Blackstar were a British hard rock band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995 without Bill Steer along with former Cathedral bassist Mark Griffiths (on guitar).
The band name comes from a Carcass song off the Swansong 1996 album.
After a while, the band was forced to change its name to Blackstar Rising.
The band dissolved because drummer Ken Owen suffered from a brain haemorrhage.
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