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BLANKETY BLANK

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CHECK OUT www.BLANKETYBLANKBAND.com FOR TOURDATES, PICTURES, & MORE!


Some T.V. shows you might have heard Blankety Blank on:MTV's Real World, MTV's Room Raider's, MTV's My Super Sweet 16, MTV's Made, David Alan Grier Show, Degrassi, VH1's "Girls Gone Wild-A Behind the Look Special", Bravo TV's "100 Funniest Movie Moments Special", A&E's "Back to the Blueprint". Several more shows have & continue to play BB songs throughout the world. BB opening for EVERCLEAR @ Emory. "SLY"You Come Through

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BLANKETY BLANK__________
(rap sheet, bio, last will and testament)

The 4 guys in BLANKETY BLANK _________________ (shoot guns, eat Spam, live in Atlanta,GA) . There are 4 of them.
BLANKETY BLANK music has beautiful _______________ (harmonies, waterfalls, discounts) . Their songs are supremely well crafted with a tremendous amount of _____________________ (monster truck rallies, rodeo fanatics, killer guitar and vocal hooks).
The band has been compared to and influenced by ___________________ (Beatles meets Weezer, Donald Trump meets Mike Tyson, Jerry Lewis meets the Rolling Stones) so it pretty much has a rock/power pop feel to it. BB's new 9 song CD, Is This Your Pill? was recorded at Butch Walker's studio in ATL & was mixed by Russ Fowler (Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, Offspring, Angie Aparo). The CD has become an underground cult classic, selling thousands independently worldwide. Aren't you ___________ (salad tossing, bar hopping, curious) as to what the buzz is about???
Lead singer/songwriter Greg Roth won the finals in rock for the John Lennon Songwriting Competition for his song "Unhappy Hour." His mother is very________________ (sexual, constipated, happy) for him. Roth plays ___________________________________________(guitar, West Palm Beach, piano, harmonica, bass, in a tub of Jell-o, drums) and sings too! He likes to sing. In the past, Roth has performed with or opened for ________________________ (losers, transvestites, musicians) like Lenny Kravitz, The Ramones, John Mayer, Dre 3000 of Outkast, Barenaked Ladies, Blondie, Shawn Mullins, Harry Connick Jr. and others.
Bassist Gregg Schlepper Shapiro loves _________________________ (midget wrestling, Motown music, reading sun-dials). Solid grooves & muscular playing characterize his ______________ (humor, desire to fly, style). Shapiro plays lots of instruments but enjoys making ____________________ (marzipan fruits, toasters, birds whistle) most of all. Shapiro hails from N.Y.C and was in the fantastic roots/rock band, Another Story. He has played on various CD sessions and his bass playing has brought him to the attention of fans worldwide.
Are you scared of AWESOME guitarists? BLANKETY BLANK is! Thats we didnt get one. We got Will x-box McNeill, instead. No, thats just ___________________ (flying saucer, K-Y Jelly stain, joke). Will sings background vocals and plays all the instruments Roth and Shapiro play - only much, much better. Be afraid, be very afraid. ________________ (Ooooo, Wha hah hah, Aiiiieeee). Will had several house gigs in various Mississippi casino boats & clubs before moving to Atlanta.
The guy who beats sticks on the loud boom-boom, crash-crash thing is __________________ (a woman in a man's body, our brand new drummer, all things to everyone) He is Rob. Rob Mirabelli. If you love drums, Rob loves you. His playing has a tremendous thundering appeal to it, yet his softer side reveals ______________ (latex gloves & lotion, puppy-eyed innocence, a craftsman-like knowledge) to his instrument. His studio work & touring the northeast speak volumes for itself. Mirabelli was invited to join one of the ______________________ (hottest, spandex-wearing, eco-friendly) Atlanta bands on the scene, but left to join BLANKETY BLANK because he pitied the band.
Catch BB on tour around the southeast & prepare to be _________________ (searched, blown away, orgasmic) by their live show and sound!

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Music:

Member Since: 3/15/2005
Band Website: blanketyblankband.com
Band Members: Greg Roth (Roth) - vocals, guitar, keys, harmonica
Will (X-Box) McNeil - guitar, vocals, keys
Gregg (Schlepper) Shapiro - bass, vocals, keys
Rotating drummer chair: Sean O' Rourke, Dave "Tup" Anthony, Rob "the belly" Mirabelli - drums
Influences: The Beatles
Radiohead
David Bowie
Weezer
Dylan
Beck
Ben Folds Five
The Clash
Motown
Coldplay
Pixies
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Elvis Costello
The Meters
Flaming Lips
Wilco
U2
The Beatles
& so, so, soooooooooooooo MUCH more!
Sounds Like: It's hard to describe the sound of a band that has melodies that stick in your brain the way cotton candy sticks to the roof of your mouth, swaggering guitar hooks and soaring harmonies all wrapped around an undeniable Rock-n-Roll stage presence. Oooh, look, we did it!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Compromise

Isn't the word "compromise" an interesting word?  It has so many negative associations that I think people tend to forget how brilliant the concept is.   When you "stick to your guns" &...
Posted by BLANKETY BLANK on Tue, 22 May 2007 06:01:00 PST

Laughter

Laughter is a precious commodity. Have you ever spent time around children & seen/heard how many times they laugh?  They get caught up in it so easily! Most likely because they don't have any...
Posted by BLANKETY BLANK on Sun, 20 May 2007 09:21:00 PST

Quality

The word "quality" doesn't seem to be used or heard very often. Is quality easily recognized in today's fast food, quick fix, get er done mentality, or is it buried under an avalanche of mediocrity &...
Posted by BLANKETY BLANK on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:45:00 PST

Life

How did your Blankety Blank day start today? I was up at 6 a.m. to do some running & other forms of exercise. Schlepp & X-Box where just getting in at about 6 a.m. from the bars. Not sure what L-tr...
Posted by BLANKETY BLANK on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:34:00 PST