Black River Drive
| Black River Drive | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Website | Official site |
| Members |
Sam Browne Rusty McNaughton Matt Stone Karl Woodhams Davie Wong |
Black River Drive is a rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. Black River Drive consists of Sam Browne (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Rusty McNaughton (Bass), Matt Stone (Piano, Synths), Karl Woodhams (Drums) and Davie Wong (Lead Guitar). Black River Drive's first single, "Bullet for your Gun", received extensive radio play and reached #1 on New Zealand radio station The Rock, holding that position for 5 weeks The Rock's weekly countdown.[1] Subsequent single "Call The Doctor" also went straight to #1 on the same countdown staying there for 3 weeks.
Black River Drive toured New Zealand extensively in 2010 and 2011, and then started working on their second album, which was released on November, 7th, 2014.
Discography
Perfect Flaws
After signing with record distributor Rhythm Method (Opshop, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Shapeshifter), Black River Drive’s debut album Perfect Flaws was released on 4 October 2010. The album was produced with Greg Haver and Chris Van De Geer.
Special Edition
On 3 March 2011 Black River Drive released a special edition release of the Perfect Flaws album. On the final day of recording Perfect Flaws, the band recorded some songs in a relaxed, live acoustic setting. Initially gifting some tracks to Facebook fans as mp3s, the band decided to release all five songs in full CD quality as a limited release.[2]
Quicksand
Black River Drive's 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.
Their new album is scheduled for release on 7 November 2014
External links
- Black River Drive – Official site