the blessed

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…..

The Blessed: General Info

Member Since	12/1/2007
Band Website	theblessed2008.com
Band Members	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 ! Family Tree © BandToBand.com The Blessed D Generation Chrome Locust Jesse Malin Heart Attack The Finger Vasquez Warzone Murphy's Law Son Of Sam Homewreckers Tater Totz White Flag Roxanne Chariot Chemical People White Flag & Tony Adolescent Rodney & The Tube Tops Boogie Knights The Tube Tops 2000 Sawed Off Sadist Faction Test Pattern Anarchy 6 Redd Kross Germs The Steven McDonald Group Twisted Roots Sky Saxon & Purple Electricity Nirvana JFA Naughty Women Red Cross Foo Fighters The Holez Vagina Dentata Pat Smear Ze Malibu Kids North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative 45 Grave The Death Folk Celebrity Skin Kill Allen Wrench Pat Ruthensmear Sin 34 Circus Of Power Masters Of Reality A'me Lorain & The Family Affair Lovedolls Painted Willie The Magnificent Bastards Samiam It's OK Chop Gamma Ray Puzzled Panthers The Last Three O'Clock Permanent Green Light Rainy Day Down By Law Jupiter Affect The Salvation Army Sonic Youth The Muffs Ranaldo/Giffoni/Moore/Cline Shonen Knife Wylde Ratttz Pandoras Original Silence The Runaways Even Worse The Leaving Trains The Bark Haze The Coachmen Thurston Moore Cherie Currie & The Mix Dim Stars Diskaholics Anonymous Trio Male Slut Dream/Aktion Unit The Backbeat Band The Beards Thurston Ciccone Youth Northampton Wools Venus 6 Fuzztones Freaks Action Swingers Pussy Galore Unsane Free Kitten Knoxville Girls Halo Of Kitten Bewitched Famous Monsters The Chrome Cranks The A-Bones Ligament Part Chimp Penthouse Sophia Danzig Samhain Misfits D.O.A. Glenn Danzig And The Power & Fury Orchestra Rosemary's Babies Glenn Danzig Social Distortion Floorlords Circle Jerks The Four Horsemen Queens Of The Stone Age Wasted Youth Eagles Of Death Metal Sugartooth Prong Hellyeah Still Rain Comes With The Fall Ministry Heartbreakers Idols New York Dolls London Cowboys
Record Label	Unsigned