Effective period / Period of releases: 1991 - 1993

Members: Jay Carkhuff, Paul Hemenway, Mark Hemenway, Greg Hjort, Jim Bruce, Scott Jessick, Mike Hasseries, Daryl Elmore

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho octet.

Black Happy began as a Christian heavy metal band named Sacramen in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. After a novelty funk song with a horn section became more popular than their normal repertoire, the group reorganized as the funk/metal Black Happy with guitarists Greg Hjort and Paul Hemenway, lead singer Paul Hemenway and bass player Mark Hemenway joined by drummers Scott Jessick and Jim Bruce, trombonists Jay Carkhuff and Mike Hasseries, and saxophonist Daryl Elmore.