Pete Sands grew up listening to the old country songs from the likes of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, all the while growing up on the Navajo-Indian reservation. In 2007, after a year of playing open mic nights, Sands recorded his first Demo "Black Occasion" under the BLACKKISS name. Sands then took the BLACKKISS sounds throughout Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas until landing his first major break at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Often compared to Johnny Cash's American Recording's Era, BLACKKISS took a huge step forward by releasing his first full length debut album "Dirt Dance Floor" in November 2014. Due to their truly unique desert sound BLACKKISS has been labeled as gritty and bare-boned Country Music.