The Black Keys is an American rock duo that formed in 2001 in Akron, Ohio. Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney make up the band. (drums). The pair started out as an independent act, recording songs in basements and self-producing their CDs, before becoming one of the most prominent garage rock acts during the genre’s resurrection in the 2000s. The raw blues rock style of the band is primarily influenced by Auerbach’s blues inspirations, which include Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, Howlin’ Wolf, and Robert Johnson.
Brothers, along with its smash track “Tighten Up,” was the group’s mainstream breakthrough in 2010. It received three Grammy Awards. El Camino, their 2011 follow-up, got positive reviews and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 list, resulting in the band’s first arena performance tour, the El Camino Tour. The album and its popular track “Lonely Boy” received three Grammy nominations. Turn Blue, their eighth album, debuted at number one in the United States, Canada, and Australia in 2014.
