“3 Minute Hero – isn’t that the band that...” Yes, yes, yes: public urination – but that is all in the past, like so many other things. First, let us dispose of the third person introductions. The 3 Minute Hero Show is back after a stint in our creative chrysalis and ready to emerge like the tantalizingly lurid butterfly that we are. We could tell you about our throbbing rhythm section, our undeniably handsome horn section, and our non-stop frontal assault on the banality of live music, but that tells you nothing. Come closer. Smell that? It’s electricity, and sweat, and liquor, and laughter, and possibly hair product. It’s the smell of you at our next show – and you smell great.
Genre
Kaboom/Chuka Chuka/Meow Kitty
Members
Current:
* Jeff Nelson (2nd trombone, lead vocals)
* Jay Kalk (vocals, guitar)
* Bryce Blilie (trumpet)
* Paul Gronert (saxophone)
* Eric Johnson (trombone)
* Jonathon TeBeest (drums)
* Dan Frost (keyboards)
* Dan Arlig (bass)
* Rob Graff (sound)

Past:
* Steve Blondo (vocalist and founder)
* Steve Wallevand (trombone)
* Joe Papke (drums)
* Greg Dewhirst (saxophone)
* Dave Levine (saxophone)
* Luke Helm (keyboards)
* Tyler Andrews(keyboards)
* Mike Lyford (keyboards)
* Keith Dunton (trumpet)
*Reed Freedom Braten (bass)
* Jason Hoffman (bass)
Hometown
Fargo ND
Record Label
None
About
HOTLINE! 1.612.384.5400
Biography
The most important thing you need to know about 3 Minute Hero is that all of its members are constructed of carbon-fiber moldings attached to tungsten frames. This is why all of them are so incredibly strong yet light as, say, a medium-sized wedding cake. The Head decided that these nominally human players (all functions stem from their original human brains, but may be over-ridden by The Head) were far more reliable than their all-human predecessors who nearly perished, in their entirety, during the controversial "Krakatoa: We Dare You" festival. Dare they did and paid were the consequences. [Graph that last sentence, pantalones intelligentes!]

Constructed in an abandoned Air Force hangar on the outskirts of Fargo, North Dakota by a team of pedagogues, demagogues, and collectors of pogs under the direction of The Head, what emerged was a crack force of fighters. Yes: they are musicians, but fighters first.

They fight musical mediocrity. They fight against the urge to remain motionless at live music shows. They fight the laws of an over-reaching government that says, "What are you doing? You have to urinate INSIDE." They fight for YOU.

And now some truth...

In the fall of 1995, an MSU student named Steve Blondo along with Jay Kalk had the idea to form a ska band in Fargo/Moorhead. This was a fairly daunting task, considering the local music scene was predominantly heavy rock bands that reflected the "Fargo-noise" sound. He began by assembling a group of friends from the Fargo/Moorhead scene. They rose to fame in the FM scene and the local college circuit. After winning the Old Broadway's battle of the band contest, and signing with Barking Dog Records to create their first album "Bingo", 3 Minute Hero quit school, moved down to the Minneapolis/St Paul area and successfully toured for the next 3-4 years. They toured the southwest, east coast, and the 6 state upper midwest, opening for major label acts, and produced two more albums "Everyday Ninjas" and "Operation Brownstar".

3 Minute Hero brought to life a stagnant Fargo music scene, and while they began playing covers, as ALL bands do in the beginning, they went on to write more than 60 original tracks, including the much vaunted "Parking Lot", "Jelly Donut" and "Julie Loves a Blender". Numerous editorials and articles have circulated the college music "zine"s regarding the electricity and energy blasting from every single live show they performed. Whether it was for 10 people in a dark coffee shop, or for the 900 or so that came to their last show in November of 2000, it was ALWAYS about putting on an incredible, undeniable, powerful show that you went home and told your friends about.
Current Location
Twin Cities
Artists We Also Like
Jackson Pollack, Roy Lichtenstein, a little Dali -- but not too much.
Influences
None. Everything we produce comes directly from the smithy of our souls -- tainted neither by the dead classics nor popular culture. Maybe it's tainted by irony, which is admittedly pretty unpopular in this post 9/11 world. We'll just have to take our chances with that and hope for the best.
Band Interests
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