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Blackstar | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genres | Hard rock |
| Years active | 1997–1999 |
| Labels | Peaceville Records |
| Past members | Jeffrey Walker Carlo Regadas Ken Owen Mark Griffiths |
Blackstar were a British hard rock band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995 without Bill Steer along with former Cathedral bassist Mark Griffiths (on guitar). The band name comes from a Carcass song off the Swansong 1996 album. Blackstar released only a single album. After a while, the band was forced to change its name to Blackstar Rising. The band dissolved because drummer Ken Owen suffered from a brain haemorrhage.