Dooner’s World – Episode 114 - Richard Black – Shark Island / Contraband

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 9 p.m.

Dooner’s World – Episode 114 - Rick Czerny – Richard Black – Shark Island 

  

Topics:

 

·      New album – Bloodline 2.0.20

 

·      New Video – Someday - https://youtu.be/WP7urCQiGKM

 

·      Early Sharks with Spencer Sercombe in High School

 

·      Shark Island were Gazzari’s House band for 2.5 years  

 

·      1989 – Bill and Ted’s excellent Adventure Shark Island wrote and performed 2 tunes 

 

·      Dweezil Zappa performed on Two Heads re Better Than One with the Nelson Brothers 

 

·      1991 - Contraband album with Michael Schenker, Bobby Blotzer (Ratt), Share Pedersen (Vixen) and Traci Guns (L.A. Guns)

·      Never performed or toured as a band 

 

·      Richard’s metal art and sculpture was a focus 

 

·      Black 13 with Jake E Lee (Ozzy) and Simon Wright (AC/DC) – wrote 1 song

 

·      Bourgeois Pigs with Michael Guy – wrote about 6 songs

 

·      2005 – Shark Island re-union – Gathering of the Faithful –

 

·      Richard’s Stone Home in Croatia

 

·      Day of the Dead on Halloween - Alive Zagreb – Released on color vinyl 

 

·      2019 – Bloodline – sold out everywhere, so they re-released it with a few new tunes, including the new single, “Someday.” 

 

·      Richard’s Rescue Ranch – goats, donkeys, cats, and more 

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