The band released their debut album A Trillion Shades of Happy in 1992. Their first single "Trippin'" was recorded at Airforce Studios (Auckland), with the drum track for done in one take. The song went to #1 in New Zealand. The bonus track "I Love My Leather Jacket" was recorded at The Lab. Backing vocals on the track 'Dig My World' were provided by Jan Hellriegel

The band opened for AC/DC at Mount Smart Stadium in 1992. Apparently the band drew straws to see who was going to walk onstage first as there were around 50,000 people in the crowd so they were all pretty nervous (Scott Cortese the drummer drew the short straw). Their set ended prematurely however because a fire started under the stage and Mikey Havoc announced this to the crowd which the promoters didn't like. They also blew up the speaker system so AC/DC weren't able to play as loudly as they normally did.

The band performed this on the first Hey Hey It's Saturday (Australian entertainment) show broadcast in New Zealand. "Song 27" and "What My Baby Likes" were further New Zealand Top 10 hits for the band, although neither charted in Australia.

In 1991 PUSH PUSH was awarded the top band award and best video award for trippin at the RIANZ awards.

In the late 1970s, waiting under a Christmas tree for 11 year old Stacey Blades was a little acoustic guitar, and having already studied piano for years, the young Canadian was about to find his musical destiny. After taking proper guitar lessons for three years, he bought his first electric, and spent hours copying classic rock riffs from bands like Van Halen, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and Rush. When the first wave of L.A. metal hit in the ‘80s, Stacey became an obsessed metalhead, adding influences from the west coast Sunset strip.
But the Canadian music scene was limiting to a man with a guitar and big aspirations, so when Roxx Gang put an ad in Metal Edge for a new lead guitarist, Stacey knew he had a shot. After nailing the audition and relocating to Florida, he officially joined the band in 1992. He stayed with Roxx Gang for eight years, four albums, three videos, and one greatest hits album.Stacey started the new millennium with a new home in Los Angeles. He played around locally before joining L.A. Guns in 2003. For a decade, Stacey enmeshed himself in the band, becoming a greater addition with every album and every tour. From the amazing TALES FROM THE STRIP to 2012’s critically-acclaimed HOLLYWOOD FOREVER, Stacey showcased his well-honed brand of guitar playing and songwriting.

L.A. Guns has managed to recapture their former sound and this is due mainly to the killer guitar work of Stacey Blades. . Hollywood Forever oozes that awesome 80′s sleazy sound, and that is due mainly to Stacey’s playing on this album. – Hard Rock Hideout

Guitarist Stacey Blades is the star of the album, with some really sweet riffs and solos. – Screamer Magazine

Stacey Blades is a monstrous riff and solo machine… The Rock Pit

With L.A. Guns, Stacey has shared the bill with Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, The Scorpions, Dokken, Skid Row, Warrant and more. He’s been around the world, and on the bill of many prestigious music festivals including M3 (of which a live DVD of the show was released in January 2013.) Stacey has also been in every music magazine including Rolling Stone, Spin, Metal Edge, and Premier Guitar to name a few

In April of 2009, Stacey wrote and published a very revealing and often-humorous 

DAMN DICE are a five-piece Hard-Rock / Metal band from London, at the forefront of the UK's underground rock scene. With their adrenaline fuelled performance and larger than life stage show they have quickly earned a loyal and expanding fan base. 

Together since 2011, the band started with a flurry of live shows, including a UK and European tour supporting LA Guns. During 2012 and 2013 the band continued playing a number of profile headline shows and released their 6 track EP whose sound was described by Classic Rock AOR magazine as being 'like a punch in the balls from a spiked glove'.

Their video clip for 'Take The Fight' received rotation on Scuzz TV and the band have appeared in various publications including Classic Rock AOR, Music Week, Powerplay and Black Velvet, as well as tracks from the album having radio airplay.

Damn Dice now return with their blistering new album ‘The Great Unknown’, which contains twelve slabs of hard hitting rock and metal. From the explosive beatings of the aptly named ‘Power’, to the anthemic guile of their single ‘What Now?’, the colossal drive of ‘The Way To Go’, and the contagious vigour of their current video ‘Take The Fight’, the album is destined to pull in an army of new followers. With a hefty touring schedule planned for the rest of the year, big things lie ahead for Damn Dice.

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