behind and taught Shaolin Kung-Fu at the Buddhist Monastery City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Talmage Ca. It was at this time in 1999 that he discovered the name The Ghost Kings in a Buddhist sutra "The Past lives of Earth Store Boddhissattva" which he used as the name for his Southern Rock project. Biedermann wrote upwards of 35 classic Southern rock / Country songs including King Hobo Dirt Road Okie and Ghost Kings with his musical partner, rhythm guitarist/vocalist "Scary" Eric Lagosh. After a roughly 20-year hiatus, Biedermann reformed Blind Illusion in 2009 with a new-lineup of Danny Harcourt on guitar and Robert Nystrom on drums, releasing their second studio album Demon Master on July 7, 2010. The album marked a very different style and sound from The Sane Asylum, going in a more traditional progressive/stoner rock direction. In September 2010, the group promoted the album at the Sobrante Stroll, a street fair held every year in El Sobrante since 1991. Before reuniting Blind Illusion, Biedermann had performed earlier shows at the Sobrante Stroll as well as at the older and much larger Solano Stroll fair in Berkeley. The material Biedermann covered included a mix of Blind Illusion originals and blues rock collaborations with other local musicians. In December 2013, Biedermann met DRI bassist Harald Oimoen in Berkeley, and Oimoen convinced Biedermann to return to the Sane Asylum sound that Blind Illusion were most associated with, and join with him and drummer Erik "Cire" Cruze from early East Bay Thrashers "Terminal Shock". These sessions were the catalyst for Biedermann to forge ahead in the classic Blind Illusion style. Biedermann eventually teamed up with former Heathen guitarist Doug Piercy and bassist Tom Gears to record the four track EP "2018". The band has played several European shows since. In August 2020, Blind Illusion announced that they were in the studio recording their third album, tentatively titled Wrath Of The Gods which included former Death Angel drummer Andy Galeon. The album was released on October 7, 2022. Discography Studio albums The Sane Asylum (1988) The Sane Asylum (2007) ('Metal Mind') The Sane Asylum (2015) ('World in Sound') (official remastered CD and limited issue gold vinyl – 12" and 7" set) The Sane Asylum (2021) (re-release) The Sane Asylum (2022) ('Hammerheart Records') (+bonus live CD). Demon Master (2010) 2018 (2018) (4 tracks – Race with the Wizard, Ice Sage, Metamorphosis of a