Blackout Crew

The Blackout Crew, aka The Bards of Oldham, were a Donk/rap group consisting of six rap artists - Cover, Allison, Heaton, Davis, Kabbani and Chadwick - from Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester.[1]

Their 2009 album 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" has frequently been used in the opening of the BBC Radio 2/BBC Radio 6 Music programme Radcliffe & Maconie, being generally favoured by Mark Radcliffe. Blackout Crew worked with electronic group Metronomy to provide a B-side remix for their 2008 single "A Thing for Me".

Members

Anthony Sabanskis (Producer)

  • Jordan Cover (MC Cover)
  • Kevin Allison (MC Dowie)
  • Kurtis Chadwick (MC Viper)
  • Tony Heaton (MC Raver)
  • Rob Davis (MC Rapid)
  • Zak Kabbani (MC Zak K)[6][7][8]

The Blackout Crew's tracks were produced by Tony Sabanskis.[9]

References
  1. "Blackout Crew putting a donk on Pot Noodles". The Bolton News. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. Charts Plus, edition 421
  3. "Official Charts Company - Blackout Crew - Time 2 Shine". archive.is. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. "Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  5. "The Blackout Crew - Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. "Blackout Crew". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. "The Blackout Crew - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  8. "Blackout Crew - About". Facebook. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. "Former Blackout Crew producer in line for award". The Bolton News. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

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