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Black Cards 
Black Cards performing in Poughkeepsie, New York on October 16, 2010 at The Loft.Background information Genres Pop, electropop, dancehall,[1] Years active 2010–present Labels Decaydance/Island Associated acts Fall Out Boy, Saves the Day, Hidden in Plain View, The Receiving End of Sirens, VersaEmerge Website http://blackcardsmusic.com/ Members Pete Wentz
Bebe Rexha
Spencer PetersonPast members Nate Patterson Black Cards is an American electropop band formed in July 2010 as Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz's new main project following the group's indefinite break. The band is composed of vocalist Bebe Rexha, bassist Pete Wentz, drummer Spencer Peterson and guitarist Nate Patterson. They are working on their untitled debut album.
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History
Formation (2010)
Black Cards was formed in March 2010 by Pete Wentz. Fall Out Boy went on hiatus in late 2009, with Wentz announcing his desire to take a break from music and concentrate more on being with his wife and child. However, Wentz eventually ventured into another musical project, this time experimenting a lot more going to a more electronic dance-ska direction with the music. Wentz had said he was taking time off with his family, when he started being inspired again by such Jamaican reggae songs as Culture's "Two Sevens Clash" and The Gladiators's "Warriors".[1][2][3] Wentz then contacted producer Sam Hollander (Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday) and discussed the idea with him to mash up ska, dance and reggae with 80s British rock and pop to create a new experimental sound. Wentz did not want to attempt to replace Patrick Stump (his bandmate in Fall Out Boy), and decided to go in a new direction taking a female vocalist instead – amateur singer Bebe Rexha.[3][4]
Pete Wentz originally maintained a level of secrecy around the identity of other members. In an interview with MTV.com on July 20, 2010, Wentz had denied the rumors that either ex-Chiodos member Craig Owens or Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie are part of the new project.[5] Wentz later revealed the identity of the band's drummer as Spencer Peterson (formerly of Saves the Day, VersaEmerge and Hidden in Plain View) and the band's guitarist as Nate Patterson (of The Receiving End of Sirens) through his blog.[6]
The band has put up two snippets from songs the band has been working on, on their official website. The songs' working titles are "Beating in My Chest" and "Club Called Heaven". The title of "Beating in My Chest" has since then been changed to "Dirty Little Fingerprints".[3] The band's first European tour took place between October 25–31, 2010. They played at 5 venues in Glasgow, Manchester, London, Berlin and Paris. This short European tour was preceded by three special North American dates on October 14, 15, and 16, 2010, which took place in Hartford, CT, Providence, RI and Poughkeepsie, NY.[7] Black Cards have released "Club Called Heaven" as their first single through MySpace, YouTube[8] and their official website.[9] The song features rapper Chiddy of the group Chiddy Bang. Since early October 2010, the band has announced and released multiple songs on various social network sites, such as Facebook and Vevo.[10][11][12] Black Cards contributed their song "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Fame" to the complation album Download To Donate: Japan Tsunami Relief to provide relief for Japan after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.[13]
Untitled debut album (2011–present)
Pete Wentz told MTV that the untitled album was tentatively set for release in Summer 2011. "It's done and I'm just going to keep putting songs out, so we have to keep putting more songs on the album." It will feature guest spots from Travie McCoy, Neon Trees frontman Tyler Glenn and possibly Shaggy. Wentz noted that he's aware that fans have been waiting for a while now to hear the disc, but the delay was necessary. He's been trying to line up support for the band at their label, Island/Def Jam.
- "I don't feel like there is a holdup. I feel like people know that it's a new project at the label and really want to roll it out in the right way, and the building has really gotten behind it. But it's different than Fall Out Boy, and it's different than stuff we've done before, so ... with Fall Out Boy, it'd be like, 'OK, this is rollout, we've got it, we'll go around the world.' And with this, it's new and it's new territory, so we're working with new people and it'll be exciting."[14]
In an interview with Spin, he spoke about the record's completion:
- "We have a whole Black Cards album done, and now we're just writing more songs that might beat out some of the existing songs."[15]
Band members
- Current members
- Bebe Rexha – lead vocals (2010–present)
- Pete Wentz – bass, backing vocals (2010–present)
- Spencer Peterson – drums, percussion (2010–present)
- Former members
- Nate Patterson – lead guitar (2010–2011)
References
- ^ a b By Daniel Kreps (2010-07-09). "Pete Wentz Reveals New Reggae-Inspired Band | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/179361. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Pete Wentz (formally) unveils Black Cards". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/38988. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ a b c "Black Cards". Blackcardsmusic.com. http://blackcardsmusic.com/. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Fall Out Boy star names new singer : SFGate: Daily Dish". SFGate. 2010-07-14. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/detail?entry_id=67861. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Pete Wentz: Fans 'May Recognize' Some Black Cards Bandmates – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. 2010-07-20. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644040/20100720/story.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ Wentz's Tumblr blog entry. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ Black Cards Official Website. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ “” (2010-09-17). "Black Cards – "Club Called Heaven"". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkLHH3xiz48. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Black Cards". Blackcardsmusic.com. http://www.blackcardsmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ Music Tab, Black Cards Facebook Page. Retrieved Oct 7, 2010.
- ^ Black Cards Facebook Page
- ^ BlackCardsVEVO on Youtube. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ^ "Download To Donate : Japan Tsunami Relief wiki". http://japan.downloadtodonate.org/. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660589/pete-wentz-black-cards.jhtml
- ^ http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/pete-wentz-to-release-new-black-cards-album-this-summer
External links
Categories:- Musical groups established in 2010
- American rock music groups
- Decaydance Records artists
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