Blackfire (Australian band)
Australian rock band
Blackfire were an Australian Indigenous band. They were formed in late 1992 and took a long break in 2004. The original members were Bradley Brown, Selwyn Burns, Kutcha Edwards, Grant Hansen and Kelli McGuinness. They released two albums, A Time to Dream (1994) and the Paul Hester produced Night Vision (1998). The band played spasmodically over the next few years but reformed with a new line up in 2023. They then released two new albums, Regeneration 2024 and Solar Eclipse 2025.
History
Blackfire were formed in Melbourne in late 1992 by Bradley Brown (ex-Watbalimba, Interaction) on bass guitar, drums and vocals; Selwyn Burns (ex-Coloured Stone, Mixed Relations, No Fixed Address) on lead guitar and vocals; Kutcha Edwards on lead vocals, Grant Hansen (ex-Interaction, Mercury Blues) on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Kelli McGuinness (ex-Dr Koori, Interaction, Watbalimba) on drums, bass guitar, guitar and vocals. Their first album, A Time to Dream, was released in 1994 by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA).
Leroy Cummins (ex-Christine Anu Band) joined the group on guitar in 1997 to expand the line-up, as did Corey Noll later on. Blackfire toured extensively throughout Australia before travelling to Asia (Japan, China and Taiwan), alongside Archie Roach and the Naroo Dancers.
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