Brendan left in 1992 and was replaced by Geoff Kresge, who left after six months and was replaced by Tim from the Broken

The original line-up remained until Brendan left in 1992. He was replaced by Geoff Kresge , who left the band after a six-month tenure to rejoin his band AFI . (Kresge would later go on to play in Tiger Army and HorrorPops .) He was replaced in Blanks 77 by Tim from the Broken Heroes, who began performing live with the band after a single rehearsal. The band recorded their first album, Killer Blanks , which was released first in Germany on the Nasty Vinyl label in 1995, and in the U.S. a year later in 1996 on Radical Records with four extra tracks.