Blast (American band)

Blast (stylized as BL'AST!) is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Santa Cruz, California. After breaking up in 1991, they reunited in 2001 and again in 2013. To date, Blast has released three original studio albums (the latest being 1989's Take the Manic Ride), and they have gone through several line-up changes, leaving vocalist Clifford Dinsmore and guitarist Mike Neider as the only constant members.

This article is about the band BL'AST!. For American Broadway musical, see Blast! (musical). For other uses, see Blast (disambiguation).
BL'AST!
OriginSanta Cruz, California, United States
Genres
Years active
  • 1983–1991
  • 2001
  • 2013–present
Labels
Associated actsQueens of the Stone Age, Alice in Chains
Websiteblastofficial.com
Members
Past members

History

Blast released their first album, The Power of Expression, in 1986. They recorded the album three times before releasing it. They first were signed by Green World Records. Blast caught the attention of SST Records, who signed them for their next release, 1987's It's in My Blood. That same year, a 7-inch was released, including a cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out". They also were releasing new music on Santa Cruz Skateboard videos. SST and Santa Cruz Skateboards began shared videos and merchandise bridged by Blast as Neider had worked for the skateboard company for many years. The band's third release for SST was Take the Manic Ride, released in 1989.

Blast broke up in 1991 while working on their next album. Neider and Torgerson began Blackout, releasing one 7-inch under that name, and then LAB, who put out a 7-inch EP and a four-song CD and continued into the late 1990s, playing many shows with Fu Manchu. Former Kyuss and Fu Manchu drummer Brant Bjork moved to Santa Cruz to briefly join LAB before joining up with Fu Manchu. In 2001, Blast reunited for shows on the West Coast of the United States.

On September 3, 2013, Southern Lord and Dave Grohl released a remixed and remastered version of It's in My Blood, titled Blood!.[1] Following that release, original vocalist Clifford Dinsmore and guitarist Mike Neider recruited bassist Chuck Dukowski and drummer Dave Grohl to a new Blast EP For Those Who've Graced The Fire, which was released on Rise Records. Mike Neider & Clifford Dinsmore have recruited bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Joey Castillo to a new Blast lineup, with plans to tour and record new material.

Discography

Studio albums
  • The Power of Expression (1986)
  • It's in My Blood (1987)
  • Take The Manic Ride (1989)
  • Blood! (2013)
  • The Expression of Power (2014)

EPs and singles
  • For Those Who've Graced the Fire (2015)
  • BL'AST! / eyehategod split (2016)

Demos
  • Whirlwind (1991)[2]
gollark: As I said, I think A-level might be better, as I only do 3 (well, 4) subjects I actually like, with better teachers and not with people who don't care, but... well, based on past evidence of school stuff it might also be equally terrible?
gollark: > well, the actual purpose of schools is to teach people things, but most students do not learn anything even if they go to school. source: mean math score being about 4/40 in the university entrance exam.Exactly! It's mostly worthless!
gollark: If they run that whole cycle fast enough it'll average out as a reasonable situation!
gollark: Outside of high-level stuff (GCSE *maybe*, probably A-level) I think it's *mostly* irrelevant if you take a few weeks off.
gollark: I mean, you can socialize at school, which is important, but you can do that anyway.

References
  1. Kory Grow (September 3, 2013). "Stream BL'AST!'s 1987 Hardcore Thrash Lickshot 'BLOOD!' Mixed by Dave Grohl". Spin.
  2. "BL'AST - RARE '91 ORIG WHIRLWIND DEMO TAPE PUNK KBD BLACK FLAG BLAST SXE JUDGE - auction details". Popsike.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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