The Blind shake... Began in the summer of 2oo1 in the woods of a northern Minnesota town near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The 3 piece, consisting of brothers Jim and Mike Blaha, and childhood friend Dave Roper, began banging it out over the holidays or whenever they could get together between school semesters. The Blind Shakeís brand of urgent noise definitely is drawn from the wells of Minneapolis music history. Traces of Husker Du and Amphetamine Reptile era Minneapolis will be peppered throughout. As well as hints of Unwound and Drive Like Jehu. The songs are angry stomps fueled by cabin fever, effed up relationships, Midwest upbringing, and frostbite.
&nbs p;   When I see these guys I think to myself, "man, these boys need some Excedrin". Seriously though, I really think of these guys a quite heavy band but, they seem to always show melody and pop through their call and response choruses and almost at times surf like riffs (...though maybe through a Big Muff.) Soon after settling in Minneapolis, they started playing out around Minneapolis and the Midwest indie circuit.
    The band has sort of hit the ground running since their first show in May 2002. They seemed have gained the most respect for their spot-on live shows. They have toured extensively, written loads of songs and have been hanging out in the studio. Recently, they have played shows with The Namedrops , El Namedroperes and Los Namedropcheros .

   Look for the Blind Shake on tour this fall throughout the U.S. in support of their new 7 inch single, Old Lines, Sore Bones on Fort Gezeppi.

Jim Blaha-guitar

Mike Blaha- Baritone guitar

Dave Roper- drums

Discography: 2004 Old Lines, Sore Bones 7 inch
Fort Gezeppi Records

2003 Blind Shake EP-self released

Booking: dave@theblindshake.com

Label: fortgezeppi.com

Ryan Zepaltas zep@fortgezeppi.com