Black Mekon

Black Mekon

Black Mekon are a group from the United Kingdom. The act is presented as a blues-leaning punk and rock project with a deliberately mythic, outsider-style origin story, built around two figures both called Black Mekon and described as brothers. A third musician, Stunt Pussy, is part of the group’s story as a fellow bluesman who agrees to help them perform when needed.

Style and background

The group is associated with punk blues, blues and rock. Their backstory is framed as a surreal road tale: they are said to be named after the “legendary black mekong”, to have been abandoned and raised in extreme hardship, and to have escaped on a raft made from old records before arriving on more familiar shores. Along the way, the story gives them extra arms, a curse, drumsticks and a guitar, reinforcing the band’s exaggerated outlaw image.

Line-up and mythology

The central identity of Black Mekon is built around the two “vicious bastards” who share the band name, with Stunt Pussy appearing as an assisting musician. The group’s narrative is written in the form of a tall tale rather than a conventional band biography, with the details delivered as legend, sea shanty and folklore.