The Blasters

The Blasters
Formed: 1979 in Los Angeles, CA
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Roots Rock, Rock & Roll, College Rock
Group Members: Lee Allen, Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin, Gene Taylor, Jerry Angel, Bill Bateman, John Bazz, Steve Berlin, Hollywood Fats, James Intveld, Smokey ...View All
Biography: The all-American roots music band, the Blasters were principally brothers Dave and Phil Alvin whose first-hand experience with blues masters shaped their sound and turned them both into contemporary singer/songwriters whose interest in roots rock has never waned.

The brothers, along with Bill Bateman

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The Blasters
Released: 1981
Label: Slash
Critics' Rating:
You might have thought the Blasters had been in suspended animation for 25 years when their major-label debut turned up in late 1981 sounding for all the world like something cut in the Sun Studios in ...Read full review
American Music
Released: 1980
Label: Hightone Records
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Right from the beginning, with Dave Alvin's title song, the Blasters made their statement, that basic rock & roll was as contemporary in 1980 as it had been in the mid-'50s. The other 12 tracks, which ...Read full review
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