The Blackout Crew, aka The Bards of Oldham, are 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" was 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".[6][7]

In 2023, Jax jones has released a new song Won’t Forget You with D.O.D and Ina Wroldsen, with a new version featuring Kurtis Chadwick aka MC Viper, Jordan Cover, aka MC Cover, and Luke Purcell aka MC Lukey P from the newly reformed Blackout Crew, which as of the 12th of November 2023 sits at number 28 in the UK top 40 singles charts.

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)[8][9][10]

The Blackout Crew's tracks were produced by Tony Sabanskis.[11]

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. https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/1569126-Metronomy-A-Thing-For-Me
  7. https://www.banquetrecords.com/metronomy/a-thing-for-me/BEC5772441
  8. "Blackout Crew". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  9. "The Blackout Crew - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  10. "Blackout Crew - About". Facebook. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. "Former Blackout Crew producer in line for award". The Bolton News. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

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