The Blamed

The Christian punk band the Blamed consists of Bryan Gray, Jim Chaffin, Jeff Locke, and John Hansen. Their first two albums, 21 (recorded in a marathon 21 hours) [1994] and Frail [1995], were released on Tooth & Nail Records; two years later came ...Again [1998], followed by Forever [1999] both of came out on the Grr label. After a line-up change (adding the Wiitala brothers on bass and drums), the band released Isolated Incident [2001]. They returned to their original label in 2002 with Give Us Barabbas. The band's sound evolved over time to include old-school hardcore punk, post-hardcore, emocore, and bits of metal and metalcore.