Blackstar (band)

Blackstar were a British hard rock band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995 without Bill Steer along with former Cathedral bassist Mark Griffiths (on guitar). The band name comes from a Carcass song off the Swansong 1996 album. Blackstar released only a single album. After a while, the band was forced to change its name to Blackstar Rising. The band dissolved because drummer Ken Owen suffered from a brain haemorrhage.

Members

 * Jeff Walker - bass, vocals
 * Carlos Regadas - lead guitar
 * Ken Owen - drums
 * Mark Griffiths - rhythm guitar

Promo 96

 * 1) Revolution of the Heart
 * 2) New Song
 * 3) Rock 'n' Roll Circus
 * 4) Don't Want to Talk Anymore
 * 5) Better the Devil
 * 6) Waste of Space
 * 7) Instrumental

Barbed Wire Soul (1998 Peaceville Records)
Japanese versions has 5 demo tracks and 3 cover versions as bonus tracks

(The end of the song Instrumental is a quote from the movie From Dusk Till Dawn)
 * 1) Game Over 4:02
 * 2) Smile 3:37
 * 3) Sound of Silence 3:44
 * 4) Rock 'n' Roll Circus 4:14
 * 5) New Song 3:54
 * 6) Give Up the Ghost 3:07
 * 7) Revolution of the Heart 4:02
 * 8) Waste of Space 3:50
 * 9) Deep Wound 3:09
 * 10) Better the Devil 4:40
 * 11) Instrumental 5:00

X (1998 CD VILE77)
Digipack 10 year anniversary release with cover tracks by Peaceville artists X cover


 * 1) Anathema - "One Of The Few" (Pink Floyd)
 * 2) Dominion - "Shout" (Tears For Fears)
 * 3) My Dying Bride - "Some Velvet Morning" (Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood)
 * 4) My Dying Bride - "Roads" (Portishead)
 * 5) Anathema - "Better Off Dead" (Bad Religion)
 * 6) Thine - "Song Of Joy" (Nick Cave)
 * 7) Blackstar - "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" (Hüsker Dü)
 * 8) Acrimony - "O Baby" (Status Quo)
 * 9) The Blood Divine - "Crazy Horses" (The Osmonds)
 * 10) The Blood Divine - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division)
 * 11) Dominion - "Paint It Black" (Rolling Stones)
 * 12) Blackstar - "Running Back" (Thin Lizzy)
 * 13) Lid - "Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles)
 * 14) Anathema - "Goodbye Cruel World" (Pink Floyd)