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 Seattle, Washington, USA
-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's 40th birthday in March 2016.
+Blenderhead was a punk rock band signed to [[Tooth & Nail Records]]. They released three full-length albums from 1992 to 2001.
+In 1992, Bill Power (formerly of [[Point Blank]], [[Ashes to Ashes (Washington)]], and [[Gloria]]) met Matt Johnson and Ed Carrigan at a Louis Palaou crusade. These three were the only "punk-looking people" at the event, so they decided to start talking to each other. Johnson and Carrigan were in a funk-punk band at the time called [[Don’t Know]]. Power eventually recruited Johnson on drums and Carrigan on guitar to start Blenderhead. Brian Gray (who had played in [[Mortal]] and [[Rocks in Pink Cement]]) moved to Seattle and joined the band on bass guitar. Blenderhead booked their first show at a hall and then got [[The Crucified]] to come up and play as the headliner. Brandon Ebel and his brother were both at that show. After a couple more shows, Gray quit and formed [[The Blamed]]. Blenderhead was able to convince Paul Henry from [[Don’t Know]] to join on bass and then Eben Haase to join on guitar. Some of the band lived at a place called "House-O-Funk," which was a group house that also had house shows.
+In 1993, the band recorded their debut EP for [[Morphine Records]].
+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.
+While the band was recording their first album for [[Tooth & Nail Records]], Power convinced Ebel to let him run the label's mail order from Seattle. Right before the band went in to record their first album, Power became very sick and could barely record his vocals. Some of the vocal takes had to be re-recorded during the mixing stage. Power says that a lot of the aggression of the vocals for the first album was because his voice was extra harsh from being sick.
+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.
+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.
+The band reunited for Guitarist Tyler Vander Ploeg's 40th birthday in March 2016.
 ===== Discography =====
-| 1993 | Blenderhead | [[Morphine Records]] |
+| 1993 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/blenderhead-demo/|Blenderhead]] | [[Morphine Records]] |
 | 1994 | Prime Candidate for Burnout | [[Tooth & Nail Records]] |
 | 1994 | Live at the Blue Tile Lounge | [[Tooth & Nail Records]] |
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 ) Invasion of the Brainsnatchers (4:03)
-//**4 Songs About Motorcycles**// (1995 [[Flying Tart Records]])
+//**4 Songs About Motorcycles**// (1995 [[Flying Tart Records]])\\
 ) Bugtooth (4:01)