Black Smoke Trigger is a hard rock/alternative rock band from Napier, New Zealand, founded in 2018. They released their first EP Set It Off in 2019. The band takes influences from acts such as Audioslave, Alice in Chains and Guns N' Roses. Black Smoke Trigger is managed by US artist manager Andy Gould, (Spectacle Entertainment Group) who has also handled the careers of Rob Zombie, Pantera, Linkin Park, Lionel Richie, and Guns N' Roses.