Kelly Blanchard: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Matteus Vaga: Electric Cello, Vocals
Jason Hatch: Bass, Vocals
Mark D. West: Drums
Past Members and Occasional Contributors:
Scott "Skin Richards" Johnson: Drums, Percussion
Dave Crowther: 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
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, Big Country, The Cure, Morphine, Galaxie 500, Luna, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Doors, The Moody Blues, The Smiths. "Chamber Pop," "Symphonic Rock." "Diamond Fist Werny meets Sister Psychic!" -Good one!
"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), Center Camp stage at Burning Man 2008, and many others in the past. Some of the bands and performers we've played with include The Purrs, The Moondoggies, Romance, Spanish For 100, Key Note Speaker, Coulter, Emblematic, 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.
We are just recently getting a "venue facelift" in the city (several sparking small - midsize new venues.) In the past, there was usually one working bathroom for an entire mini-arena. Nothing in this city is up to code. It's a good time for you to tour here if you get the chance. You can all stay at my house :) but I don't cook.
