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Compared endlessly by enraptured critics to Mott the Hoople, Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and New York Dolls, Blow-Up made their debut as teenagers the final days of 1977. They became a fixture on the L.A. scene, recording for legendary indie Bomp Records and providing key songs for motion pictures Up the Academy and Flashback. Their 1984 LP Easy Knowledge made best-of-the-year lists from Mikal Gilmore and Robert Christgau and they were nominated "Best Underground Band" at the 1987 L.A. Weekly awards alongside Social D. and Jane's Addiction.
Shared the stage with acts such as Billy Idol, Scandal, the Replacements, Jim Carroll, Southside Johnny and the Jukes, Television, Richard Lloyd, Dead Kennedys, Donnie Iris, Icicle Works, Screaming Blue Messiahs; as well as L.A. bands like Thelonious Monster, the Plimsouls, Rave-Ups, Plugz, Green On Red, Rain Parade, 20-20 and Three O’Clock.
Shared the stage with acts such as Billy Idol, Scandal, the Replacements, Jim Carroll, Southside Johnny and the Jukes, Television, Richard Lloyd, Dead Kennedys, Donnie Iris, Icicle Works, Screaming Blue Messiahs; as well as L.A. bands like Thelonious Monster, the Plimsouls, Rave-Ups, Plugz, Green On Red, Rain Parade, 20-20 and Three O’Clock.
Pleasant Gehman, BAM Magazine:
"For those of you who don't know, Blow-Up formed in Berkeley but relocated to L.A. They made their debut at the legendary Masque and gigged with everyone who was anyone in those days, including Berlin, the Dead Kennedys, Jim Carroll and the Replacements. They made quite a few singles and records, were always raved about by critics, and played raw, raucous rock with cool pop elements. Everyone used to say they were glam throwbacks... as in Mott the Hoople, not as in Poison. In fact, they were such a great band and so far ahead of their time..."
Mikal Gilmore, L.A. Herald Examiner:
"Best garage-pop band in L.A... Strives for transcendence in the face of mundane fortune... They're pretty amazing..."