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Infobox musical artist|name = The Black Seeds|image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = Wellington , New Zealand |instrument =|genre = Rock music|Rock , reggae , dub (music)|dub |occupation =|years_active = 1998–present|label =|associated_acts = Fly My Pretties Flash Harry Flight of the Conchords Video Kid Hollie Smith Fat Freddy's Drop |website = http://www.theblackseeds.com/ Official Site|current_members = Barnaby Weir Mike Fabulous Daniel Weetman Lee Prebble Jarney Murphy Tim Jarray Jabin Ward Nigel Patterson Barrett Hocking|past_members = Bret McKenzie Rich Christie Shannon Williams Andrew Christiansen The Black Seeds are a musical group from Wellington , New Zealand . Their music is a fusion of dub, funk, afrobeat and soul.cite web|title=The Black Seeds Bio|url= http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/201/the-black-seeds|accessdate=10 April 2012
Formed in 1998, The Black Seeds perform with eight members,cite web|title=The Black Seeds|url= http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/artists/A/882/N/The-Black-Seeds.utr|publisher=Under the Radar|accessdate=10 April 2012 with instruments including Singing|vocals , guitar , saxophone , trumpet , bass guitar|bass , Drum kit|drums , Bongo drum|bongos , Keyboard instrument|keyboard and wood block . They have two double-platinum selling albums in New Zealand, and successful European album releases through the German-based Sonar Kollektiv label.
The Black Seeds have released seven albums: Keep On Pushing L.P (2001) and On The Sun (2003), Into the Dojo (2006) and Solid Ground (2008), a live album and remix albums Pushed (2003) and Specials (2010).
Lead singer Barnaby Weir is also associated with the sideprojects Flash Harry and Fly My Pretties .cite web|title=Fly My Pretties - Barnaby Weir is Flying High|url= http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/751|publisher=NZ Musician|accessdate=10 April 2012|author=Rebecca Thomson 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 film trilogy|The Lord of the Rings .cite web|title=THE BLACK SEEDS – BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION|url= http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.bio/project_id/448.cfm|publisher=Rock Paper Scissors|accessdate=10 April 2012 In June 2011, trumpet player Andrew Christiansen left the band and was replaced by Barrett Hocking.cite news|title=Going global with The Black Seeds|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/entertainment/attitude/6581416/Going-global-with-The-Black-Seeds|accessdate=10 April 2012|newspaper=The Timaru Herald|date=16 March 2012|author=Katarina Filipe
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.cite web|title=Breaking Bad (Music from the Original TV Series)|url= http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/breaking-bad-music-from-original/id370928500|publisher=iTunes|accessdate=10 April 2012cite news|title='Breaking Bad': La musica on sale Tuesday on I-tunes and Amazon|url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/05/breaking-bad-la-musica-on-sale-tuesday-on-itunes-and-amazon.html|accessdate=10 April 2012|newspaper=LA Times|date=May 18, 2010|author=Maria Elena Fernandez
