[1] He has worked in the bands Rubicon, Night Ranger (as bassist and one of the lead vocalists), and Damn Yankees (as one of the founding members).

Born in Palm Desert, California, Blades started playing guitar at eight years old when his parents gave him a plastic ukulele.

[4] Blades has released two solo albums and has written or co-written songs for Aerosmith, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey, and other artists.

In the 1990s, Blades co-wrote four Aerosmith songs with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Tommy Shaw – "Shut Up and Dance" (1993), "Can't Stop Messin'" (1993), "Walk on Water" (1994), "What Kind of Love Are You On" (1998).

Former Sly and the Family Stone saxophonist Jerry Martini formed the funk band Rubicon with Blades as bass player and future fellow Night Ranger member Brad Gillis on guitar.

Fitz knew another guitar player in Sacramento, Jeff Watson, along with guitarist Gillis and Keagy, and Ranger was formed in 1980.

In 1989, Damn Yankees was co-founded by Blades, Ted Nugent, and Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw.

The band had multi-platinum success with two albums, Damn Yankees, Don't Tread, and a gold-selling single, "High Enough".

Although they have not released any new music since 1992 and have made sporadic appearances through the 2000s onstage, the band is considered to be on hiatus but "has met multiple times to meet and write over the years."

[5] A week later, on March 8, the band officially announced its reformation, with a second album and a nationwide tour across Japan in the works.

In 2014, he formed the band Revolution Saints with Deen Castronovo of Journey and Doug Aldrich of Whitesnake.