Blackout
History
Formed in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in the early 1990. The line-up was Roger on vocals, Miffy on guitar, Andrew “Stinko” Lewis on bass and Acky on drums. After most of the members of Violent Storm were killed in March 1992, Stinko folded Blackout and along with Miffy formed Celtic Warrior with Billy.
In early 1998 Stinko reformed Blackout with himself on vocals and bass, David “Brad” Braddon (Celtic Warrior) on guitar and Jason Freeman (Celtic Warrior). They recorded two songs, ‘Hey Racial Brother’ and ‘Kill Me Before I Die’, (which had vocals by Stinko), both appeared on the ‘Voice Of Britain Volume 1’ compilation C.D. They changed their name to P.O.W. (Pride Of Wales) for the ‘Voice Of Britain Volume 2’ CD so that it did not appear as though they were on both volume one and two.
Tragically Andrew “Stinko” Lewis died from cancer on the 18th of August 1998.
Blackout was reformed again in 2005 with David “Brad” Braddon on vocals, Andrew “Eggy” Heggie on guitar, Martin Collins on rhythm guitar and Stephen Deverall on bass with Freeman on drums who released their first album in 2007. Before their second album Martin Collins left the band and was replaced by Andrew “Andy” Turner. The bands most recent album was recorded during 2018 to 2020 in Wales.
Discography
Official Productions
2007 – Spirit of the Warrior – Rampage Productions – RAMP09 – UK – CD
2011 – For The Blood Of Our Land – Silurian Productions – SILPRO001 – UK – CD
2021 – The Way It’s Got To Be – Silurian Productions – SILPRO003 – UK – CD
Samplers
1998 – Voice of Britain Volume 1 – United Records – CD001 – UK – CD – (Kill Me Before I Die)
2008 – A Tribute to Ken & Brutal Attack – GNLS Records – Belgium – CD – (03. End Of My Race)
2008 – 14th July 2007 Summer Fest 2007 – Veneto RAC – vrac002 – Italy – CD – (Blackout)
2015 – Killed By PC – Forbidden Music – CD – (Kill Me Before I Die)
2022 – Brutal Attack Tribute – CD – (Healing Hands)
Track Lists
Spirit of the Warrior
01. Spirit Of The Warrior (3:54)
02. The Hunger (3:14)
03. Mental Welsh Bastard (3:22)
04. Motherland (4:30)
05. Valhalla Awaits (4:56)
06. Handing Them The Knife (4:38)
07. Before It Gets To Late (4:21)
08. Sorrow (5:11)
09. When Our Time Comes (4:04)
10. Blackout (2:51)
11. What The Fuck (2:14)
12. End Of My Race (2:40)
13. Requiem (4:47)
14. This Is My Country (6:44)
15. Unlisted
This was reissued in 2019 on limited edition vinyl with the a bonus four tracks from the “Voice of Britain” volumes. Either as 200 black or 150 in red/pink.
For The Blood Of Our Land
01. Intro
02. New Day
03. Poisoned Minds
04. Battle Cry
05. Lost Battalions
06. Out Of Reach
07. Fight And Die
08. Black September
09. For The Blood Of Our Land
10. Seed Of Hope
11. White Man Awake
12. Keep The Valkyries At Bay
13. Viking
14. Working Class Man
15. Hidden Track
This album was also released in 2021 on limited edition, numbered vinyl as either 157 green or 203 black vinyl.
The Way It’s Gotta Be
01. Let Me Tell You About Freedom
02. Skinhead Way Of Life
03. I Will Rise
04. War Song
05. Currency Of Control
06. The Way It’s Got To Be (written by Ian Stuart)
07. Order From Chaos
08. The Returning Soldier
09. Servile Generation
10. One By One
11. 28 All Hail
12. The Ballad Of Kriss Donald
13. Action (written by The Sweet)