The Black Halos

The Black Halos
Also known as	The Black Market Babies
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1993 (1993)–2008 (2008)
Labels	Sub Pop, History Music, Liquor & Poker, Die Young Stay Pretty
Past members	Billy Hopeless Adam Becvare Johnny Stewart Jahmeel "JR" Russell Rob Zgaljic Rich Jones Denyss McKnight Matt Camirand Jay Millette Davey French Robbie Hunter

The Black Halos were a Vancouver, BC based punk rock band founded in 1993 by lead singer Billy Hopeless and guitarist Rich Jones as The Black Market Babies. The band was briefly on Sub Pop Records, and later signed with History Music. They broke up in 2008 after having their equipment stolen while on tour, however disagreements between the Halos and Billy Hopeless were also cited as a cause.

Members

Current members

• Billy Hopeless - vocals
• Adam Becvare - guitar
• Johnny Stewart - guitar
• Jahmeel "JR" Russell - bass
• Rob Zgaljic - drums

Former members

• Rich Jones - guitars
• Denyss McKnight - bass
• Matt Camirand - bass
• C.C. Voltage - bass
• Jay Millette - guitar
• Davey French - guitar
• Robbie Hunter - bass

Jay Millette once played in Toronto based band Darlings of Chelsea. He now plays in Brutto Monstro, as well as the newly founded rock 'n' roll band Midnight Towers.

Adam Becvare continues to front The Lords of the New Church in place of deceased frontman Stiv Bators and tours with band The Lustkillers.

Billy Hopeless now plays in the Vancouver band The Bonitos.

Dave "Davey" French now plays lead guitar in the rock band Everclear

Discography

• Black Halos (Die Young Stay Pretty, 1999)
• The Violent Years (Sub Pop, 2001)
• Alive Without Control (Liquor & Poker, 2005)
• We Are Not Alone (History Music, 2008)

External links

• The Black Halos at Allmusic.com
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• The Black Halos on Myspace