Re: Bloodrock
Great band...the first four albums are great...
Bloodrock 1, Bloodrock 2 , Bloodrock 3 and Bloodrock U.S.A
Just cool early 70's hard rock.
BTW, that video above for ''D.O.A.'' has nothing to do with the song....
the song was controversial...
from wikipedia...
Bloodrock 2 was their most successful album peaking at #21 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1971 mostly on the strength of their somewhat morbid single "DOA" which reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1971. "DOA" also gave the band considerable regional exposure throughout the Southwest and West, particularly in Texas and Southern California. "DOA" was probably the band's most well known and well remembered single, partly because of its very chilling content. The song gives an extremely grisly first person account of the aftermath of a plane crash. Some debate whether the song is actually about a car accident, but the lyrics ("We were flying low and hit something in the air") and comments by the lead guitarist about the inspiration for the song suggest otherwise. The vocalist describes the bloody sheets he lies in with a missing arm and a dead girl lying next to him, as the ambulance attendant looks over him with little hope ("he says 'There's no chance for me'"....). This narrative is backed by a rather eerie and grave organ riff & background sounds of ambulance sirens, creating a decidedly bleak and unsettling atmosphere. The song ends with the ambulance siren being shut off, indicating that the patient has died and is Dead On Arrival.
According to lead guitarist, Lee Pickens, "DOA" was based on the ill fated Wichita State University football team airplane crash of Oct. 2, 1970. However, review copies of the "Bloodrock 2" album were at Billboard magazine during the week of Oct. 18, 1970, and the album was first reviewed in the magazine issue that was dated Saturday Oct. 31, 1970. There would have only been a little over two weeks to write the song, record the track, and add it to the album. Given the technology and distributions channels of the day, it is highly unlikely that the LP, with a new, freshly completed song, could have been finished, pressed and distributed in that short amount of time.
"DOA" was very controversial in a number of markets due to its content, and while it was not banned outright in any markets, the controversy did help the sales and chart position of both the single and the album on which it appeared, Bloodrock 2.
