Black Lungs

This article is about Wade MacNeil's musical project. For the medical condition known as "black lung", see Pneumoconiosis. For similarly named Industrial group, see Black lung. For other uses, see Black lung (disambiguation).

Black Lungs is a Canadian punk rock band, formed by Alexisonfire guitarist and vocalist and Gallows vocalist Wade MacNeil. MacNeil originally envisioned the project's music as similar to his first punk rock band, Plan 9.^[4]

Black Lungs
Background information
Origin	St. Catharines, Ontario
Genres	Punk rock,[1][2] folk punk,[3] hardcore punk[1]
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Dine Alone Records
Members	Wade MacNeil Phil Waring George Clark Scott Savarie
Past members	George Pettit Sammi Bogdanski Ian Romano Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings Sean McNab Pat Pengelly Liam Cormier
Website	www.wademacneil.com

History

MacNeil formed Black Lungs with original members percussionist Jordan Hastings, keyboardists Sammi Bogdanski, and Alexisonfire's George Pettit on bass.^[5] The side project released their first studio album, Send Flowers, in May, 2008 on Dine Alone Records^[6][7] with Ian Romano on drums.^[4] The band toured afterwards to support the album^[8] with Liam Cormier on drums. Bedouin Soundclash's former drummer, Pat Pengelly later drummed with the band.^[9]

In 2008, Black Lung released a limited edition 7-inch vinyl with two songs.^[10] A second two-song 7-inch vinyl entitled Valley of the Dolls was released, through Deranged Records. in 2010. On March 8, 2011, Wade announced a Split EP with fellow Canadians, Cancer Bats.

In 2011, Black Lungs began recording their second album with producer Nick Blagona. After recording the album, titled Pagan Holiday, it was shelved for over four years before being released online for free on Halloween of 2015.^[11]

Band members

Current

• Wade MacNeil - lead vocals, lead guitars & bass (2005–present)
• Phil Waring - bass (2009–present)
• Scott Savarie - rhythm guitar (2011–present)
• George Clark - drums, percussion (2011–present)

Former

• George Pettit - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2005–2006, 2008–2009)
• Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings - drums, percussion (2005–2006)
• Sean "Sickboy" McNab - bass (2005–2006)
• Liam Cormier - drums, percussion (2008)
• Haris Cehajic - keyboards, piano (2008–2009)
• Sammi Bogdanski - keyboards, piano (2008)
• Ian Romano - drums, percussion (2008)
• Pat Pengelly - drums, percussion (2008–2011)

Discography

• Send Flowers (2008)
• 7-inch EP (June 2008)
• Valley of the Dolls (2010)
• Black Lungs/Cancer Bats Split EP(March 2011)
• Pagan Holiday (2015)

Videography

• Hold Fast (Sink or Swim) (2008)
• For Her (2008)