Black Lungs is a side project of Alexisonfire's Wade MacNeil. Wade created the side project reminiscent of his first punk rock band Plan 9. Black Lungs has also included Alexisonfire's George Pettit on bass, and Bedouin Soundclash's former drummer, Pat Pengelly on drums. The side project released their first studio album, Send Flowers, May 20, 2008[2][3] on Dine Alone Records and toured afterwards to support the album