Black River Drive
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Black River Drive are a rock band from Auckland
, New Zealand
. Black River Drive consists of Sam Browne (lead vocals, guitar), Rusty McNaughton (bass), Matt Stone (lead guitar, piano) and Mike Tan (drums).
Their first single, "Everywhere" was recorded at York Street Studio
s in Sept 2008 with Greg Haver and Clint Murphy.
The band's second single, "Bullet for your Gun", received a lot of radio play and reached #1 on New Zealand radio station and stayed there for 5 weeks The Rock
's weekly countdown. The bands third single also went straight to #1 on the same countdown staying there for 3 weeks beating out singles from Disturbed & Slash.
Black River Drive played alongside I Am Giant
and Luger Boa
in the State of Rock tour of New Zealand, June/July 2010.
, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Shapeshifter
), Black River Drive’s debut album Perfect Flaws was released on October 4, 2010, delivering in spades the band’s potent mix of crunching, relentless guitars and raw, emotive melody. The album was produced with Greg Haver (The Feelers
, Opshop
) and Chris Van De Geer (Stellar*).
The band released their debut album, "Perfect Flaws" on October 4, 2010, which went on to debut at #17 in the New Zealand Music Charts.
So far the band has released four singles from the Perfect Flaws Album, all of which are in high rotate on the Rock Radio station.
The single, Bullet for your gun has been nominated and is currently a finalist in the international songwriting competition.
On March 3, 2011 Black River Drive released a special edition release of the Perfect Flaws album.
In the final days of recording Perfect Flaws, the band recorded some songs in a more relaxed 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.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Black River Drive consists of Sam Browne (lead vocals, guitar), Rusty McNaughton (bass), Matt Stone (lead guitar, piano) and Mike Tan (drums).
Their first single, "Everywhere" was recorded at York Street Studio
York Street Studio
York Street Recording Studio is a Recording Studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded and built by producer and engineer Martin Williams, producer Malcolm Welsford and Jaz Coleman it quickly became New Zealand's leading music recording, mixing and mastering facility...
s in Sept 2008 with Greg Haver and Clint Murphy.
The band's second single, "Bullet for your Gun", received a lot of radio play and reached #1 on New Zealand radio station and stayed there for 5 weeks The Rock
The Rock (New Zealand)
The Rock is a New Zealand rock music radio station. It currently holds the #1 ratings spot out of the music stations nationwide. The station is known to broadcast material of a controversial nature, and The Rock has in the past had some issues with the Broadcasting Standards Authority with a number...
's weekly countdown. The bands third single also went straight to #1 on the same countdown staying there for 3 weeks beating out singles from Disturbed & Slash.
Black River Drive played alongside I Am Giant
I Am Giant
I Am Giant is a New Zealand Alternative rock band based in London. They formed in 2009 and released their debut studio album, The Horrifying Truth on 1 August 2011....
and Luger Boa
Luger Boa
Luger Boa is a New Zealand rock band led by Jimmy Christmas, formerly of The D4. Christmas formed Luger Boa after The D4 decided to take an indefinite break. Christmas describes the band as "pop-oriented", but with the "intensity of The D4"...
in the State of Rock tour of New Zealand, June/July 2010.
Perfect Flaws
After inking a deal with legendary independent record label Rhythm Method (OpshopOpshop
Opshop is a New Zealand rock band formed in 2002. Their first album, You Are Here was released in 2004. Their second album, Second Hand Planet was released in 2007 and received Triple Platinum certification. It produced the successful single, One Day...
, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Shapeshifter
ShapeShifter
ShapeShifter is an Application Enhancer plugin for Mac OS X developed by Unsanity that allows the user to make system-wide modifications to the appearance of the operating system's graphical interface by applying GUI skins through “injection” into running code and without modifying system files,...
), Black River Drive’s debut album Perfect Flaws was released on October 4, 2010, delivering in spades the band’s potent mix of crunching, relentless guitars and raw, emotive melody. The album was produced with Greg Haver (The Feelers
The Feelers
The Feelers are a New Zealand rock band formed in the early 1990s in Christchurch by James Reid , Matthew Thomas and Hamish Gee .-History:...
, Opshop
Opshop
Opshop is a New Zealand rock band formed in 2002. Their first album, You Are Here was released in 2004. Their second album, Second Hand Planet was released in 2007 and received Triple Platinum certification. It produced the successful single, One Day...
) and Chris Van De Geer (Stellar*).
The band released their debut album, "Perfect Flaws" on October 4, 2010, which went on to debut at #17 in the New Zealand Music Charts.
So far the band has released four singles from the Perfect Flaws Album, all of which are in high rotate on the Rock Radio station.
The single, Bullet for your gun has been nominated and is currently a finalist in the international songwriting competition.
Special Edition
On March 3, 2011 Black River Drive released a special edition release of the Perfect Flaws album.
In the final days of recording Perfect Flaws, the band recorded some songs in a more relaxed 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.