alternative rock, alt rock, rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage blues, punk blues, indie rock, blues, grunge, garage, roots
Years active
2005–present
Labels
Independent, Waterfront, Plus One, P-Vine
Members
Shane Hicks Trevor Gee Sean Thomas
Past members
Jed Walters Jared Tredly Andrew Walter Rick DeMarco
Website
theblackwaterfever.com
The Blackwater Fever are an Australian blues guitar-drums band, formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 2005. They were awarded Best Blues & Roots Act at the 2006 Sunshine Coast Music Festival. They issued their debut five-track extended play, Abused Blues, in January 2006 by the founding duo of Shane Hicks on vocals and guitar; and Rick DeMarco on drums.[1] The tracks had been recorded live-in-the-studio at OPM Studios, Brisbane.[1] Hicks and DeMarco co-wrote "Blackwater", which provided the band's name, Hicks later recalled "[we were] brain storming for a band name we were having a hell of a time trying to come up with something. One of the first guitar/drums songs we wrote together was called ‘Blackwater’ and it’s about people catching a fever from drinking tainted water. Put all that together and you have our band name! We found out later that it was a term for severe malaria…. And because we were going for a dark swampy bluesy sound, we thought…. Perfect!"[2]
By 2008 The Blackwater Fever had gained national radio exposure from youth radio station Triple J, on the Home & Hosed (October) and Roots 'n' All (November) segments,[3][4] and from that station's Unearthed competition for new unsigned bands.[5] In November 2008 they released their debut studio album, Sweet Misery, where DeMarco had been replaced by Andrew Walter on drums.[6]
By late 2010 the line-up was a trio with Hicks and Walter joined by Jed A. Walters on bass guitar and keyboards.[5][7] However their second album, In Stereo (June 2011), had been recorded before Walters had joined, "[Jed] didn't contribute to this album but he'll definitely be making a big contribution to the next one."[7] Their third album, The Depths, appeared in March 2013.[8] Luke Saunders of Reverb Street Press compared it with the previous two albums "[its] another intriguing step forward following the solid foundations the band laid on their dark and gritty debut, Sweet Misery (2009) and its more refined, equally accomplished follow-up, In Stereo (2011)."[9]
^ abBlackwater Fever (2006), Abused Blues, National Library of Australia, retrieved 28 April 2015
^"Q & A Time with The Blackwater Fever". The Points Sunshine Coast. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^"Playlists: Home and Hosed". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 14 October 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^"Roots 'n' All on Triple J". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 20 November 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^ ab"The Blackwater Fever". Sputnikmusic. Jeremy Ferwerda. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^Blackwater Fever (2008), Sweet Misery, Plus One Records. National Library of Australia, retrieved 28 April 2015
^ abBirdie (14 December 2010). "The Blackwater Fever". Beat Magazine. Furst Media. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^Blackwater Fever (2013), The Depths, Plus One Records. National Library of Australia, retrieved 28 April 2015
^Saunders, Luke (9 April 2013). "[CD Review] The Blackwater Fever – The Depths". Reverb. Reverb Magazine Online. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
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