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Who
are Blunt? We are abrupt and straight to the point with a distinct
set of behavior and beliefs that differentiate ourselves from
the larger culture as a whole. We are a Blunt subculture and when
we say FUCK THE GOVERNMENT - We mean it.
Ian England and Johnny F formed Blunt in September 2006 with the
main aim of re-introducing Californian punks to long forgotten,
and even rarely played, proper Old School UK Punk. Johnny got
on the blower and secured the services of Ringo Fandango and Ian
invited Skid Mark to a rehearsal.
In January 2007 a mini-tour of California and Nevada was played
along with The Negatives from Bradford UK, and The Objex from
Las Vegas as well as some other local Los Angeles bands.
Blunt's first live performance was at the Fat Liver Tavern in
Lomita, CA, and other venues played were in Downtown Los Angeles
at The Airliner and at The Cocaine, along with The Brokeass Cantina
and Khoury's in Long Beach, and Las Vegas's famous Double Down
Saloon.
Blunt have received great feedback from punks of all ages, and
have built an ever increasing fanbase in the Long Beach and Los
Angeles area.
Ian England - Vocals
Born and bred in Blackburn, East Lancashire. An original English
Punk from the 70's. Ex vocalist for The Boston Babies and a couple
of other Punk bands back at the beginning of Time. In '77 he used
to get kicked out of school for not wearing the correct uniform
or some other shit and would then get his ass down to King Georges
Hall and help roadies for Punk bands playing there, and get free
tickets. Favourite quote 'Seen it, done it, and got the preverbial
fuckin t-shirt mate'. Is also famous for saying 'It's your fuckin'
round'. |
Johnny
F - Bass & Vocals
From Stockport, Cheshire, England. As well as being ex-bassist
for The Cheaters and part of a professional drinking team, Johnny
likes to bang around on bass. This he does quite loudly and occasionally
in time and or tune. Johnny has played in many a band, in fact
one of his old bands was voted hardest working band in the UK,
two years on the trot by Radio 1. Johnny quite often verges on
the shy side of coherence, and has achieved world class recognition
for incompetence, he continues to stand on those laurels.
Skid Mark - Guitar & Vocals
From Birmingham, England. Barred from most pubs on Broad Street.
Skid hangs around in Southern California making punk films. Used
to play guitar for Sensa Yuma, and shoot's videos for SOS Records
and a firm that pushes drugs to people with bladder problems.
Ringo Fandango - Drums
Born in Coventry, Warwickshire. First learned to play drums while
growing up in the good ole' U S of A, but didnt really start to
know what he was really doing until the age of 16 at school in
Leicester, good olde Engeeeerland. Played for several years with
the notorious Skin Patrol. They evolved into One Million Fuzztone
Guitars, but he left to join seminal punk-funk band Medium Medium,
constantly touring the U.S. and Europe for three years before
splitting up in late 1983. Joined former Medium Medium and Pop
Group members in the live and recording band for U-bahnX, an Anglo-German
industrial-pop band signed to EMI. Went on to record and tour
Europe with innovative world music-dance band C Cat Trance.Reformed
Medium Medium in late 2004 for a series of U.S. shows, with a
new recording project to be released in 2008 |
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Links
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http://www.myspace.com/bluntpunkrock
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