The Blackout Crew, aka The Bards of Oldham, are a donk/rap group consisting of six rap artists - Cover, Allison, Heaton, Davis, Kabbani and Chadwick - from Halliwell, Bolton, Greater Manchester.[1]
Their 2009 album peaked at No. 42 in the UK.[2] [3] [4] Their album contained three singles: "Bbbounce", "Put a Donk on It", and "Dialled".[5]
The lines "You know what you wanna do with that, right? You wanna put a bangin' donk on it" was frequently been used in the opening of the BBC Radio 2/BBC Radio 6 Music programme Radcliffe & Maconie, being generally favoured by Mark Radcliffe. Blackout Crew worked with electronic group Metronomy to provide a B-side remix for their 2008 single "A Thing for Me".[6] [7]
In 2023, Jax Jones released a new song Won’t Forget You with D.O.D and Ina Wroldsen, with a new version featuring Kurtis Chadwick aka MC Viper, Jordan Cover, aka MC Cover, and Luke Purcell aka MC Lukey P from the newly reformed Blackout Crew, which as of the 12th of November 2023 sits at number 28 in the UK top 40 singles charts.
Anthony Sabanskis (Producer)
The Blackout Crew's tracks were produced by Tony Sabanskis.[11]