Andrew (Vocals/Guitar)
Brett (Guitar/Vocals)
Brooks(Guitar/Vocals)
Craig(Bass/Vocals)
Sean(Drums)
Influences
all 5 of us have different endless favourites from 80s metal to 90s grunge and alternative and punk rock, to modern rock, metal, industrial, whatever, we like everything. Nirvana, Greenday, Thrice, Metallica, Tool, Beck, Linkin Park, The Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins, Faith No More, Brian Adams, Sum 41, Bon Jovi, Rise Against, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, No Fun At All, Pennywise, Motley Crew, Pantera, Def Leppard, Oasis, Ozzy Osborne, Weird Al, etc
Sounds Like
Blinded, Foo Fighters, Thrice, Greenday, Nirvana, The Police, Linkin Park, Gin Blossoms, Sum 41, Nickelback, Avril Lavigne, Bon Jovi, SHAKIRA, Madonna, Billy Talent, Smashing Pumpkins, Santa Clause, and Stuff...
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Dissolving the borders between punk, alternative and rock, Blinded combines melodic vocals with infectious beats and unforgettable hooks that force people to their feet to sing along. Their sound has been compared to bands such as Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Sum 41 and the Police.
Formed in 1999, by Sean Vickers (drums), Craig Smith (bass, vocals) and Brett Cheek (guitar, vocals) Blinded spent the first 3 years recording their first independently released album “Picking Up the Pieces” and touring across Canada. In 2002 the band picked up Brooks Vickers (guitar, vocals) and released their second independently released album “Seconds from Reality”. Shortly afterwards they hit the roads once again for a second cross-Canada tour. In 2004 the band scooped up Andrew Avril (lead vocals) and took a step back from touring to focus on recreating their sound, image and song writing style.
With over 7000 units sold from their first 2 albums and a large underground following now in place, Blinded’s music started to appear in many extreme sports videos (over 20 in total) including the acclaimed Crank mountain bike video and Crusty Demons Vol. 3. They have also received airplay on commercial radio not only Canada but in Germany as well and on Global Television.
Their latest accomplishment has been winning the ISC (International Songwriting Competition), where “I’ll Fight For You” received Honorable Mention in the “rock” category for 2007. This song was written to inspire people to start caring for the planet.
With their new sound and killer lyrics, the band seeks to evoke emotion, bring back memories and most of all inspire others to make positive changes on a global scale. Blinded is a brilliant collaboration of 5 free-spirited guys who are eager to make a difference and love to play music. They believe singing, laughter and good people make for a hopeful change in this world.
this friday Its with great exictment that we are comming to the okanagan for the first time under our new name. We had a great time last year playing kellowna and kamloops under the name Luciferian Conquest.
Friday, JULY 3rd at Voodoo's (Penticton) 157 Nanaimo ave : Unleash the Archers Skull Hammer Sarcophagus Torrential Pain Severed Serenity Mr. Plow Invasives Doors at 6 pm ONLY $10 at door!!!!
when th enext time you guys are playing in Kamloops???!!! I'll be playing in Vernon next weekend at Portillo's coffee shop 7:30pm Saturday June 6th. If you guys are up for driving to vernon for a chill night, get up and play an acoustic version of "I'll fight for you"- love that song!!!!!
We're proud to announce our debut EP 'Chemicals' will be released on Monday 22nd of June on iTunes. We will also be printing a limited number of hard copies which will feature exclusive additional artwork and available only at our shows.
Check out the tunes on our page; If not just drop by and say hello.
Hope you are well [we are] the end x
P.S. Please vote for us on the rock radio link on our page!
Torrential Pain is luciferian conquest's new name. Mainly due too the departure of the original drummer. we are still playing our blend of black/trash metal, we got new songs ,witch are getting recorded real soon and we still play the older material live. we want to thanx all our freind and fans for there support durring those awesome 5 years as luciferian conquest and we hope to keep delivering metal for a long time. -Stony
hey just stopping by to say hi and to let you know that we have put some vids up from our last practise to give everyone a sneak peak at the new stuff would be cool if you could check them out and let us know what you think cheers your reason
thanks for the add guys really like what your doing if you get a chance could you check us out were early days and demos are a bit ropey but we would highly value your opinion would mean a lot thanks guys keep up the good work and is there any plans to come to the uk would love to see you guys live cheers
thank you gracias grazie ありがとうございました धन्यवाद благодаря 谢谢您 bedankt спасибо obrigado شكرا لك! merci bien hvala ti dziękuję tesekkurler děkuji ti tak mulţumesc takk dankeschoen kiitos σε ευχαριστώ 감사합니다 tack!!!
well u got our vote...and thanks for the compliments. good luck boyz. if u ever wanna do some shows after this seeds shit then let us know. but if u win then we will see on stage on july 1st kickn ass all over vancouver. koodos and keep kickn ass!!
hey guys.we're headin through kelowna either april 17th or the 20th looking to play a show.if you could help us out with anything it would be great.thanx.
From when beeing similar too Avril Lavinge is something good???
BTW Your two first albums are fucking awesome, if i can i'll buy Seconds from Reality on the internet and... well... I felt very disappointed when I found out you left skatepunk to play this boring altern rock style and that you replaced your former signer. I have nothing against the new one (sorry, I don't remember his name right now), and maybe he sings better, but i liked the vocals on Picking Up the Pieces and Seconds from Reality.
And well, your webpage is actually down, so, you should better update your profile description and get a new web adress, shouldn't you?
Well, do what you want, of course, but I will always keep in my heart the old Blinded, the ones who rocked very hard!
And if some day I can see you live (something that I doubt if you don't come to Spain (haha, shit, I know you won't :( ) or I earn lots of money to go to canada or wherever you play) I hope you could play a few old skatepunk songs.
Just got out of the studio and have posted a new track "The Sun Sets For No One". We are very stoked on the results, come give er a listen and let us know what you think!
Rock On Eth! HELCION
We are playing Doc Willoughby's tomorrow night (sun) with Flatlined (ont) Youshould try and make it out :)
Hey I'll probably sound like a complete idiot if i'm wrong, but were you guys ever featured on the ride guide mountain bike show with a song called something like: "What could have been"?
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