Black Gold is a Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York, U.S. based music project with Eric Ronick (lead vocals, keyboards) and Than Luu formed in early 2006. The project was started after touring with M. Ward

M. Ward

Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...

, Ambulance LTD

Ambulance LTD

Ambulance LTD is an indie rock group formed in Spanish Harlem, New York in 2000. The band was founded by singer and guitarist Michael Di Liberto and Dave Longstreth of Ohio. They were joined by Marcus Congleton, who brought in Andrew Haskell , Aaron Nevezie , and Darren Beckett...

, Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing four EP's and three studio albums...

, Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco is an American alternative rock duo, formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. Since its split, the band's line-up includes Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith . Former members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the group in 2009...

, and Adam Franklin

Adam Franklin

Adam Franklin is a guitarist, singer and songwriter who has played in Swervedriver , Shake Appeal , Toshack Highway and currently releases records as Adam Franklin and tours with live band Bolts of Melody...

 of Swervedriver

Swervedriver

Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band went on hiatus in 1998 before reforming in 2008 for a world tour, which included a performance at the high-profile Coachella Festival...

. The formation followed with writing and recording at Ronick's Thinman Studios in Brooklyn, that culminated in the release of their debut album, Rush, released on February 3, 2009. Singles from the album include "Detroit" and "Plans & Reveries". Their single "Plans & Reveries" is hypothesized to be the most popular song from the music group, and it conveys the idea that some ideas are stuck to and followed while others become reveries and are never accomplished.

Their single "Plans & Reveries" has been featured on The CW's One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill (TV series)

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in the episode "Deep Ocean Vast Sea" which aired on October 19, 2009, and "Shine" was featured on the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)

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as the farewell song. They performed live on the season finale of the show, Thursday August 12, 2010, where Ronick began the song by playing piano, but quickly abandoned it to instead pursue a solo vocal montage of the season's emotional moments. "Shine" was also featured in the film Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (film)

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and appears on the soundtrack

Valentine's Day (soundtrack)

-Chart performance:...

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Current members

• Eric Ronick – lead vocals, keyboard
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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   (2006–present)
• Than Luu – drums
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  , percussion, backing vocals (2006–present)
• Alistair Paxton - guitar
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  , backing vocals (Unknown–present)
• Kerry Wayne-James - bass
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   (2009–present)

Former touring members

• Eugene – bass
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   (2006–Unknown)
• Siggy Sjursen - bass
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   (Unknown–2008)
• Shiben Bhattacharya - bass
  Bass guitar
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   (2008–2009)

External links

• Official website
• Black Gold at myspace
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• Black Gold at Last.fm
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• Black Gold at PureVolume
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• Black Gold at Twitter
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