’, the live assault commenced in the middle of "great new rock revival". The early days left many an audience member standing well clear of the stage. Amidst a climate of fashionable, paint by numbers rock’n’roll, nice clothes and retro haircuts, the Blacklist decimated audiences whilst supporting such bands as NZ’s The D4, The Casanovas and even Australia’s very own Beatles/Oasis cover band Jet!!! It was during this time that the Blacklist refined and defined their sound. The band moved away from the original punk rock style they began with and gravitated towards the blazing trail already forged by past and present greats such as Venom, Motorhead, the Hookers and Zeke.

After a year or so of solid gigging around Melbourne, the Blacklist went back into the studio to work on their debut album, 2004’s "Electric And Evil", released on Spooky Records. Recorded in September 2003, it wasn’t until September 2004 that "Electric And Evil" finally HIT the shelves and the collective faces of audiences around the world.

Gigging on the back of "Electric And Evil", the band felt as if something was lacking from their sound. After much discussion and many more beers, the answer hit like a bolt of lightning!!!!! The Blacklist NEEDED a third axeman!!!! Scouring the gutters of Melbourne, the band came across the one and only Hott Todd Of Thunder. After the demise of Todd’s previous band, Melbourne scuzz rock legends Warped, Todd Of Thunder happily accepted the Blacklist’s offer of a one-way ticket on the triple axe attack suicide machine!!!!!! Slotting effortlessly into the line-up, the Blacklist debuted the triple axe attack with UK punk legends the Anti-Nowhere League, leaving many a punk scratching their Mohawked head. "We just weren’t ready for something so fuckin’ loud and that fuckin’ hard" one old school punk remarked.


Part animal, Part machine: All hail the kings of brutally tough rock’n’roll and prepare to RIDE THAT MOTHERFUCKIN’ SNAKE TO VALHALLA!!!!!!!