Blow-Up

Ed's in a new band -- dilligaf -- and they are playing around L.A. Go to their My Space site here and check out the latest.

Christian has recently completed work on his first DVD. Combining high-definition video with music and natural sounds, Four Seasons of Relaxation is a perfect companion to relaxation and peaceful enjoyment. The DVD features one original song by Christian, "Waterfall". In addition, Christian arranged excerpts from Vivaldi's Four Seasons as accompaniment to the visual images.

Over the past several years, Christian has been working with video doing a variety of personal and corporate projects. This is his first DVD release serving as director, producer, editor, and music supervisor.

See a clip and learn more here.

We've added the two most requested songs to our website. "Kicking Up a Fuss" and "Beat the Devil" from the Up the Academy soundtrack are ready for your listening pleasure. Surf over to the Music section and download them as well as several unreleased songs.

Patrick's band, The Condors, just released a new CD "Wait For It". It's loaded with great rock and roll so check it out at the Condors web site. And Ed Cirino is back behind the drum kit for the first time in many years. He's currently playing with The Charlie King Band. Find out more at Charlie's My Space page.

What's this...a blog named after our song? Yes, it's true. A college radio show has named their show and blog after our tune. Their playlists have some pretty cool artists like the Kinks, MC5, The Quick, Tom Waits, Irma Thomas, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Eddie Cochrane, Replacements, Boomtown Rats, 13th Floor Elevators, Velvet Underground, and of course Blow-Up. Check out the blog here.

Our favorite cult film "Up the Academy" to which we contributed several songs continues to build its cultural impact. It's mentioned by characters in the novel Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down by Melanie George and Sherrilyn Kenyon and Jaid Black.

Click the link to read the reference near the bottom of the page.

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down excerpt

We've cleaned up the site a little, made a few changes, and added some new links. Check out the Links page for a link to our good friend Steve Hunter who is up on My Space.

The Blow-Up web site celebrates its first birthday today. Thanks to everyone who has visited and written to us. We're looking forward to a great new year with more content, live music and videos.

We are proud to announce that Teenage News (Collected 1976-1980) will be released shortly. Highlights of the CD include Top Cat demos of "Too Bad" and "You’re All I Want". Also included are the original version of "Hanging Out at the 7-Eleven as well as a number of never heard before live tracks. See all the details of the CD here.

Check out the photos section as we've added a lot of very cool new photos. There are live shots from LA clubs like the Masque, Club Lingerie, and the Music Machine. Also, there are several new reviews and articles.

Yes the whole world has been waiting and now it's available -- "Up the Academy" is in High Definition. You can see it (or record it) on April 26 at 4:00AM EDT on INHD2.

We've added a number of photos to the photo section including posters, tickets, etc. There are three newly added reviews in Hype including one of the posthumous compilation "Groovy Dynamite Heavy Wow". Also, check the credits for the unreleased Bomp single, both sides of which will soon be available on the forthcoming "Teenage News (Collected 1976-1980)".

New photos, new versions of the artwork, and the first version of the Bomp single.

This is the original mix from the Polar/Greenworld LP "Easy Knowledge".  This version is not on any CD and is available exclusive here at the Blow-Up web site. Check at the Music page to download it.

Song samples from the Groovy Dynamite Heavy Wow CD are now online. Just surf over to the Groovy Dynamite page under Discography and then click any song title. Or just click HERE to go directly to the CD.

Another unreleased download is available. Check out the Unreleased 1978 Bomp Records single of "Teenage News". The single was produced by Greg Shaw and Blow-Up. It will be available to the public on the forthcoming compilation Teenage News (Collected 1976-80). Check back here for details.

Up The Academy will be released on DVD for the first time on February 14, 2006. Blow-Up recorded two songs on the soundtrack. And our picture is in the movie.

You can order the DVD directly from our "Swag" store.

Our first unreleased download has been added. This version of Tell It to the Judge was recorded live on 8/7/86 at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles. Go to the music page to download the MP3.

The Blow-Up web site is launched.