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The Black Assassins
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The Black Assassins - Brisbane's ugliest band



Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

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Member Since10/14/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.blackassassins.net
Band MembersLee Harvey Hinckley - Drums & Vocals

Ruby Oswald - Bass & Vocals

Mohammed El Jackal - Guitar & Vocals

Sirhan Chapman - Keyboards & Vocals

InfluencesThe Saints
Razar
The Riptides
X (the Australian band X)
Radio Birdman
The Ramones
The Clash
The Dead Kennedys
The Modern Lovers
Velvet Underground
The Sex Pistols
Iggy Pop
The Stooges
Patti Smith
The Only Ones
Gang Of Four
Earl Vince & The Valiants
and a host of others ...

We admired all of these bands and others but set out to create our own distinct sound.

Sounds LikeCheck out Ruby Oswald's demented performance of the Black Assassins' "Death Take Me Now"

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Record LabelBlack Assassins/Reverberation


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   About The Black Assassins

The Black Assassins are an early '80s punk band from Brisbane, Australia.

Keen exponents of the have a go and do it yourself ethos of the era, The Black Assassins formed in the middle of 1981, one week before their first gig. It was the height of Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's Reich in the state of Queensland, oppression loomed large in the land and people were scared to speak. The Black Assassins were a loud, raucous assertion of the right to free speech against everything Jackboot Joh and his corrupt police state stood for.

The Black Assassins had strong political opinions but were very inexperienced musicians. Many of the scores of new Brisbane bands of the time would rehearse for six months to try to sound good enough before venturing out for a public performance. The Black Assassins however, knew no shame. We had three rum-soaked rehearsals during our first week to get a set of 8 songs together before hitting the stage for our debut performance at the QIT Campus Club in Brisbane . It was a highly entertaining but musically mutilated performance. You can read a review of this gig by clicking here.

The Black Assassins went on to play a total of 14 gigs in and around Brisbane during the following year before the bass player and guitarist moved to Sydney and formed the band Mutant Death in July 1982.

Brisbane didn't have many venues for bands playing original music at the time but it had thriving music scene with lots of great creative bands. Other local bands we played gigs with at the time included Xero, JFK and the Cuban Crisis, The Pits, Missing Words, The End, 3B2, Resistors, The Lamingtons, Les Bon Bons, Outer Limits, Marko Halstead, the Kingswood Trio, Pork, This Five Minutes and Scrap Metal.

The Black Assassins continued to play sporadically during the rest of the 1980s if we all happened to wash up in the same town at the same time.

The Black Assassins kept their identities secret, adopting composite names of infamous assassins and wearing black balaclavas and indulging themselves to excess.

The band was highly theatrical and usually pre-spent all the money we were paid for gigs on props and costumes for our performances. The songs and stage act were energetic and highly political, focussing issues of the day, having fun with imagery evoked by our name and the topics of our songs. It often involved doing things with dummies of corrupt politicians and interaction with members of the audience.

The Black Assassins didn't take ourselves seriously and aimed to have as much fun as we could while we played. Sometimes it worked and we sounded good and people danced. Other times we could sound pretty atrocious, especially through crappy little PA's at tiny venues. Probably one of our best sounding gigs was supporting the Dead Kennedys at Brisbane's Festival Hall in 1983.

You can find out a lot more information about The Black Assassins on our main website at: blackassassins.net

Over two decades late, in November 2005, we finally got round to releasing The Black Assassins Greatest Hits - a CD of our music from way back then in the early 80s. The CD contains 13 of our songs that were the most popluar with Brisbane audiences at the time.

You can hear 4 of the songs from the CD right here at the top of this page. If you like those and an are a glutton for punishment, you can hear another 4 of our songs:
Planet X
Death Comes To Townsville
F... Me F... My Dog
Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight

on one of our other sites at numberonemusic.com/theblackassassins

You can read reviews of The Black Assassins Greatest Hits CD and live performances by clicking here.

We played a suitably loud and ugly reunion gig to launch the CD in Brisbane December 2005 (our first gig in Brisbane for 20 years).

2007 saw The Black Assassins dive back into live shows in a big way (well big for us since we now live in four different states), with a short set at the Jets Sports Club in Sydney in May. This performance ended after 5 songs when the police shut us down for complaints about the ugly noise. You can see some photos of this gig here.

We played again a couple of months later in an uninvited guerilla perfomance at the Pig City festival at UQ in Brisbane in July. When security on the Pig City stage inside the marquee proved too tight for a stage invasion we played out the front of the 4ZZZ tent. You can watch our YouTube video of it below and read about it in our MySpace blog.


You can watch a higher quality video of this live version of "Death Take Me Now" at Pig City and see some photos on the Black Assassins band website at: http://www.blackassassins.net/pigcity.html

The Black Assassins are available to play anywhere in the world for anyone crazy enough to want us who can afford the costs of getting us there to play.




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Jun 26 2009 2:26 PM

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Jun 9 2009 12:22 PM

Once again Mouthguard are heading to Europe.Join them at the Jubilee Hotel on the 11th July along with Blowhard,Provoke,The Pretty Boys,Protest,Pride of Place and The Skinwalkers and The Boss Sounds Djs.Doors at 7.30 pm and only costs $10 entry

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Feb 26 2009 7:20 AM

I take that last comment back, I was trying to be funny and failed. I should have listened to the lyrics more intently.
(I bet Van Morrison hates you though!)
Just kidding, I really do love that song, it's a classic!
THe PACKeTS





Feb 24 2009 2:50 AM

Cheers for the add Black Assassins!
We love your work...but Lindy Chamberlain hates you!
The Del Sonics





Feb 18 2009 9:02 AM

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The Criterion Band





Jan 22 2009 1:53 AM

City Feigning Sleep
oldefellah





Dec 24 2008 3:45 PM

The Pits





Dec 23 2008 6:30 AM

Season's Greetings!

The second ugliest band.
Overture





Nov 24 2008 9:06 AM

Hey guys! Hows it goin?
really likin your tunes hey.
we got an EP we just put out. check it out

Hold the Fire EP - out now!!!



keep on rockin
The Black Stars





Nov 23 2008 4:04 AM

Hey The Black Assassins,

Just letting you know about our last shows for 2008.

The Sugarrush Christmas bash at The Globe in Bris with Bowser, Brindle and more on the 28th of November.

The Shark Bar - Miami Tavern with New Jack Rubys, The Big Rigs and The Lost Cause on Sat the 6th of December

Both gigs have awesome line ups and are set to be great nights! Hope to see you there!

xxx
The Black Stars


two-posters
Mitch Olivier





Oct 28 2008 3:11 PM



Thanks for the add
keep on rockin'
All the best
Mitch
Rubber Clown Car





Oct 18 2008 7:44 PM

Hey guys,
We probably came across your band because you are fans of some of the same bands we are. Thanks for checking us out! Glad you liked the music. Be sure to download "Coward" (it's a FREE download) and share it with your friends. It's from our new CD "Music 'They' Don't Want You To Hear" available at CD Baby now.

Your Pal,
Dirk
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BEZ SCTC4133





Aug 20 2008 9:03 AM

Uuuuummmmmm.......which one of you guys is black .
HA HA HA HA HAH ! ! !
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Aug 8 2008 8:37 AM

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Jul 28 2008 11:51 AM

We hope to make it to Sydney one of these days...oh yes
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Jul 27 2008 1:53 PM

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hope to see ya there, surfers!
Star Sludge





Jul 21 2008 10:53 PM

Poor James Blunt
(:
The Ripz





Jul 6 2008 1:16 PM

but don't forget who the REAL stars of the night are!! SURF'S UP!!

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Jun 21 2008 9:58 AM

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You guys should try and get yer fat commie pinko butts to this one.
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May 31 2008 10:09 PM

Are you in there Tony Biggs???
BEZ SCTC4133





May 31 2008 8:17 PM

HA ha ha ha ha ,i love you silly cunts.STEVE: where are those short films you made !ANDY:i saw you climb the stage at THE NEW YORK hotel and bite NICK CAVE on the arm,and you were wearing a classic qaudraphinia WHO jacket ha ha ha ha ha ...how fuck'n cool is that !.
man you boys have lived.
love ya's ...and what ya stand for !.
Imitation Realists





May 28 2008 4:01 AM

thanks guys rock on....
The Black Market





May 21 2008 11:02 PM

Hey, we're playing at rosie's(ex-club phoenix) this friday night and we'd love to see you there. there's more info on our page if you're keen.

Peace.
Alchemix Recording Studios





May 18 2008 11:36 AM

thanks for the add, toot!




visit the alchemix website here...
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