Genres Hard rock Labels Peaceville Records Genre Hard rock | Years active 1997–1999 Active until 1999 | |
Past members Jeffrey Walker
Carlo Regadas
Ken Owen
Mark Griffiths Origin Liverpool, United Kingdom (1995) Albums Barbed Wire Soul, In Da Jungle We Trust - PART A, Big Song, Zion EP Members Jeffrey Walker, Mark Griffiths Similar Carcass, Ken Owen, Carlo Regadas, Bill Steer, Daniel Wilding | ||
Blackstar was a British hard rock band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995 without Bill Steer along with former Cathedral guitarist Mark Griffiths. The band name comes from a Carcass song off the Swansong 1996 album. Thus far they have released only a single album. After a while the band was forced to change its name to Blackstar Rising. The band dissolved because Ken Owen suffered from a brain haemorrhage.
Contents
Members
Promo 96
- Revolution of the Heart
- New Song
- Rock 'n' Roll Circus
- Don't Want to Talk Anymore
- Better the Devil
- Waste of Space
- Instrumental
Barbed Wire Soul (1997 Peaceville Records)
Japanese versions has 5 demo tracks and 3 cover versions as bonus tracks
- Game Over 4:02
- Smile 3:37
- Sound of Silence 3:44
- Rock 'n' Roll Circus 4:14
- New Song 3:54
- Give Up the Ghost 3:07
- Revolution of the Heart 4:02
- Waste of Space 3:50
- Deep Wound 3:09
- Better the Devil 4:40
- Instrumental 5:00
(The end of the song Instrumental is a quote from the movie From Dusk Till Dawn)
X (1998 CD VILE77)
Digipack 10 year anniversary release with cover tracks by Peaceville artists X cover
- Anathema - "One Of The Few" (Pink Floyd)
- Dominion - "Shout" (Tears For Fears)
- My Dying Bride - "Some Velvet Morning" (Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood)
- My Dying Bride - "Roads" (Portishead)
- Anathema - "Better Off Dead" (Bad Religion)
- Thine - "Song Of Joy" (Nick Cave)
- Blackstar - "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" (Hüsker Dü)
- Acrimony - "O Baby" (Status Quo)
- The Blood Divine - "Crazy Horses" (The Osmonds)
- The Blood Divine - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division)
- Dominion - "Paint It Black" (Rolling Stones)
- Blackstar - "Running Back" (Thin Lizzy)
- Lid - "Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles)
- Anathema - "Goodbye Cruel World" (Pink Floyd)
Songs
Waste of SpaceBarbed Wire Soul · 1997
Revolution of the HeartBarbed Wire Soul · 1997
Sound of SilenceBarbed Wire Soul · 1997