Barely Blind is a band that was formed in 2002 by Canaan Davis (vocals and guitar), Brad Cuccio (bass and vocals), and Will Smith (drums) in Groves, Texas, a small city on the Gulf Coast. Barely Blind has cited Blink 182, Lagwagon, Green Day, Boston, and Girugamesh as some of their major influences. Guitarist Reid Guidry joined Barely Blind in September 2005 after the disbanding of his previous band, Bennington.

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History

In 2003, at the ages of 15 & 16, Barely Blind was signed to local record label Set X Records. They wrote and recorded their first e.p. the same year, titled "Bueno Dias Pantalones". In the winter of 2004, the trio went back into the studios to record their follow up e.p. "The Greatest Adventure Story of All Time", which was released in March of 2005. This release earned them a spot on 2006's South By Southwest in Austin, TX. With the huge local success of their new e.p., Barely Blind embarked on their first West Coast Tour, which made numerous stops in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Through all their hard work and dedication, Barely Blind has opened for national acts such as Bowling for Soup, Punchline, Hellogoodbye, Socratic, House of Fools, and Near Miss to name a few.

As the shows and their fan base grew larger, Barely Blind decided to pick up guitarist Reid Guidry and go back into the studio in 2006 to record their third e.p. "Give Back the Radio" which was released June 3, 2006. This album shows a more experienced and mature side to the boys, while still staying true to their punk based roots. In February of 2007, Barely Blind headed back into the studio once more. They travelled to Stubenville, Ohio to record at Innovations Studios with Steve Soboslai of Punchline. With the help of Steve, the band recorded three new songs which take a totally new direction for Barely Blind. On March 10, 2007, Barely Blind released these three new songs. The new songs received great attention, even though only released on the band's myspace and purevolume. For the summer of 2007, Barely Blind plans to go on a brief tour with musicians and friends, Punchline.

Their new CD was released on August 28 entitlded "The Way We Operate." Song selections for this new album include "Crazy," "Pariah," "Crowded Room," and "Life on Wilson Street."

As of about August 2008, Canaan decided to quit the band because he didnt want to tour as much and wanted to be closer to home. To replace him for tour the band recruited JB (formerly of Daylight Broadcast and West Evangeline).

So on they went and recorded another batch of songs and decided to make JB an official part of Barely Blind.

They played a showcase in October for labels and should be finding something out soon about their label situation.

After just a few months of touring JB left the band because he wasn't enjoying it. Now they are just considered a 3 piece band, but Stephen Salisbury has joined the band as their touring guitarist.

Their new EP "My Life With a Giant" will be released in june.

Barely Blind has planned a tour of concerts with the Jonas Brothers in 2010.

Controversy

In 2006, Xuhai Chang, a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles, claimed that her house was broken into by a man wearing a suit that resembled a giant dildo. After being escorted out by the police, the man was revealed to be Will Smith (the drummer), who exclaimed, "Dildo suit!" as he was carried out by the authorities.

After a long series of court cases, the band lost the lawsuit in which their record label was sued for four hundred thousand dollars, as it was revealed that their producer ordered the band to break into houses into the small Los Angeles ghetto during their tour, to look for a collectors edition Jimi Hendrix album which has been pilfered from the producer months before.

No further information has been released to the public, but Will Smith has been discredited by the Chinese community in Los Angeles, and Barely Blind has not since returned to Los Angeles for concerts.

Discography

Albums

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label
	November 24, 2004	Bueno Dias Pantalones	SeTX Records
	March 13, 2005	The Greatest Adventure Story of All Time	SeTX Records
	June 3, 2006	Give Back the Radio	SeTX Records
>	August 28, 2007	The Way We Operate	TDR Records References All Wikipedia content is licensed under the GNU Free Document License or is otherwise used here in compliance with the Copyright Act