Carlos DeLeon: vocals, guitar  Tami Gargus: bass, vocals  Tom Galbraith: drums, vocals

The Blank Stares sprang into being one startlingly hot afternoon in a basement on Mott Street in Manhattan. The year was 1999 and the stars would not return to that particular alignment for another 3000 years. Something mysterious and other worldly was set into motion that day — something that would alter perceptions of reality for generations to come.

The road of a Blank Stare is more like a rock-strewn unbeaten path. The Stares went through a few early line-up changes before settling on the current three piece musical alliance. Not only did this clarify and strengthen the sound, but now the whole band could fit into the Blank Stares Road Chopper. The sidecar only seats two, you do the math. The Chopper revved through the Big Apple and various outlying areas along the Eastern Seaboard. During the latest collection of interviews for the new tell-all Blank Stares biography Carlos' former landlord said, "The only thing louder than that Chopper was the all night jams and recording sessions I heard in the back of the house". It was this explosive atmosphere that led The Blank Stares to pen songs about space-born messiahs, insomnia, government paranoia and first dates involving being thrown down stairs. No one said greatness came easy. No one said that.

The Blank Stares consists of Carlos DeLeon, of the Texas DeLeons. He trained for his eventual staredom by fronting bands such as The Jinkies and Meat Lovers Pizza in Houston and Austin. He is a gemini and plays an instrument we like to call a guitar. Tom Galbraith, a California born laid back sort of dude began to make his mark as the Best Drummer on Earth® in San Francisco bands such as Field Trip, and The Mensclub before fleeing to Brooklyn and joining up with The Mink Lungs. He eventually saw his musical voyage was undeniably tethered to The Blank Stares. Tami Gargus began her career as a punk queen in Akron, Ohio and made herself heard in bands such as Stage Leftist, Pestilence and Anti-Social before curbing her anger and jumping on a Greyhound to Cali. She formed the band Papa Wheelie and joined the west coast bar band circuit where all that energy was channeled into virtuous fun-having and refined merriment. Then, like the others, she was drawn to New York City and her final destiny.

In 2005 The Blank Stares decided it was their moral duty to expose the West Coast to their growing and benevolent power. They now reside in San Francisco. Where The Man ain't so harsh.

Now the Stares come to you with All Blown Up. Recorded immediately after their relocation to the west coast, the album consists of songs written during their time in Manhattan, San Francisco and on their travels. The collection is an 11 song power pop rock storm with explosive fantastical cover art to match.