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03-11-2004, 01:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Big Sound Central | | | Dead Milkmen bassist commits suicide
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Dave Blood, bassist of the near-legendary and now-defunct indie punks the Dead Milkmen, passed away on March 10th. His sister Kathy posted the news on the Dead Milkmen message board, saying:
"My brother was a smart clever and talented person. Inner peace has seemed to elude him for the last many years. Sometime last night David chose to end his life. He left a note that I don't know all of what it said,he was not elaborate-but he said he just could not stand to go on any longer."
There will be a memorial service in the Delaware County area in the coming weeks; we'll bring you more news on that as we have it.
Our condolences go out to the friends, family, and fans of Dave Blood.
| I don't know how many people have ever heard of, let alone heard the Dead Milkmen. They weren't a spectacular band, but they were damn good, and there will never be another band like them http://www.punknews.org/article.php?...rder=0&thold=0
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03-11-2004, 01:42 AM
|  | Mayday! Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jackson, MS | | | sorry to hear that. I have heard "Taking Retards to the Zoo" i believe that was one of their songs right. |
03-11-2004, 01:42 AM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Queensland, Australia | | | r.i.p.
dead milkman aquired sound. |
03-11-2004, 01:42 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | That's terrible. The Dead were great!
Sing it with me:
"I don't wanna live on a beach! No!!"
Goodbye, milkman. Say hi to Beelzebubba for me. |
03-11-2004, 07:39 AM
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03-11-2004, 07:44 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | Grim.
I liked the Dead Milkmen. "Bitchin Camaro, Bitchin Camaro, I ran over my neigbor!" |
03-11-2004, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by baba Grim.
I liked the Dead Milkmen. "Bitchin Camaro, Bitchin Camaro, I ran over my neigbor!" | ",,,,Got a bitchin Camaro/
With no insurance to match/
So when I run you over/
Be sure not to leave a scratch"
Was just thinking of that song this morning.........must be some kind of cosmic thing.
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03-11-2004, 08:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Queens, N.Y.(Near JFK Airport) | | I've never heard of this guy, or the band, but any suicide is horrible.
Poor guy. 
R.I.P.
Mike
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03-11-2004, 08:15 AM
| | banned | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NYC, LI too | | | "one eyed, left handed, albino, eskimo girl, she bit me!"
sad news indeed.
"fish heads fish heads" |
03-11-2004, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by rickbass Was just thinking of that song this morning.........must be some kind of cosmic thing. | No, Cosmic Thing was the B52's... 
Big Lizard was the Dead Milkmen.
It's a drag, they were cool.
They taught me that "Doctors and Lawyers and Bankers and Priests are controlled by UFOs!"
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03-11-2004, 11:23 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | The Milkmen were AWESOME... 
R.I.P. Let's have sex with pit bulls, maybe pollute their blood line... Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick! Everyone knows a burrow owl lives in a hole, in the ground! Why the hell do ya think they call it a burrow owl, anyway!?! I asked for Mojo Nixon, they said "he don't work here."
Genius.
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03-11-2004, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by secretdonkey I asked for Mojo Nixon, they said "he don't work here." Genius. | Holy cow 90's alt flash back! |
03-11-2004, 11:39 AM
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I saw them live a few times, Partied with them once in Asbury Park, NJ at a show my buddy's band opened for them.
Great Guys, Fun Times.
I'm sad |
03-11-2004, 05:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | "I don't have any arms!!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!"
This is really sad. The Milkmen were one of my favorites as a kid.
All the punks are crying today.
Cheers,
Chris
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03-11-2004, 05:44 PM
| | Howzit brah | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kauai, HI | | | Say it ain't so - that's terrible.
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03-11-2004, 09:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Whitmoretucky MI | | They were a fun band when I was a kid...Beach Party Vietnam always stuck in my head for some reason. They said he had severe tendenitous that stopped him from playing and he never found anything else in his life to fill that void. It goes to show how much this means to some people out there.....RIP  |
03-12-2004, 11:08 AM
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terrible.
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03-12-2004, 11:27 AM
| | | Very sad.
IMO - The Dead Milkmen were one of the best acts in alternative music, back when there was alternative music. Back in high school my car was known as The Bitchin Camero by most of my friends (even though it wasn't a Camero  ) ...and I think Punk Rock Girl should be required listening for every kid caught with a Blink 182 album (give them a fighting chance at knowing what punk is...)
Great band. ...and a bassist - one of our own. Sad. R.I.P. |
03-12-2004, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ferndale, Michigan USA | | | That sux, I grew up listening to those guys. Their music was so fun, truly a one of a kind. |
03-13-2004, 02:57 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit, michigan | | | i alaways confused them with the dead kennedys, but live and learn. Thats sad. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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