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Idiot Stare

Opening for New Model Army April 2nd

About Me

SEE US LIVE WITH NEW MODEL ARMY
This Wed, April 2nd at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa!!

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Welcome to Babylon is now out!!
Click to buy now on iTunes.
Click to buy now on CD Baby.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2004
Band Website: idiotstare.com
Band Members: Chad Bishop : Vocals / Guitars / Programming
Bruce: Guitars
Blayne : Vocals
Brittain: Electronic & Live Percussion
Alien8 : Remote Arrangements & Influence
Michael Hamic: Bass and Guitars
Chad "The Fin" Volpe : Keyboards, Vocoder

Influences: Skinny Puppy. Ministry. NIN. Linkin Park. Eat Static. The Prodigy. Regency Buck. Deckard. Baby Chaos. Deftones. Interpol. Coldplay. Meg Lee Chin. Killing Joke. Daniel Ash. David Bowie.
Sounds Like: Insight 23 + STG + Love & Rockets + Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI) + Crack = Idiot Stare. Also, 16 Volt, Hate Dept., Machines of Loving Grace (before the drug problem), The Jesus and Mary Chain on speed, an X rated Duran Duran, a dumber Radiohead (for the un-aesthetic), a cheaper and angry Depeche Mode.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Upcoming show: Idiot Stare and New Model Army April 2nd

SEE US LIVE WITH NEW MODEL ARMY This Wed, April 2nd at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa!! This is our last show before we go on break to produce our next album, so you need to catch this show!Click here ...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:15:00 PST

"Porno" music video released

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Posted by Idiot Stare on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:01:00 PST

Headlining BOB in Long Beach - Feb 8th

Idiot Stare will be headlining Bats Over Broadway this Friday, February 8th. We're pulling out all the stops, and plan to give you a full hour of The Stare, including some older stuff we haven't playe...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:42:00 PST

Idiot Stare does the disco!

Actually, we didn't even know this came out, but here it is, our cover of "Shake Your Groove Thing." Good luck getting it though. This CD is a limited run of 100, and they're all sold out.Bunker 54 is...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:32:00 PST

Chemlab show blog by Chad Bishop

The Chemlab gig was a great experience. I got to see a lot of great people that I haven't seen in forever, and meet a few new ones as well. Jared and company are all true pros and always great to gig ...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:15:00 PST

Newsletter June 2007 **West Coast Tour!!**

IDIOT STARE ANNOUNCES WEST COAST SUMMER TOURIdiot Stare is coming to a town near you so check the schedule below and catch the band's high energy show. Also appearing are The Last Dance and Simple S...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

idiot Stare Newsletter December 2006

Welcome to Babylon Now Available Idiot Stare's 3rd full length album is now out. It's available as a CD-R with a full color 4 page booklet, or as a download from iTunes and other online retailers.Cli...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:04:00 PST

New song and video blog

The waiting is finally over. We've just posted "BabyLAon", the 1st song from our new album, to MySpace. Please go and check it out. And when you're done listening, watch the BabyLAon Video Blog to get...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:28:00 PST

Good news for the ladies...

Well, looks like Idiot Stare might be getting a single band member. No, none of the married band members are leaving. We just might be adding a little something to the lineup.Stay tuned...-- Chadman...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:59:00 PST

Welcome to Babylon is done...really!!

We turned the master into the press today. OMFG I can't believe it's done. Look for it on Amazon, CD Baby, iTunes and all that in about a month or so. Also, stay tuned for the "Win Blayne's Panties" c...
Posted by Idiot Stare on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:42:00 PST