I love Blacklistt and won’t go into their history as a band but all you need to know is that these guys rock.  Here is a bit more info about them and I love seeing my fellow Kiwi’s keep cranking out good music and these guys are doing it.

One of the first songs Blacklistt came up with was called From the Blind Spot.  Yes, it was a nod to their old band, the chart-topping heavy rock act who were one of New Zealand’s most popular groups before splitting up in 2007.  But the song was also a start of something new.

It was written when guitarist Marcus Powell, keyboardist and DJ Karl Vilisini, and bass player Gareth Fleming got back together to have a jam in 2010.

“We didn’t really know where it was going to go,” remembers Powell.  “But it sounded a lot like Blindspott because we were the four original writers.”

When they played the song to their old band mate and singer, Damian Alexander, he liked what he heard.

“I thought, ‘Yep, this is the reason I started writing music in the first place’.  It sounded the same, and the magic was back,” says Alexander.

So with four of the original members back on board – Blindspott, who would soon become known as Blacklistt, were back in business.

Fast forward to now, and they have just released their new album.

“We have to make it the best we have done,” says Alexander.  “It’s the second Blindspott album we never got to make but with 10 years experience on our side”