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The Black Keys
The Black Keys performing at Bonnaroo 2007.
The Black Keys performing at Bonnaroo 2007. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day annual Music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002
Background information
Origin Akron, Ohio, USA
Genre(s) Blues-rock
Garage rock
Hard rock
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Alive Records
Fat Possum Records
Nonesuch Records
V2 Records
Website www.theblackkeys.com
Members
Dan Auerbach
Patrick Carney

The Black Keys are a blues-rock duo consisting of Dan Auerbach (vocals and guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums and percussion) from Akron, Ohio. Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Alive Naturalsound Records, started in 1994 in Los Angeles by French expatriate Patrick Boissel is an independent record label specializing in History Founded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering Blues players from the North Nonesuch Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through WEA International with business affairs handled V2 redirects here For the rocket see V-2 rocket. For other meanings see V2 (disambiguation. Daniel Q Auerbach (born May 14 1979 is the Guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys, a blues/rock group from Akron Ohio. Patrick Carney (born April 1980 is the drummer for The Black Keys, a blues/rock band originating from Akron Ohio. Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Daniel Q Auerbach (born May 14 1979 is the Guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys, a blues/rock group from Akron Ohio. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Patrick Carney (born April 1980 is the drummer for The Black Keys, a blues/rock band originating from Akron Ohio. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County.

Contents

Biography

The band's name was inspired by an artist friend of the band in Akron with schizophrenia, who used the term "black keys" to describe people who weren't quite right. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn A double meaning lies in the fact that the black keys of a piano comprise a pentatonic minor scale when starting on E flat, which is often associated with blues and rock music. Not to be confused with Puns which employ multiple phrases A double entendre is a Figure of speech similar to the Pun, in On Keyboard instruments, a black note is one of the smaller keys that stand above the White notes. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five pitches per Octave in contrast to an heptatonic (seven note scale such as the Major scale The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African

One of their trademarks is their preference for "medium fidelity" recording techniques such as using tape recorders and analog effects. This article deals mainly with analog tape recorders for audio applications information on digital recording, recording of video signals, and An analog synthesizer is a Synthesizer that uses analog circuits and Analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically The band does most of the recording, producing, and mixing themselves. The majority of the album Thickfreakness was recorded in 12 hours during one day. Thickfreakness is the second album by American Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. The band often experiments with odd recording and production techniques, such as leaving in background noises. In Acoustics and specifically in Acoustical engineering, background noise is any Sound other than the sound being monitored

The band released their first album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed by Thickfreakness in 2003, and Rubber Factory in 2004. The Big Come Up is the debut album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Rubber Factory is the third album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. October 2005 saw the release of the DVD Live, recorded live at The Metro Theatre in Sydney, Australia March 18, 2005. The Metro Theatre (commonly The Metro) is a music venue located on George Street, in the Central business district of Sydney, Australia Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 In 2006 they released Magic Potion and the lesser known Chulahoma EP, as well as a single version of Your Touch. Magic Potion is the fourth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Chulahoma The Songs of Junior Kimbrough is the second EP by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys.

Their fourth album, Magic Potion, was released on September 4, 2006 in the UK and September 12, 2006 in the United States. It was their first recording for Nonesuch Records. Nonesuch Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through WEA International with business affairs handled

According to an interview in Pitchfork Media, the band was collaborating on an album with Ike Turner, to be produced by Danger Mouse and released in 2007, but the idea was rendered impossible with Turner's death in December 2007. Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary Ike Wister Turner ( November 5 1931 &ndash December 12 2007) was an American Musician, Bandleader, Brian Joseph Burton, better known by his Stage name Danger Mouse, is an American artist and producer. [1] “Some of the stuff we ended up recording sounds like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins,” Carney told Flaunt Magazine, in April 2008. [2]Ultimately Attack & Release, their fifth album, was produced by Danger Mouse and released on April 1st 2008, having leaked onto the internet by March 4th. Attack & Release is the fifth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. The first single from the album was "Strange Times," with a supporting video featuring Auerbach and Carney appearing as themselves shooting "real" laser guns at one another during a game of laser tag.

The Black Keys have achieved increasing critical acclaim and recognition since their debut album, which was praised by Rolling Stone magazine[3]. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Time magazine named them one of the "10 Best Acts of 2003" [4]. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and They have supported a number of bands, and toured with Sleater-Kinney in 2003, as well as a short stint opening for Beck, and performing at Lollapalooza 2005. Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances They have recently opened for Radiohead on the American leg of their brief 2006 tour. Radiohead In addition to this, they were supported by the influential British radio DJ John Peel and appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Late Show with David Letterman. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS They have recorded a cover of Bob Dylan's "The Wicked Messenger" for the I'm Not There soundtrack, and have recorded "If You Ever Slip," a song written by Jesse Harris for The Hottest State soundtrack. The Hottest State ( 2006) is a film directed and written by Ethan Hawke, based on Hawke's 1997 novel The Hottest State A Novel.

Cultural references

The band is frequently compared to The White Stripes, another blues-based Lo-fi musical duo (drums; vocals and guitar). The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. Lo-fi is an aesthetic in music production which uses Low fidelity recording practices Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant [5], Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead are fans of the band. Led Zeppelin were Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948 West Bromwich, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter famous for his membership in the William Frederick (Billy Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) Nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the Guitarist for ZZ Top (ˌziːziːˈtɒp is an American rock band formed in late 1969 in Houston Texas. Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968 is a Grammy -winning English Musician, best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of the Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is a BAFTA and Grammy -nominated musician and composer-in-residence for the BBC best Radiohead Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has also stated in an interview that he enjoys listening to the band. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the Lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band Arctic Monkeys' Drummer Matt Helders can be seen in a Black Keys T-Shirt in an interview on MTV's RAW. Arctic Monkeys are a British Indie band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Their song "When the Lights Go Out" was featured on the film starring Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan and can be found on the soundtrack. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21 1948 is an American Academy Award -nominated and BAFTA -winning actor Black Snake Moan is a 2007 film written and directed by Craig Brewer. The Black Keys were included in the soundtrack of the 2003 movie School of Rock with their song, "Set You Free. School of Rock is the Soundtrack album of the film of the same title starring Jack Black. School of Rock is a 2003 American Comedy film from Paramount Pictures, starring Jack Black. " The song can be heard when Jack Black takes Joan Cusack to a bar for "coffee. Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. Joan Mary Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress and Comedian. "

One of their songs, "Girl is on My Mind", was used in a 2006 Sony Ericsson advertisement, starring the tennis players Ana Ivanović and Daniela Hantuchova, gaining the band more commercial recognition. Sony Ericsson is a Joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese Consumer electronics Company Sony Corporation and the Ana Ivanović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић ˈana iˈvaːnɔviʨ born November 6 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia Daniela Hantuchová (ˈdanɪjɛla ˈɦantuxɔvaː roughly HAHN-too-koh-vah; born April 23, 1983 in Poprad, Czechoslovakia, now It was also used in a 2006 Victoria's Secret commercial featuring Heidi Klum and could be heard in the movies Rest Stop and Cashback. For the Sonata Arctica single see Victoria's Secret (song Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear Lingerie and beauty Heidi Klum (ˈklʊm born June 1 1973 is a German model, actress TV presenter, Fashion designer, Television producer and occasional singer Rest Stop is the first Direct-to-video " Raw Feed " horror film released on October 17 2006 Cashback is the name of two films directed by Sean Ellis: a 2004 short film and a 2006 feature film Their song "10 AM Automatic" was used in the video game MLB '06: The Show, The O.C, and was also used in a 2007 American Express commercial starring Shaun White. MLB '06 The Show, produced by Sony Studios, is a Baseball Video game for PlayStation 2 and PSP. This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California. Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986 in Carlsbad, California) is an American athlete "Your Touch" was featured in a 2007 Lee's jeans commercial, and can be heard in an episode of NBC's Friday Night Lights. Friday Night Lights is an Award-winning American serial Drama television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and Their cover "Grown So Ugly" can be heard in the background of the going away party in the 2007 film "Cloverfield". "Strange Times" is used in Grand Theft Auto 4 on the in-game radio station, Radio Broker.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Official bootlegs

Videography

DVDs

  1. Set You Free

Music videos

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork: The Black Keys Reveal Danger Mouse-Produced Album
  2. ^ [1] Tewksbury, Drew, Flaunt Magazine May 2008
  3. ^ CD Reviews : Rolling Stone
  4. ^ TIME Magazine: 2003 Best and Worst: Music
  5. ^ Q&A: Robert Plant : Rolling Stone

External links


The Big Come Up is the debut album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Alive Naturalsound Records, started in 1994 in Los Angeles by French expatriate Patrick Boissel is an independent record label specializing in Thickfreakness is the second album by American Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. History Founded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering Blues players from the North Rubber Factory is the third album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. History Founded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering Blues players from the North Magic Potion is the fourth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Nonesuch Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through WEA International with business affairs handled Attack & Release is the fifth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Nonesuch Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through WEA International with business affairs handled Leavin' Trunk/She Said She Said is a limited edition vinyl release from independent label Isota Records - only 1000 hand-numbered copies were produced Suicide Squeeze Records is a Seattle WA - based Independent record label that presses a significant number of 7" vinyl singles in addition to the more prevalent The Moan is the first EP by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. This is the third and last record released on Alive Records, as the band switched Alive Naturalsound Records, started in 1994 in Los Angeles by French expatriate Patrick Boissel is an independent record label specializing in Chulahoma The Songs of Junior Kimbrough is the second EP by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. History Founded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering Blues players from the North MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Nonesuch Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through WEA International with business affairs handled Live In Austin TX is the first official live bootleg by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History Founded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering Blues players from the North Rykodisc Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Image Entertainment Inc. is a leading independent licensee producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America with approximately 3000 exclusive DVD Thickfreakness is the second album by American Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Rubber Factory is the third album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. David Cross (born April 4 1964 is an Emmy Award -winning American Comedian, Writer and Actor. Magic Potion is the fourth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. Magic Potion is the fourth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys. " Strange Times " is the first single from The Black Keys ' album Attack & Release. Attack & Release is the fifth album by Blues-rock duo The Black Keys.
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