avatar
The Black Assassins
Australia, Brisbane
The Black Assassins
The Black AssassinsThe Black Assassins play the Dancing Bear Cafe, Toowoomba 1982The Black Assassins play undercover as the Blood Doctors, QIT Campus Club, Brisbane 1982Police raid The Black Assassins after noise complaintsThe Black Assassins

The Black Assassins

Brisbane
Plays Today:
670
Total Plays:
968,855
Profile Views:
472,664
Subscribers:
2,389
Followers:
75

About The Black Assassins

Early eighties punk rock band from Brisbane, Australia. The Black Assassins shows featured politcal lyrics and theatrical stage act. Find out more at: (expired link) Keen exponents of the have a go and do it yourself ethos of the time, The Black Assassins were a dirty-assed punk rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in the middle of 1981, one week before their first gig. It was the height of corrupt Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's police state Reich in the Australian state of Queensland, oppression loomed large in the land and people were scared to speak. The Black Assassins were a loud, raucous assertion of the right to free speech against everything Jackboot Joh stood for.

The Black Assassins had strong political opinions but were very inexperienced musicians who knew no shame. They had three rum-soaked rehearsals during their first week to get a set of 8 songs together before hitting the stage at the QIT Campus Club, Brisbane. It was a highly entertaining theatrical event backed by a wall of noise, musically mutilated performance. This is how they earned the title of "Brisbane's Ugliest Band".

The Black Assassins went on to play a total of 14 gigs in and around Brisbane during the following year before the bass player and guitarist moved to Sydney and formed the band Mutant Death. The Black Assassins continued to play spo

Plays Today: 670

Total Plays: 968,855

Profile Views: 472,664

Subscribers: 2,389

Followers: 75

The black assassins has no Merchandise yet.
The black assassins has no Events yet.
102234
102235
102236
102237
102238
:blush: :scream: :smirk: :smiley: :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :rage: :disappointed: :sob: :kissing_heart: :wink: :pensive: :confounded: :flushed: :relaxed: :mask: :heart: :broken_heart: :expressionless: :sweat: :weary: :triumph: :cry: :sleepy:

#title

#text

#title

#text


Please wait. Verifying...