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Blunt
Added: 14/02/2008
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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