Blackbird

Blackbird

Band, 1987-1994
Rock and Electronic

Formed by brothers Chip and Tony Kinman after they dissolved their cowpunk band Rank and File, Blackbird were an electronic post-punk band. The Kinman's harmony-enhanced singing was as mellifluous as the vocal sound they had established in Rank and File, while the songwriting structure was pop music-inspired. The pop elements were anchored by a grungy-sounding Yamaha RX-5 drum machine, Tony's throbbing 8th-note bass lines and thickened by Chip's heavily distorted and echo-y guitar lines.

Members

	Chip Kinman g, voc, h
	Tony Kinman b, voc 1956-2018

Popular Tracks

Lean On Me on Lean On Me by Blackbird

Falling Easy on Pink Shades by Blackbird

Lonely On Lovers Lane on Pink Shades by Blackbird

Built And Broken on Pink Shades by Blackbird

Tell Your Mama on Blackbird by Blackbird

Christmas Getaway on Christmas Getaway by Blackbird

Pink Shades on Pink Shades by Blackbird

Back on Blackbird by Blackbird

Lost In The Middle on Blackbird by Blackbird

Elke Ierste Kier on Voorwaartsch by Rowwen Hèze

Track list and 30sec audio provided by

Band Membership

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Cinco De Mayo	El Vez With Blackbird	1994	Single
Big Train / Waiting For The Man	Blackbird	1993	Single
Class War: The KMFDM Remixes	Blackbird	1992	Album
Blackbird	Blackbird	1992	Album
Class War	Blackbird	1992	Album
Kill	Blackbird	1992	Single
Little Church Of Ignorance / Glad I'm Gone	Blackbird	1990	Single
Blackbird	Blackbird	1990	Compil.
Blackbird	Blackbird	1989	Album
Howl	Blackbird	1988	Single
Blackbird	Blackbird	1987	Album

External Links

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.