
UNLV graduate voice student Josh Thomas
The 30th Anniversary Official Black Hole Tribute music video celebrates the long-standing and notorious Las Vegas Raiders' Black Hole Fan Club featuring UNLV graduate voice student Josh Thomas. Original words and music by longtime UNLV music professor Tony LaBounty. '
Music recorded, edited and produced by UNLV School of Music Recording Studio Engineer and UNLV Alumnus Samuel Friend who has earned credits with leading artists and groups such as Cirque Du Soleil, Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Megan Three Stallion, and Lil Wayne, among other luminaries in the entertainment industry. Video compilation and editing by Matt Canda.
Singing the lead vocal in the Black Hole 30th Anniversary Official Tribute Music Video, bass-baritone vocalist Joshua Thomas, born and raised in Houston, TX has been hailed for letting “his rich bass notes shine” (Arts Louisville). Thomas' notable opera performance credits include Le Baili (Werther), Le Comte de Grieux (Manon) and Bonze/Yamadori (Madame Butterfly). On the concert stage, Thomas was featured in Wynton Marsalis' All Rise, Bruckner's Te Deum, and the North American premiere of Schumann's Adventlied.
The Black Hole is the Las Vegas Raiders' official fan club founded in 1995 when the Raiders were in Oakland, California. The Black Hole is a registered National Football League (NFL) trademark and LLC. The Black Hole prides itself as being the "NFL's most notorious fan club."