Billy 'Stark' Stone Vocals
/Howie Pyro Bass/
Nick Berlin Guitar 1977-1978/
Walter Lure Guitar 1978-1980/
Brad 'BJ' Barnett Drums 1978-1980/
Influences
Sounds Like
' A messy mid-teenage melange of The Heartbreakers,Sex Pistols and Mott The Hoople ~ From Sounds U.K. Music paper Sept.18th 1982
/According to this very interesting site-apparently this is the Blessed Band family tree- Its hard to imagine all these bands are connected from the little ole teen punk band from NYC but the results are apparently scientifically tested and sound
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NYC’S ORIGINAL DECADENT TEEN PUNK BAND~
OR SO THEY WERE CALLED DESPITE THE FACT NONE OF THEM CONSIDERED THEMSELVES AS SUCH (AND DISLIKED BEING TEEN’S –BUT WHO DOESN’T?) THEIR STORY FOR A SUCH A SHORT LIVED TENURE IS QUITE LONG AND INVOLVED AND MORE TIMES THAN NOT HAVE BEEN DUBBED 'A CLASSIC CASE OF 'TOO MUCH TOO SOON' A REVOLVING DOOR OF BAND MEMBERS AND INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES THAT A BOOK WOULD REALLY BE A BETTER AVENUE TO EXPLORE BUT DETAILED AS BEST AS MEMORY WILL ALLOW WILL BE POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL BLESSED WEBSITE THEBLESSED2008.COM WHEN IT IS FINALLY UP AND RUNNING
THE SCOPE OF THE BLESSED YEARS 1977 THRU THE EARLY 80’S IS WHAT WE WILL FOCUS ON HERE ~BILLY ‘STARK’ STONE/HOWIE PYRO/NICK ‘BERLIN’ PETTI/WALTER LURE/BRAD’BJ’ BARNETT/ AND OF COURSE FIRST DRUMMER /MANAGER/ BABYSITTER/ EILEEN POLK
WE WILL AT BEST INCLUDE LATER AND IN BETWEEN MEMBERS AS IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO THE NATURAL TIME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TO EXCLUDE OR OMIT ANYONE NOR WOULD IT BE PROPER ETIQUETTE (SOMETHING THE BLESSED WERE ALWAYS ADAMANT ABOUT KEEPING)AND REALLY JUST PLAIN OUT RUDE(ANOTHER TRAIT THE BLESSED AVOIDED LIKE A PLAGUE)
THEY INCLUDE~
CHARLIE SOX (O.B.M.)/
J.F./
PABLO JAKOBSON (R.I.P)
ROY MAYORGA/
RICHIE (LAST NAME?) /
RICO BLYTHE/
ALLEN ZANE/
JOHNNY THUNDERS(R.I.P.) (ONE FULL SET) /
MITCH ZYKOFSKY
…….TO BE CONTINUED…..
Flagellation Rock (Live at the Mudd Club) ..
Video footage of The Blessed @ Mudd club Courtesy of Paul Tschinkel
as seen on Paul Tschinkel's Inner tube
Small contact shots The Blessed opening for The Dead Boys @ CBGB'S March 1978 1st set of a 2 night stand
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