Black Mekon
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| Origin | Digbeth, Birmingham UK |
| Genres | Garage rock/punk blues band |
| Years active | 2007 |
Black Mekon are a garage rock/punk blues band from Birmingham UK, formed in 2007.
The group consists of 'Black Mekon' on vocals, guitar, 'Mekonotron 2000' and harmonica and 'his brother Black Mekon' on drums.
Although they record almost exclusively as a duo when playing live they would often incorporate a third member on drums or guitar, until 2019 when they stripped back down to a duo for all recordings and live performances.
They have recorded 7 studio albums, 3 live albums, 1 compilation and a 7 inch vinyl collection.
HISTORY
Black Mekon formed in 2007 in Digbeth, Birmingham UK. Devised as an art piece for Myspace, the duo disclosed nothing on the page but a single recording with no information or images, which piqued the curiosity of several promoters and lead to them being booked to play shows in New York and Philadelphia in the US and Porto and Lisbon in Portugal.
Brazilian punk rocker Marco Butcher of Thee Butchers Orchestra booked them to record with him and to tour together Brazil, which grew into 3 successful tours over 2008 and 2009.
After several self released albums under the ColdRice Records label, they signed with PNKSLM (Punkslime) Recordings in 2013, and put out both the band and the labels first full length vinyl 'Stolen Bible 2'. To celebrate the album's release, PNKSLM booked appearances at South by Southwest|SXSW 2014 which culminated in a show with one of Black Mekon's heroes Kid Congo Powers.
Stolen Bible 2 became a cult hit in Japan and the band travelled to Tokyo to play a halloween show with Guitar Wolf. This lead to several tours of Japan between 2014 and 2019 and a long standing friendship with the Japanese garage rock band KING BROTHERS, who were a big influence on Black Mekon's formative years.
In 2015 In lieu of releasing a follow up album, they decided to self release an ambitious 7 inch subscription, a six disc collection showcasing their favourite artists on the flip side of each single. The 45 Consortium included KING BROTHERS, The Jam Messengers, White Mystery, Bob Log III, Table Scraps and Obnox.
Black Mekon continue to release albums on PNKSLM Recordings and tour extensively.
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
- Free Range Hassle CD (ColdRice Records, 2007)
- Broke Into Always On CD (ColdRice Records, 2009)
- Broke In Brazil CD (self released, 2009) tour album for Brazilian tour
- Live At The Tight Pussy CD (ColdRice Records, 2009)
- Stolen Bible 2 LP (Punkslime Recordings, 2013) compilation album
- 45 Consortium Live (45 Consortium, 2016) a live album exclusively for members of the 45 Consortium, download only
- One In The Hate LP (Punkslime Recordings, 2017)
- Destroy Nostalgia LP/CD (Punkslime Recordings, 2019)
- The Lumpiness Of Demand LP (Punkslime Recordings, 2020)
- Black Mekon vs KING BROTHERS 西宮からバーミンガムへ Live LP (Mach Records, 2021)
- We've Learned Nothing 2LP (Punkslime Recordings, 2022)
- NEAT! LP/CD (Punkslime recordings, 2023)
Singles
- "YAMC/Shtsteppin" split 7-inch with Vinny & The Curse (ColdRice Records, 2009)
- "White Lunch/Toast The Dog" split 7-inch with The Castillians (Lazyboy Records, 2015)
- "Kung Future/WC Bronx" split 7 inch with The King Brothers (45 Consortium, 2016)
- "One By One/Bob Hodges" split 7 inch with The Jam Messengers (45 Consortium, 2016)
- "Don't Waste My Time/Phoneutria" split 7 inch with White Mystery (45 Consortium, 2016)
- "Head Down/That Man" split 7 inch with Bob Log III (45 Consortium, 2016)
- "Cheap Date Expensive Drugs/Piece Of Strange" split 7 inch with Table Scraps (45 Consortium, 2016)
- "Buhlak Me Kong" split 7 inch with Obnox (45 Consortium, 2016)
- "Frantic and Idle/Careerender" (Punkslime Recordings, 2017) 7 inch featuring Mistah Frantic and MC Idle exclusively for 'deluxe' release of One In The Hate LP
- "Gift Thee Behind Me Satan" split 7 inch with Cherry Pickles (self released, 2019) only one copy made, a dub plate for a competition winner on UK tour with Cherry Pickles
- "Do You Think I'm a Junky" split 7 inch with Luxurious Faux Furs and Mr Quintron, The Backbones and Thee Dirty Rats (Mandinga Records, 2020)
- "Comeback Kitty Live/Xmas message" 5 inch (self released, 2021) hand cut 5 inch vinyl with personalised Xmas message, ltd to 30 copies
- "Real Good/Future's So Bright" split 5 inch with The All Seeing Eyes (self released, 2022) hand cut 5 inch for live show, ltd to 30 copies
Compilation Appearances
- "Black Mekon Must Die" appears on 'The Astounding Freak Party: Dance With The Vampire' LP (Rigolboch Ricordz, 2010)
- "Piece Of Strange" appears on 'Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia' LP (Liverpool Psych Fest, 2014)
- "Do You Think I'm A Junky" appears on 'You Didn't Think We Could Take It ! VL 2. A tribute to Subsonics' LP (Mandinga Records, 2021)
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