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CONTACT:

amanda (new england):



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katie (new england):


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annie (montreal):


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black gold is a collaboration between Eric Ronick (who is/was the keyboard player for Panic! at the Disco. Ambulance Ltd) Than Luu (Rachel Yamagata, shushshush), Eugene (Lauren Hill, solo) and Benji Lysaght (Ambulance Ltd., Red Romance).
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INFLUENCES: A short sampling, in no order whatsoever, off the top of our heads: Hot Chip, Chopin (when he was really intoxicated), the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Neil Young, Depeche Mode, the Blow, early Creation records, Fugazi, Michael Jackson (Thriller and earlier only), Roxy Music, Elton John in the 70s, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Sly and Robbie, early early U2 (when the Edge had hair and, um, edge), M. Ward, James Brown, Justice, Merle Haggard, Bowie, Blonde Redhead, all Studio One records, the Beatles (we're feeling the White Album a lot these days), Chic, early/poppy Ministry, Willy Nelson, Neil Hefti, Feist, the Smiths, Levon Helm, Panic! at the Disco (of course), Augustus Pablo, Annie, all 60s and some 70s Mowtown, the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Rilo Kiley + Jenny Lewis solo, Queen, Elliott Smith, New Order, the Sugar Hill label, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Talk Talk, Duran Duran, Simian, Meg White, the Stylistics PiL, Jellyfish, Tammy Wynette, Interpol, Yellow Magic Orchestra, the Mighty Sparrow, X-Ray Specs, Waylon Jennings, the Cocteau Twins, Zepplin, Stax records, ABC, Morricone, Jobim, and our INCREDIBLE fans and friends.