Jamie Ray - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Patrick Jason - Bass, Backing Vocals
Brad Snipes - Drums, Backing Vocals
"Blanco Diablo's debut
'Paper Poison Revolution' is a riff-riot collection of songs that lumbers
and stomps at just the right pace (think Urge Overkill meets Sabbath
and AC/DC's Young brothers at Billy Gibbons' Texas ranch)".
-- T. Ballard Lesemann from Charleston City Paper (Charleston,
SC)
BLANCO DIABLO is everything the band's name suggests and even some
things it doesn’t. This is a band on a mission and not one of those
panty-waist, boy band evil missions either - this is dangerous rock
& roll that engages the brain as well as the bones. The band's timeless
rock songs have an edge all their own, honed with a relentlessly intense
musical middle finger thrust at double-talking politicos that will define
a genre, not mimic one.
Tearing it up with such national acts as Tantric, Drivin n Cryin, Brides
of Destruction, Rose Hill Drive, Firehouse, Jackyl, and Gary Hoey, BLANCO
DIABLO continues to establish themselves as a band with a distinct style
and abiding love for music. Be it with full-blown electric intensity
or soulful bluesy jams, BLANCO DIABLO often perform in the Southeast,
New York City, and the U.K. Their debut CD Paper Poison Revolution was
released on Rock Ridge Music on April 25th, 2006. An exclusive single
from the CD, titled "Fix Me Again", resulted in 6000 downloads in the
first week of release on WindowsMedia.com. On their 2006 U.K. tour the
band performed at the acclaimed Oswestry Music Live Festival in Shropshire
County England with over 12,000 in attendance. 2007 saw the band return
to an even larger reception at the Oswestry Music Live festival and
subsequent successful tour of the UK. In 2008, the band returned to
the UK for 2 more successful headline tours, radio interviews and appearances,
and festival performances. The summer 2008 UK tour concluded with the
band recording their sophomore disc with Grammy-nominated producer Chris
Tsangarides at the Ecology Rooms Studio in Kent, England.
Blanco Diablo has gained solid local, regional, and national press including
a highlight in the November 2006 issue of Modern Drummer magazine recognizing
the band's relentless touring schedule.
The band gained regular radio play in the the Southeastern US on stations such as
WEND, WRXR, WOBX, WXQR, WRCQ, WYBB, WTPT, and WBZT for their debut single
"Fix Me Again". In the UK, the band has 3 different singles in rotation on Bruce
Dickinson's Rock Show on BBC 6 Music, Radio Maldwyn in Shropshire County, CRMK
89.8 in Milton Keynes, England, Sunshine Radio 106.2 FM in Herefordshire, England,
and Rock247 Radio in Staffordshire, England. From December 2006 through January
2007, the Speed Channel on Cable and Satellite Television featured the band's single
on the Speed Report show. Fall 2008 had the band featured on various NFL games on
the FOX Network with their song “Fix Me Again” being broadcast nationwide!
The band entered 2009 being recognized by Lionsgate Films for the song “Killing
Kings” for the "Punisher: War Zone" Judges’ Pick Soundtrack. Just a few months later,
Classic Rock Magazine in the UK featured the band and chose the track "Best of Me"
to be included in the March 2009 issue and compilation disc. Summer 2009 kicked off
in the UK on a festival tour and guest hosting Bruce Dickinson’s BBC 6 Music Rock
Show.
Blanco Diablo continues to pursue a relentless touring schedule for 2010 and beyond
bringing heavy new riffs, catchy melodies, and extreme musicianship to their loyal
following.
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