The Blasters, the pioneering roots-rock band from blue-collar Downey, California, were part of the early-’80s L.A. punkabilly scene that also spawned Los Lobos, X, the Germs and others. Led by ...

The Blasters have always existed far outside of whatever contemporary music scene was happening around the band. Phil and Dave Alvin started the band in the middle of a punk rock revolution and it has ...

The Blasters celebrate 40 years since their debut album, American Music. Credit: Photo By Ron Resnick The Blasters celebrate 40 years since their debut album, American Music. Credit: Photo By Ron ...

Blaster Entertainment doesn't have marble floors in its nondescript Mentor building, situated right behind a fast-food joint. Nor does it boast a fancy facade festooned with gold flake, and its front ...

Of the many qualities that make The Blasters worth remembering, its status as a rockabilly revival band isn't the most important. More than few rockabilly revivalists came out of the late '70s, after ...

The Allegro Media Group has cut a deal to be distributor of the Media Blasters DVD family of labels. By Billboard Staff The Allegro Media Group has cut a deal to be distributor of the Media Blasters ...

Once upon a time, in Memphis, Tennessee, there were a couple of brothers, Dorsey and Johnny Burnette. They grew up near Elvis and played the same jumbled Mississippi driftwood music: country, blues, ...

The Blasters stepped out of a time capsule and delivered a show straight off the 1985 rack. They had few peers back in that day, and after 90 steamingly executed minutes, it was clear Dave's guitar ...