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Features Matt Henderson of Agnostic Front/Madball fame.

Via Double Cross Interview: http://doublecrossxx.com

Can you shed some light on the history of Blind Approach?

The band started with me and my friend Chip being two of the few punk rockers in our neighborhood in St. Paul, MN, with me playing guitar in my basement while he screamed with no microphone. Probably around 1984, I was 14 years old and we were called D.A.M.M (Drunks Against Mad Mothers). Eventually we met up with some guys from another neighborhood for the infamous "Punks vs. Rockers" battle (the meeting point was on a bridge -- we the Punks had about 10 people and were between 12 and 16 years old -- the Rockers had about 50 people and were grown men -- bikers, etc., with weapons. When we saw these guys crossing the bridge we laughed and ran the fuck out of there. Our day would come later though...) and they had some instruments.

The original bass player we had was this preppy guy who was only doing it because he wanted to be in "a band" and would just get drunk and never tried to learn the songs. We kicked him out and I taught my best friend from grade school, Scott, on a cheap little Sears bass. The only thing he knew how to play was our songs in the beginning but he eventually got pretty good. The point was we didn't set out to start a band and be serious -- we were friends first and did it for the fun of it. We used to play house parties and most of the people there had nothing to do with any hardcore scene. Eventually we hooked up with some people in Minneapolis where there was a more established scene.