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The Blameshifters

Your friendly neighborhood punk band

About Me


Since 2003 (or somewhere thereabouts), The Blameshifters have quickly been spreading their message of political dissent and social justice all across California. Whether playing alongside bands such as Social Unrest, Agent Orange, or The Dickies, audiences say, "you can never get enough of their good old fashioned melodic speed punk". Known as one of the most reliable bands in the northern California punk scene, they put the punk in punctual...
Ever since their debut album "Feast Before the Famine" was independently recorded and released in 2005, this class act of retards has been mixing up harmonies and speed with socratically ironic, politically charged lyrics for anyone who wants to hear it (even some who don't).
The Blameshifters, being the ardent DIY band they are, again independently recorded and released their second album, "Disenfranchised Anarchist" in late 2007. What many people call the best DIY production they've ever heard, "Disenfranchised Anarchist" is comprised of 15 energetic songs filled to the brim with truth and sarcasm. Songs such as "Not Religious" (which insinuates priests and nuns do things priests usually reserve for little boys), likely damns them to hell.

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Member Since: 4/5/2005
Band Website: theblameshifters.com
Band Members: Mat Loman - guitardist/vocals
Pigman - Bass/vocals
Steveness - Drums/moral support

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Discography

FEAST BEFORE THE FAMINE (2005)
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1 - not how we like it
2 - homeland insecurity
3 - the sharpest thorn
4 - stardust
5 - just a phase
6 - isolated view
7 - no recipe
8 - children
9 - keep up
10 - force fed

DISENFRANCHISED ANARCHIST (2007)
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1 - fish in a barrel
2 - the finest
3 - profit infested
4 - not religious
5 - a part of it
6 - happiest boy in america
7 - human comdition
8 - our flag rules
9 - disenfranchised anarchist
10 - those guys
11 - sax & violins
12 - blameshifters
13 - operator error
14 - we're not that dumb
15 - stupid drunk kid

Influences: bad religion, subhumans, minor threat, dead kennedys, nofx, pennywise, misfits, mdc, motorhead, ramones, sonic youth, tilt, rancid, adolescents, fastbacks, hi standard, reagan youth, me first and the gimme gimmes, howard dean, dickies, shonen knife, vandals, d.r.i., wasted youth, operation ivy, circle jerks, suicidal tendencies, casualties, jfa, fugazi, dead milkmen
Sounds Like: the voice of reason
Record Label: D.I.Y.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

DC Madam named names

for those of you that don't know who the DC Madam was, she was a woman who was recently busted for providing prostitutes (class: unknown) to elected and unelected government officials of levels as hig...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:17:00 PST

D.A. review from PunkRockReview

The Blameshifters  "Disenfranchised Anarchists" blast off with hard edged NOFX influenced SoCal-core punk rock in the vein of many bratty mile a minute punk bands. The Blameshifters possess many of t...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:03:00 PST

Disenfranchised Anarchist reviewed by PunkOrNothing.com

The Blameshifters: "Disenfranchised Anarchist"Despite a few uncertainties, I think I will gradually become a genuine Blameshifters fan. Like every album, there are the great whopping highs, then there...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

Benefit for D-Q University

Sat.  May 17th Wingnut Willie’s Wingnuts Liberation Project presents.... A Benefit for D-Q University students Permaculture classes. Who:VIRULENCE - Modesto (punk)http://www. myspace. com/v...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:37:00 PST

albums available online and select locations in stockton

we're doing all of our online orders through interpunk, so it's all legit and we're not getting ripped off. here's some links: $8.25 - feast before the famine (2005) $8.25 - disenfranchised anarchist ...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:26:00 PST

for those who get their news from cable tv...

...i  advise against it. this probably goes more to our american friends than our international pals, but unfortunately television is what television is... entertainment. for a really good w...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:26:00 PST

winter tour 08 pt.2

now for the exciting (and slightly delayed) conclusion to the scooby doo episode that was the first half of the tour. we did something with our camera somewhere along the way here, so we don't re...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:20:00 PST

winter tour 08 pt.1

this tour started out as any tour does. we loaded up our gear in the van and headed out to our first stop at the lava lounge in monterey. It was a pretty good show. that's where we met our new friends...
Posted by The Blameshifters on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:54:00 PST