The band released their debut album A Trillion Shades of Happy in 1992. Their first single "Trippin'" was recorded at Airforce Studios (Auckland), with the drum track for done in one take. The song went to #1 in New Zealand. The bonus track "I Love My Leather Jacket" was recorded at The Lab. Backing vocals on the track 'Dig My World' were provided by Jan Hellriegel

The band opened for AC/DC at Mount Smart Stadium in 1992. Apparently the band drew straws to see who was going to walk onstage first as there were around 50,000 people in the crowd so they were all pretty nervous (Scott Cortese the drummer drew the short straw). Their set ended prematurely however because a fire started under the stage and Mikey Havoc announced this to the crowd which the promoters didn't like. They also blew up the speaker system so AC/DC weren't able to play as loudly as they normally did.

The band performed this on the first Hey Hey It's Saturday (Australian entertainment) show broadcast in New Zealand. "Song 27" and "What My Baby Likes" were further New Zealand Top 10 hits for the band, although neither charted in Australia.

In 1991 PUSH PUSH was awarded the top band award and best video award for trippin at the RIANZ awards.

Blacklistt are 4 of the original 5 members of Blindspott. Their songwriting integrity remains the same, their dynamic live performance is unequalled, their loyal fan base unwavering in support. Blacklistt are Blindspott and they are one of New Zealand’s most iconic and successful rock/metal bands.

The new album, DEEP SLEEP, out this October!
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Black River Drive's new album QUICKSAND was produced by Toby Wright in Nashville, had additional guitars tracked by Zorran Mendonsa in Auckland, mixing by Forrester Savell in Melbourne and mastering by Jens Borgen Fascination Street in Sweden.
This international effort has added up to one of NZ's biggest rock albums of 2014.
Black River Drive's new album sees the band return with riffs to burn and a massive evolution in their sound, which can be summed up as 'modern rock with a rock and roll heart'.  
The band drew inspiration for the album from iconic rock artists including Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, Tool, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin and Metallica's seminal Black Album.
The album was recorded over two months in Nashville, Tennessee with US hard rock and metal producer Toby Wright, the man behind albums by the likes of Alice in Chains, Metallica, Slayer, Sevendust and Ozzy Osbourne. It was funded through a $20k crowd funding campaign and received government funding from NZOA.  The album was mixed by Australian rock producer/engineer Forrester Savell (I Am Giant, Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus) and mastered at Fascination Street in Sweden.  

BRD songwriter and frontman Sam Browne : 'Four years is a long time in the life of a band, but we had a lot to learn.  This time around, you can hear so much more of who we are as musicians and where we've come from.  The personalities in the band come through in every song.  Every piece fits together.  From the outset, we had a clear vision and plan for what we wanted the songs and the album to be, and we stuck closely to that plan.  Having people like Toby, Forrester and Jens work on the songs has meant this album has become everything we had hoped for.'

Their new album is scheduled for release on November 7th, 2014.  The band will be touring nationwide to promote the album throughout November.

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