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- | Blenderhead was a punk rock band signed to [[Tooth & Nail Records]]. They released three full-length albums from 1992 to 2001. The band reunited for Guitarist Tyler Vander Ploeg' | + | Blenderhead was a punk rock band signed to [[Tooth & Nail Records]]. They released three full-length albums from 1992 to 2001. |
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+ | In 1992, Bill Power (formerly of [[Point Blank]], [[Ashes to Ashes (Washington)]], | ||
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+ | In 1993, the band recorded their debut EP for [[Morphine Records]]. | ||
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+ | Power stayed in touch with Ebel and even sent him a copy of the [[Fearless Donkey]] //Songs From The Rain Factory Volume 1// compilation CD when Ebel was working at [[Frontline Records]]. When Ebel started [[Tooth & Nail Records]], | ||
+ | he contacted Power about putting Blenderhead on a compilation he was working on called //Helpless Amongst Friends//. [[Wish for Eden]] and [[Focused]] went on a west coast tour after releasing their [[Tooth & Nail Records]] debut albums. Power promoted the shows for that tour in Seattle, putting Blenderhead on the bill. One of the shows was at the House-O-Funk attend by Ebel, who was in town to visit his family (around Christmas time). After the show, Ebel offered Power a record deal for Blenderhead. | ||
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+ | While the band was recording their first album for [[Tooth & Nail Records]], Power convinced Ebel to let him run the label' | ||
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+ | Their debut full-length album, //Prime Candidate for Burnout//, was released in 1994. Also released in 1994 was a 7-inch record of extra songs from the recording sessions called //Live at the Blue Tile Lounge//. After the release of the album, the band did a West Coast tour. | ||
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+ | Ebel decided he wanted to move back to the northwest to be near his family, so Power helped him find office space in Seattle. At the end of the Blenderhead West Coast tour, Johnson and Power helped Ebel move himself and the [[Tooth & Nail Records]] label from California to Seattle. Power was promoted to Operations Manager for the label, and his wife at the time was hired to do accounting. Power worked at [[Tooth & Nail Records]] from 1993-2003. | ||
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+ | The band reunited for Guitarist Tyler Vander Ploeg' | ||
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