Blasky Menace is a singer-songwriter and musician from Inglewood ,California. Eventually relocating to West Covina, CA. in the San Gabriel Valley. Blasky started playing guitar in 2000 which became the first step of his musical journey. Being heavily influenced by a number of artists like Rage Against The Machine, Mars Volta, Sublime, Deftones, Public Enemy, Pantera, EPMD, and several others, he fronted an LA based band called DHS, with Guitarist Dave Chacone in 2004. The band had a large live following and completed a 4 song demo before the band went on Hiatus in the fall of 2005 and eventually parted ways while Blasky and Chacone continued to work on music and still maintain a close friendship to this day.
Blasky, wanting to tap into the creative outlet he had created with DHS, continued working on new material for a debut album and a new group. What started in LA came full circle and eventually matured and exploded on to the music scene in the Lehigh Valley as Domestic Threat when he met Vinny Botts in 2007 when Blasky relocated to the east coast.
Botts, also a California native shared Blasky’s passion for music and they formed a band that would stake it’s own path in the Lehigh Valley music scene. Domestic Threat was formed and included the members, Blasky, Vinny Botts, Mark Rodes, and Kevin McGuinn. They recorded and toured the east coat playing recognized venues such as, The Trocadero in Philadelphia, Elizabethtown College, The Manhattan Room, BS Shirts in Old Town Philadelphia, and The national touring venue, Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA. They played alongside and opened for bands, Body Count, The Casualties, Egypt Central and a number of local and national acts. The band finished their first EP titled, “Man Vs. Machine” in 2008 and split shortly after due to creative differences.
In late 2008, Blasky began a plan of attack for a new album, new concept, and new career as a solo artist. He began collaborating on music with Angel B, lead producer and managing partner of Dark Lion along with his brother managing partner and staff producer of Dark Lion, The Professor. In 2009 they discussed what direction Blasky’s solo project should take and offered Blasky a deal to release this project under the Dark Lion brand and become a member of the Dark Lion family. In 2010 Blasky, Angel B, and The Professor began working on the second release from Dark Lion, Blasky’s debut EP tittled, “Identity Crisis,” a 5-6 song EP showcasing Blasky’s unique style, sound, and talented songwriting ability, coining this sound as “Rock Hop.”
Blasky’s “Rock Hop” sound mixed with an explosive and energetic live stage presence can be described as a type of controlled chaos. The blend of Blasky’s edgy rock vocals, ability to twist melodies and words to form catchy hooks, and ability to spit clever rhymes, with a swag all his own, makes him a solidified double threat in the world of Hip Hop and Rock. All that combined with the incredible production of Angel B and The Professor, and you have a sound that Dark Lion has been cultivating to present to the masses for the past 3 years. Dark Lion breathes life and magic into any project they work on, with there individual style, concepts, musical ability, sheer raw talent, and musical genius. Blasky, Angel B and The Professor are standouts on the front-line of music and are full fledged rhyme fighting new era pioneers in this constantly changing and growing, diverse world of music, not only in the Lehigh Valley, but the world.
