Does anyone remember....

[SeldomSeenSmith]

OK, I'm beginning to think this was all some dream or something, I've asked everyone my age I know.
Does anyone remember a song called DOA by a band I think they were called Bloodrock? or is it all a dream. Its really beginning to drive me crazy.
SSS

 

[hydroclops]

Here you go.


The band was discovered by Grand Funk Railroad record producer Terry Knight and signed to Capitol Records. Knight produced the first three, and most popular, Bloodrock albums.

Bloodrock was best known for the song "D.O.A." (Dead On Arrival), about the victim of a gory airplane crash which became their only hit single, reaching #36 on the music charts in January 1971. They were only marginally popular in the United States and were essentially a cult band, but reportedly became a favorite among troops in Vietnam.

The band was technically competent but offered little that was unique and was unable to sustain any real success. The group was noted for hard pulsed bass, biting guitar solos and a haunting organ sound.

The early albums featured a heavy metal sound reminiscent of other hard rock bands at the time, such as Grand Funk Railroad and Black Sabbath. The lyrics were unusually cynical for the time, exploring such themes as alienation and revenge, which would later be found in abundance in the punk rock scene, but seemed out of place in the post-Woodstock period of the early 1970s. Songs which were fan favorites included "Kool-Aid Kids," "Gotta Find a Way", "Castle of Thoughts", "Breach of Lease", "Cheater", "D.O.A.", and "Lucky in the Morning."

Before the late 1972 album Passage, their original lead vocalist (Jim Rutledge) and lead guitarist (Lee Pickens) had left and were replaced by vocalist Warren Ham (a born-again Christian who would later perform with Kerry Livgren's Christian rock band A.D. in the 1980s). Bloodrock took a major turn away from hard rock on the last two albums, turning toward progressive rock, pop, and jazz, reminiscent of such artists as Jethro Tull, Todd Rundgren, and Traffic. During live performances in the Warren Ham era, the band often refused to play their earlier songs with Satanic or cynical themes such as "Whiskey Vengeance" and "D.O.A.". Interestingly, though, the lyrics on the later albums often had leftist or even Marxist themes on songs like "The Power".

The 2000 CD release Triptych includes their last two albums (Passage & Whirlwind Tongues) plus an additional, previously unreleased album, Unspoken Words, recorded by the band in mid 1974 before their official breakup.

A reunion concert featuring five of the six original numbers [Jim Rutledge, Lee Pickens, Ed Grundy, Nick Taylor, *Chris Taylor (*in place of original drummer Rick Cobb III] was held on March 12, 2005 in Ft. Worth, for the benefit of their keyboardist Stevie Hill.


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[alegoblin]

I remember that tune.

 

[Don Cotyle]

I remember it too, there were sirens in the song if I remember correctly

 

[SomeGuy]

DOA was a staple on an AM radio show called Beeker Street back in the 70's.
Top 40 all day but after midnight it was album rock with a trippy soundtrack background and one awesome tune after another. They were broadcasting in the megawatts and got coverage all over and would get calls from everywhere.

Reminds me of another tune I used to hear there, Legend of the USS Titanic by Jamie Brockett. Funny song about a black guy they wouldn't let on the boat and the Captain ended up hitting the berg cause he was high from smoking rope.

Captain says, "Why do you have 4970 feet of rope?"
The Guys says, "Oh, I just carry it!"

How many here remember when AM was the only radio you got?

 

[Don Cotyle]

Yea back when am was it. I had one of the little cheap Jap radios hanging on the rear view mirror, shur was cheaper than replaceing the car radio when it went out. Years later I bought into the 8-track bullcrap...later casset tapes...seems so primitive now...lol, but it was all we had!!!

 

[rafe]

Oh yes I remember that!!

 

[Refudean]

Yes,I do remember that song,and it did have sirens.It was a pretty powerful song for a kid of 13,as I was at the time.Uh-oh,now y'all know I'm old as dirt!

 

[thcbear]

i have no recollection of that song

 

[isit4.20yet]

Here ya go - enjoy.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UN2TIVBJ

 

[przcvctm]

I always thought that "We were flying low, and hit something in the air" meant they were driving high or drunk when they crashed. Guess I should have listened to the lyrics closer.

I can still see my mother's face like it was yesterday when she first heard it playing on my AM radio. The world was definitely going to hell, she said.

 

[damitrius777]

i was there


peace