Dave Blood, Bassist for the Dead Milkmen, Dead − 11 March, 2004
Found out about this from the Mike Watt mailing list, by way of punknews.org.
Shit.
First Spaulding Gray, now Dave Blood -- both apparent suicides. I don't get it.
"Big Lizard In My Backyard," the Milkmen's first album, and especially Blood's bass playing, was an affirmation and inspiration to me. Funny, critical, tight, loose, this album was as much a parody of punk rock as it was a sloppy kiss.
This is getting me down.
"Up on the hilltop where the vultures perch
That's where I'm gonna build my church
Ain't gonna be a priest
Ain't gonna be no flock
Just Charles Nelson Reilly
Nailed to a cross..."
