The Blackthorns | en

From the band website: "Bio Election day, November 2nd, 2004: the Blackthorns’ first show is cancelled when beloved club First Avenue unexpectedly shuts down. Spring 2005: the Blackthorns make their debut performance at the infamous Alamo in Northeast Minneapolis. A rowdy fan demolishes a toilet, flooding the venue; the band is not encouraged to return…. Converging in Minneapolis from parts as far away as Denver, New Orleans, and rural South Dakota, the Blackthorns met through their involvement in various punk, thrash, and no-wave projects, but were brought together by their common interest in the darker sounds of traditional American folk...