- The Black Lungs
"This article is about a musical project. For the medical condition known as "black lung", see
Pneumoconiosis . For the similarly named Industrial group, seeBlack Lung ."Infobox musical artist
Name = Black Lungs
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Origin =St. Catharines ,Ontario ,Canada Flagicon|Canada
Genre =Alternative rock ,Folk punk ,Piano rock
Years_active =2005 –Present
Label =Dine Alone Records
Associated_acts =Alexisonfire
JerseyThe Creepshow Cancer Bats Moneen
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/dirtyblacklungs Black Lungs MySpace]
Current_members =Wade MacNeil
Sammi Bogdanski
Past_members = Jordan "Ratbeard" HastingsSean McNab George Pettit The Black Lungs is a side project of
Alexisonfire guitarist,Wade MacNeil . Wade is the lead singer of this band, reminiscent of his first punk rock band Plan 9. The band released the first Black Lungs studio album, "Send Flowers ", May 20th 2008 on Dine Alone Records. 2008. [ According to the bands [http://www.myspace.com/dirtyblacklungs myspace page] ]Members
The band originally included
George Pettit ofAlexisonfire on bass, Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings ofAlexisonfire & Jersey on drums, and Sean McNabb, formerly of the band Jersey and now inThe Creepshow , on guitar. After playing a handful of shows, including S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival 2005 that lineup of the band disbanded.The band was then reduced to simply Wade on guitar/vocals, and Sammi Bogdanski on piano. Sammi Bogdanski is the sister of Wade's ex-girlfriend, after the relationship ended, Bogdanski left the lineup.While touring, Pat from Bedouin Soundclash will be playing drums, and George from Alexisonfire will be playing bass, and Haris from Moneen will be playing piano.
Discography
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Send Flowers " (20th May 2008)
*"Hold Fast (Sink or Swim) " (June 2008)External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/dirtyblacklungs The Black Lungs' MySpace]
* [http://www.rockmidgets.com/features.php?page=3&id=1476 The Black Lungs interview on Rockmidgets.com]Notes
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