The Blackout Crew, aka The Bards of Oldham, were a Donk/

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group consisting of six rap artists - Cover, Allison, Heaton, Davis, Kabbani and Chadwick - from

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. Their 2009 album peaked at No. 42 in the UK. Their album contained three singles: "Bbbounce", "Put a Donk on It", and "Dialled". The lines "You know what you wanna do with that, right? You wanna put a bangin' donk on it" has frequently been used in the opening of the

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programme ''

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'', being generally favoured by Mark Radcliffe. Blackout Crew worked with electronic group

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to provide a B-side remix for their 2008 single "A Thing for Me".

Members

Anthony Sabanskis (Producer) * Jordan Cover (MC Cover) * Kevin Allison (MC Dowie) * Kurtis Chadwick (MC Viper) * Tony Heaton (MC Raver) * Rob Davis (MC Rapid) * Zak Kabbani (MC Zak K) The Blackout Crew's tracks were produced by Tony Sabanskis.

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The Blackout Crew official Facebook Page
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