Black Out is a band from Hamilton,Ontario,Canada. They were founded in 1999 while the original members Mike Stradwick, Jenna Silberberg and Stephen Naumann were still in high school, the band didn't get any gigs until 2004. When Manni Hirschfanger-Bernstein joined the band in early 2004 the band quickly became an underground hit in Hamilton. The lead singer is Mike Stradwick the rest of the band changes often, they mostly do covers of Led Zeppelin songs but, they have written a few of their own. They enjoy a small, cult following in Hamilton but, have failed to gain notoriety elsewhere. Mike Stradwick has announced that he and his band will be doing a cross-Canada tour in early 2006. They have recently added an unknown rapper by the name of Dejuan Freemanto their lineup.

Manni Hirschfanger-Bernstein Leaving the Band

On April 5th Manni Hirschfanger-Bernstein, the bands main songer writer, left the band and returned to his native Stuttgart,Germany. While the true reason he left is still unknown, many have speculated that it was over Mike Stradwick's racist song "Wacky Paky Tabbaky" in which Mike Stradwick makes reference to "smoking" every "paki" that he meets. Another reason could also be because, Manni is an observant Jew and was frequently asked to fill in for band members on days that conflicted with his religious schedule. Manni sometimes played the bass for the band, when the current bassist was away. Manni may still be writing songs for the band, although this is not confirmed as of yet.

Current Members

Lead Singer/Songwriter- Mike Stradwick

Guitarist- Antonio "Ready" Manfredi

Drummer- John Huszar

Keyboard- Stanislaus Szozda

Bassist- Jenna Silberberg

Rapper- Dejuan Freeman

Songwriter/Backup Bassist- Manni Hirschfanger-Bernstein