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The Blahs

About Me

The Blahs were born prematurely in 2003 as a trio of misunderstood musicians. This incarnation of The Blahs struggled to survive around central Pennsylvania for almost a year and recorded one justly underrated E.P. before their untimely disbanding.
Flash forward four years later to 2007. Jeremy moved away from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, PA, yet he returns often and maintains close contact with the central PA scene. Rob was living in Harrisburg, playing in prominent bands, evolving his musical craft, and learning the art of recording. Tired of living in musical exile, Jeremy contacts Rob and suggests reviving The Blahs together. Rob agrees, and the Blahs live again.
Jeremy and Rob worked ceaselessly as a duo without any outside assistance for a year in Chainsaw Studios (aka Rob’s house), self-recording a 3-song single entitled “ATE 8”. This minor release under their fledgling label, ROB JEREMY RECORDS, prompted a larger response than the two had anticipated. Venues were suddenly contacting them to perform live while they were still just two in number.
Rather than hide in the shadows, Rob and Jeremy recruited two trusted friends, Brandon Wise and Kristin Stephens, to complete the band. With the addition of these two versatile musicians The Blahs had truly sprung to life and crossed the line from fiction to fact. They began touring and recording, and after many months produced an E.P. as a whole band, entitled “Who Wants Cake?” It is an auditory treat, and a sweet taste of the future as we plan for a full-length album.
The Blahs are functional and ready for operation. We hope you are well. We hope you have The Blahs.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/18/2006
Band Members: INVENTORS:
Jeremy Goodyear Hanks (aka Michael Goodyear)--Vocals, Guitar, Obscure References, Shakers, Ideas
Robby G. Bones--Percussion, Backup Vox, Shakers, Mixing, Production, Beer
Kristin Stephens aka Sunshine May--Moog, shakers, tambourine, back-up vocals
Brandon Wise--Guitar, guitar, and even more guitar, mixing, recording, production.
Influences: Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, David Bowie, Stereolab, Ween, The Rentals, Pink Floyd, Jackson Browne, The BJM, Dandy Warhols, Polaris, The Smiths, Stiff Little Fingers, The Residents
Sounds Like: That song from the mayo commericial. Also it sounds like your dreams on fire.
Record Label: Rob Jeremy Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Who Wants Cake? now on iTunes, Amazon.com and more!

You can now purchase our latest release, Who Wants Cake?, on the following digital download sites:www.itunes.comwww.amazon.comwww.napster.comOr you can get the physical CD version from:  www.cdbaby.co...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:19:00 GMT

Attention! 3/27 Radiation Fest show moved....

To all the people planning on attending the 3/27 Radiation Festival show, it has been moved from the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center to the Lingerie Room on Barbara St. in downtown HBG.There was some l...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:19:00 GMT

Shinbone Interview

..This is a Feb. '09 interview with Shinbone magazine.  Just an interview...really no article that was written up....I'll paste it below or you can check it out on Shinbone OnlineSE) Focus Band: The B...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:03:00 GMT

Fly Magazine article

We got an article about us in the Feburary '09 York edition of Fly Magazine.  Its a nifty little article considering us "hobo-rock." haha.  This same article will be in the March '09 Harrisburg and La...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:31:00 GMT

Who Wants Cake? out now!

After about 4 1/2 months of pre-production, recording, post-production and pressing, our new EP Who Wants Cake? is now available for purchase.  You can get a copy from any of the band members or at an...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:50:00 GMT

B Wise in automobile accident

I thought i would post a blog about this so our friends and fans know whats going on, if they don't already know.  The Blahs guitarist, B Wise, was in an automobile accident on this past saturday...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Artist needed for Album artwork

Hey people, We are looking for an artist to draw or photograph artwork for the cover and back cover of our up and coming new release Who Wants Cake? A drawing would be optimal, but we will also be int...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:19:00 GMT

NEW SONG POSTED

Good news everyone!  We have posted a fully mixed new song, "Sweet Life", from our upcoming E.P. Who Wants Cake?  Many thanks go to B. Wise for doing such a fantastic job mixing the songs, a...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Recording and other related happenings

So, we have been recording the new yet to be titled EP for about 6 weeks now.  There has been things getting in our way here and there, that could have taken us longer then it already has been.&n...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:35:00 GMT

New News New For You

Recording has begun on our new untitled EP.  It will contain 5 songs and will be our first release to feature Sunshine May and B. Wise on the recordings in addition to Bones and me.  B. Wise...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:12:00 GMT