Black Mountain is an indie-rock band led by Stephen McBean. The band is closely influenced by many past artists, and criticisms often walk the line between praising adept imitation and blasting blatant re-use of old ideas. The band is a psychedelic amalgamation of Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, and Black Sabbath. Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and film director who grew up during his teen years in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived, yet highly original and influential, folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song For what its worth . ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album) Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful groups in popular music history. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and as they evolved, became widely known as pioneers of progressive rock music. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker) The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ...

Leader Stephen McBean also heads another similarly-named band, Pink Mountaintops, who are the more experimental side of McBean's musical abilities. Black Mountain is the front line band for Black Mountain Army, the record label. By day, McBean works in a needle-exchange facility for drug addicts, near Vancouver's infamous Main & Hastings intersection, widely considered to be the heroin capital of Canada, if not North America. The name "Black Mountain" is a reference to a large pile of hash. Pink Mountaintops is the debut album by Pink Mountaintops released by Jagjaguwar in 2004. ... Heroin, also known as diamorphine (BAN) or diacetylmorphine (INN), is a semi-synthetic opioid. ...

Black Mountain, which hails from Vancouver, has released one self-titled LP; an EP titled 'Druganaut' was released in October, 2004. A split single with Destroyer was released in Fall 2004. This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ...

Also, in 2005, the band opened for Coldplay on their Twisted Logic Tour for 3 weeks, with their final opening in San Diego. Their self-titled album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. Coldplay are an English alternative rock band from London. ... Twisted Logic redirects here. ... Nickname: Americas Finest City Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: Country United States State California County San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders City Attorney Michael Aguirre City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer Ben Hueso Area    - City 963. ... Amazon. ... See also: 2005 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2005 Record labels established in 2005 other events of 2005 list of years in music 2000s in music January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock and roll songs recorded in 1954...

Discography

Albums

• 2005 Black Mountain - Jagjaguwar

See also: 2005 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2005 Record labels established in 2005 other events of 2005 list of years in music 2000s in music January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock and roll songs recorded in 1954... Black Mountain is the debut album by Black Mountain released by Jagjaguwar in 2005. ... Jagjaguwar is an indie-rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. ...

EPs

• 2005 Druganaut - Jagjaguwar

See also: 2005 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2005 Record labels established in 2005 other events of 2005 list of years in music 2000s in music January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock and roll songs recorded in 1954... Jagjaguwar is an indie-rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. ...

Related Bands

• Pink Mountaintops
• Jerk with a Bomb
• Ex Dead Teenager

Pink Mountaintops is the debut album by Pink Mountaintops released by Jagjaguwar in 2004. ...

See also

• List of bands from Canada

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External links

• Official Homepage
• The Hive recording studio