AOR edged Southern Boogie merchants POINT BLANK were discovered in 1976 by Bill Ham, noted for his work with ZZ TOP. Ham would be responsible for producing and guiding the group through their earliest albums and the first of these, a self-titled record, was released in 1976 through Arista. It boasted an inaugural line-up of vocalist John O'Daniel, guitarists Rusty Burns and Kim Davis, bassist Phillip Petty and drummer Peter 'Buzzy' Gruen. Burns had previously been a guitar tech for ZZ TOP.

Petty made way for Bill Randolph for the third album 'Airplay', which also saw the addition of keyboard player Steve Hardin. His position in turn was taken by Karl Berke for the 1980 album 'The Hard Way' which included three live tracks, amongst them a cover of DEEP PURPLE's 'Highway Star'.

1981's 'American Excess', which included POINT BLANK's only single success 'Nicole', not only saw the departure of O'Daniel, thus POINT BLANK presented their new ex JAMES GANG and ENGLAND DAN frontman Bobby 'Bubba' Keith and another fresh keyboard player in Keith Hamilton. The record offered a new AOR direction as opposed to the grinding, Blues based Boogie Rock of yore. 1982's final album, 'On A Roll', followed suit.

The band dissolved during 1985 amidst a welter of legal wrangles. Burns, O'Daniel and Gruen would reunite in later years with STEELY DAN bassist Chuck Raney to found Southern Rockers BIGFOOT JOHNSON. Burns, Hamilton and Gruen would also figure in the SUNDANCE BLUES BAND.

The band had their track 'Uncle Ned covered on OVERDRIVE and LOCOMOTIVE BREATH guitarist Janne Stark's November 2006 MOUNTAIN OF POWER tribute collection.