Only six months after they broke into the music scene, Blister entered the Musicians Magazine Best-Unsigned Band Contest and made it to the finals. Blister has been named one of the best bands in North Carolina by faZe3 magazine. Most recently, in January 2000 Blister applied for the Jim Beam B.E.A.M grant. The grant awards money to emerging artists to use for their start in the business. Only eleven grants were given this year out of thousands of applicants.
Blister feels that they are unlike most bands.
We are more focused and more determined than other bands. We are very unique in our sound and will never be a flavor of the month band. Blister doesn't rely on the help of an outside source to help the band further itself. We don't have a booking agent or a manager. We burn our own CDs, print our own jewel cards, and send our own CD's out.