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Peter Black is an legend of the Australian alternative/independent scene, although a lot of people won’t recognise his name. There are thousands who do know him though, as Blackie. As Blackie, Peter Black has been wielding his Gibson SG in Sydney’s pioneering multicultural pop-punk phenomenon the Hard-Ons since the early-‘80s. Since he was 13 in fact. With the Hard-ons, Peter Black has had a hand in classic alternative hits like “Girl I the Sweater”, “Where Did She Come From”, “Just Being with You” and “Don’t Wanna See You Cry”, released over a dozen albums and over twenty singles and EPs, played the inaugural Big Day Out, played with Nirvana and the Ramones, toured Australia, Europe and the US countless times, built a legion of fans and influenced generation after generation of subsequent musicians. You can ask everyone from Spiderbait and Regurgitator, You Am I and Magic Dirt, through to Frenzal Rhomb and current chart breakers Private Function, and they’ll confirm that last point. Since he mid-'90s Peter has also played in Nunchukka Superfly, and in 2006, taking inspiration from heroes Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson, Peter decided he wanted to be a solo artist as well. He is set to release his 6th and 7th solo albums, IF THIS IS THE HAND THAT I’M DEALT and I’M GONNA CHEAT AS MUCH AS I CAN on November 27. They’re a perfect pair; one acoustic based, one electric. “These two fantastic albums are simply bursting with ideas and, both lyrically and musically, there are surprises at every turn. Peter Black has outdone himself. As a songwriter, he has never written better songs than these, and as a performer/producer he has never sounded better than this. The albums feel like musical conversations and listeners will be constantly amazed at where that conversation takes them. Fascinating, entertaining and bloody brilliant!” – Dave Faulkner (The Victims, Hoodoo Gurus)