What key details about the blackout -lrb- band -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: the blackout were a post-hardcore band from merthyr tydfil , wales , formed in 2003 . after some time backing lostprophets on their liberation transmission tour , along with dopamine , covergirl , kids in glass houses , the guns and men , women & children , they released their first mini-album '' the blackout ! the blackout ! the blackout ! '' . in october 2007 the band released their debut album , '' we are the dynamite '' . their second record , '' the best in town '' was released on 25 may 2009 in europe and 23 june 2009 in the us , both via epitaph records . the band 's third album - titled '' hope '' , was released on 4 april 2011 , and charted at number 27 in the uk album chart . their fourth studio album , titled '' start the party '' , was released on 21 january 2013 . the blackout 's final release was a five track ep entitled '' wolves '' , with their farewell tour held in early 2015 , finishing in their hometown of merthyr tydfil on saturday 28th march 2015 .
- years active is 2003 -- 2015- caption is the blackout performing at leeds festival 2011- origin is merthyr tydfil , wales- label is fierce 2009 -- 2010 -rrb- cooking vinyl -lrb- 2011 -- 2015 panda -rrb- -lrb- 2006 -- 2008 -rrb- epitaph -lrb-- genre is post-hardcore , hard rock- name is the blackout- background is group_or_band- image is the blackout.jpg- current members is sean '' davies rhys lewis gareth '' snoz '' lawrence smith gavin butler matthew davies james '' bob