Black Sunshine is a band formed and fronted by extreme sport

Extreme sport

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s athlete Matt Reardon and former band

Loser (band)

Loser was an American alternative rock band, formed in late 2004.In 2005 guitarist John 5 of Marilyn Manson fame formed Loser. The band was partly co-founded by John 5's friend, producer Bob Marlette. Vocalist Joe Grah already had a significant amount of success in his home state of Texas with the...

 guitarist Charles Lee

Charles Lee

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. The band was originally going to release their debut self-titled album on April 13, 2010, but it was delayed to be released on May 25, 2010.

While recuperating from surgeries related to a ski accident, extreme sports athlete Matthew Reardon took time off to recooperate and turned to songwriting. Deciding to form a band to complete the sound of these songs, guitarist John5 introduced Reardon to his previous band-mate from the band Loser

Loser (band)

Loser was an American alternative rock band, formed in late 2004.In 2005 guitarist John 5 of Marilyn Manson fame formed Loser. The band was partly co-founded by John 5's friend, producer Bob Marlette. Vocalist Joe Grah already had a significant amount of success in his home state of Texas with the...

, guitarist Charles Lee

Charles Lee

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. Lee, along with bassist Christopher Serafini and drummer Matt 'Toast' Young, came together to complete the band. The band worked with producer Bob Marlette (Filter

Filter (band)

Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....

, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...

) on the album, with him playing instruments on several songs as well.

The album produced one single "Once In My Life", which cracked the Active Rock

Active rock

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 Top 40, higher than singles from bands such as Nickelback

Nickelback

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 and Atreyu

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.

The band toured in support of the album with Hinder

Hinder

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 and My Darkest Days

My Darkest Days

My Darkest Days is a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, consisting of lead singer Matt Walst, lead guitarist Sal Costa, Bassist Brendan McMillan, Drummer Doug Oliver, and keyboardist Reid Henry...

throughout 2010, with their September 8, 2010 concert being streamed online.