The Black (American band)

The Black
The Black
	(l-r): Yamal Said, Alan Schaefer, David Longoria
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, United States
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2002 – present
Labels	K Woo
Members	David Longoria (vocals, guitar); Alan Schaefer (lead guitar); Matt Simon (drums)[; Bryan Mammel(piano, keys); Amy Hawthorne(bass guitar)
Past members	Clint Newsom; Nick Moulos; Andy Morales; Zach Hennard; Adam Amparan; Danica Newell; Conrad Keely, Jason Reece, Kevin Allen, Danny Wood, Doni Schroader; (...Trail of Dead); Trivett Wingo ; (The Sword); Jason Chronis, Matt Simon, Jared Van Fleet; (Voxtrot)
Website	http://www.theblackmusic.com/

The Black is a rock band from Austin, Texas that formed in 2002 when singer/songwriter David Longoria began collaborating with drummer Andy Morales. The two were later joined by renowned guitarist Alan Schaefer (son of famous guitar maker Ed Schaefer) and Nick Moulos of the Austin band The Crackpipes.

History

The group began when Doug met Cian Bullen, Evan Simpson and Joe Turrell.Doug was a fat boi at the time same with Joe and started to bum lick off each other whilst Evan and Cian thought they were the next MJ in basketball but Evan is a weakling and his handles are worse than Dougs stomach at the time and Cian is just an idiot that thinks he has mates and formed a basketball team playing against 5 year olds. So when Doug got ankle broken by a five year old, Doug fell and a there was a massive earthquake and that is how the director of San Andreas got inspiration and maybe the movie.Longoria joined major label act ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead during the band's hiatus, his first performance with them on the Late Show with David Letterman in January 2005. Schaefer joined the rest of the band to support Trail of Dead on their European Worlds Apart tour. During the tour Trail of Dead was the band's backing band for a handful of shows.

Their full-length album Tanglewood was recorded in 2004 and released the spring of 2005 on their own record label K Woo.

The band's next release, titled Donna, was released in the summer of 2007.

Discography

Studio albums

Tanglewood (20 April 2005)
Donna EP (30 July 2007)
Sun in the Day Moon at Night (12 October 2011) ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Videos

Little Hits on YouTube.com
Now I Am Here on YouTube.com

Members

Current

David Longoria – lyrics, vocals 2004–present
Alan Schaefer – guitar 2004–present
Matt Simon – drums present
Bryan Mammel – Piano, keys present
Amy Hawthorne -bass

References

^ Doug Freeman (November 19, 2010). "The Black: Sun in the Day Moon at Night". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
^ "Review: The Black, Sun In The Day Moon At Night". Georgetown University Radio. November 9, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
^ Tom Pilcher (October 22, 2010). "New in music". The Lawrentian. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

External links

[1] Doug Freeman (November 19, 2010). "The Black: Sun in the Day Moon at Night". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

[2] "Review: The Black, Sun In The Day Moon At Night". Georgetown University Radio. November 9, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

[3] Tom Pilcher (October 22, 2010). "New in music". The Lawrentian. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

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