Kelly Blanchard: Vocals, Guitar
Matteus Vaga: Cello, Vocals
Past Members and Contributors:
"Skin" Richards: Drums
Stacey Lester: Bass, Vocals
Jeffrey McCormack: Drums
Andrew Linnemann: Drums
Chandra Cogburn: Electric and Upright Bass, Vocals
Peter Goddeyne: Cello
Peter Igel: Drums
Scott Gallagher: Drums
Stephen Palmer: Bass
Ed "Potatoes" O'Brien: Bass
Warren Taylor: Bass
Jeff Baars: Drums
Sally Rose: Vocals
Influences
Local music, The Who, U2, The Doors, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Built to Spill, Patti Smith, Arcade Fire, P.J. Harvey, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, R.E.M., Mark Lanegan, Jeff Buckley, Guided By Voices, The Microphones / Mt. Eerie, Morphine, Leonard Cohen, Dharma Bums, Young Fresh Fellows, Swell, Juno, Nirvana, The Sonics, Dead Moon, 54-40, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, Jack Kerouac, Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder, Hermann Hesse, David James Duncan, T.K.V. Desikachar, J. Krishnamurti, Dr. Rammurti S. Mishra, Marie Svoboda, Joseph Campbell, family, friends, weather.
Sounds Like
What people have said: Radiohead, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Tim/Jeff Buckley, The Decemberists, U2, The Cure, Morphine, Galaxie 500, Luna, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Doors, The Moody Blues, The Smiths. "Chamber Pop," "Symphonic Rock."
"Blue Star Creeper has a lot of promise; they're trying to find their own voice in this great sea of mediocrity." — Joe Ehrbar, Backfire Magazine
Blue Star Creeper is a band from Seattle, Washington formed in 2001. We blend elements of rock music with strings and a strong vocal presence. The sound is formed around lyrically focused original songs, played and sung from the heart where a folk ballad can explode into epic rock. We are on MySpace to meet all aspect of musically minded people, and to share our creative endeavors with a large community.
The band has played live at The Triple Door MQ Lounge, The Crocodile Cafe, The High Dive, Chop Suey, The Comet, The Skylark Club, The Blue Moon, The Mars Bar, The Dubliner, Tost, Nectar Lounge, The Tonic Lounge (Portland), and many others in the past. Some of the bands and performers we've played with include The Purrs, Emblematic, Spanish For 100, The Moondoggies, Key Note Speaker, Charmin Wray, Dave Keppel, Porter Harp, Samurai Bow, Tularosa, Polly Panic, Ladies of The Night, The Kindness Kind, Ghost Lobby, The Quit, Cock & Swan, The End Times, and Levi Fuller.
Our 4 song CD "Demos from Day at the Beach" landed at number 8 on the local music charts at the University of Washington's Rainy Dawg Radio among the likes of the Shins, Neko Case and Menomena. Blue Star Creeper is in the process of recording and self releasing it's next album and is working on setting up more regional shows in the Northwest and beyond.