Blackfire (band)

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Blackfire
Jeneda Benally of Blackfire, European Tour, Prague, Aug. 23, 2004.
Background information
Origin	Black Mesa, Arizona, USA
Genre(s)	Punk rock
Years active	1989–present
Website	Official website
Members
Jeneda Benally Clayson Benally Klee Benally

Blackfire is a Navajo (Diné) traditionally-influenced, high-energy, politically-driven group comprised of three siblings: two brothers and a sister. Born into the heart of a political land dispute area on Black Mesa in the Navajo Nation, their style comprises traditional Native American, Punk-Rock and “Alter-Native” with strong sociopolitical messages about government oppression, relocation of indigenous people, ecocide, genocide, domestic violence, and human rights.

Blackfire played their first show in 1989, since then they have toured national and internationally, with numerous U.S. tours (including a recent stint on the Vans Warped Tour), European tours, treks to Canada, Mexico and even twice to the sub-Saharan deserts of Africa for the "Festival in the Desert".

Blackfire only plays all-ages venues and sometimes combines performances with their Native American dance troupe, the Jones Benally Family.

Joey Ramone, who praised the band as "Fireball Punk-Rock"^[1], recorded his last vocal session on Blackfire's full length album One Nation Under. Blackfire was awarded "Group of the Year" for the 2005 Native American Music Awards.

Blackfire's cover version of the Ramones' "I Believe in Miracles" appears on the Argentinian compilation tribute CD Todos Somos Ramones.^[2]

Blackfire's song "No Control" from the One Nation Under CD was used in the "New Mexico, Old Monster" episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo?.