caption current_members associated_acts years_active article_title landscape past_members background genre image origin name
performing in leicester , august 2012 barnaby murphy tim jarray jabin ward nigel patterson barrett hocking weir mike fabulous daniel weetman lee prebble jarney fly video kid hollie smith fat freddy 's drop my pretties flash harry flight of the conchords 1998 -- present the black seeds
 yes bret laing mckenzie rich christie shannon williams andrew christiansen toby group_or_band rock , reggae , dub blackseeds1.jpg wellington , new zealand the black seeds
the black seeds

the black seeds are a musical group from wellington , new zealand .
their music is a fusion of dub , funk , afrobeat and soul .
formed in 1998 , the black seeds perform with eight members , with instruments including vocals , guitar , saxophone , trumpet , bass , drums , bongos , keyboard and wood block .
they have released five albums , a live album , and two remix albums .
they have two double-platinum selling albums in new zealand , and successful european album releases through the german-based `` sonar kollektiv '' label .
lead singer barnaby weir is also associated with the sideprojects `` flash harry '' and fly my pretties .
former band member bret mckenzie is also a member of international award-winning comedy duo flight of the conchords , as well as playing figwit the elf in peter jackson 's `` the lord of the rings '' .
in june 2011 , trumpet player andrew christiansen left the band and was replaced by barrett hocking .
their song `` one by one '' was used in amc 's `` breaking bad '' season 2 episode , `` 4 days out '' and also appears on the series ' official soundtrack .
