Yes they do !!!!! Outstanding band wow were they great 😈👽 they did sell a whole lotta records and 9 out 10 ones I come across being a collector are trashed which says they were played alot and rightfully so!
We were just talking about this great band last night, and my boyfriend couldn't believe I loved this song (14 when it came out). He went up to my attic tonight where his stuff is stored and returned with the 45 of this from 1971!! Another sign we were meant to be together!
True love. Cheater is one of the most masterful songs ever created in my opinion. DOA too ofcourse. But the melody and rhythm and harmony in Cheater is superb
My big brother would play this song in our room after he got off work then he would go take a shower while this was playing. He knew it scared the shit out of me.
I watched the Professor of Rock story on this band and got hooked immediately. Bloodrock received very little airplay where I grew up due to the graphic storytelling and emergency sirens. Had there been better understanding of the song's origin - it was based on Lee Cobb losing a friend in a horrific plane crash - DOA would have been a bigger hit than it was. That being said, hitting the top 40 despite such resistance was still amazing.
I can't even begin to describe how scared this song made me feel as a kid. Back in the day in Fort Worth it was AM KFJZ or KXOL. Both top 40. I would listen for hours. But at night, when I was alone in my room, that sinister organ intro would come on and I couldn't get the radio off that channel soon enough.
In the late 60s, schools showed very graphic, gruesome photos of mangled bodies in Drivers Ed class. My sister was quite disturbed by them. She had a vivid nightmare about me. When this song came out, she seriously could not stand to listen to it.
I missed this song until about 10 years ago. I consider myself a huge fan of all music and I've NEVER heard a song that gives me the chills more. Just great!
My brother and I went to see Grand Funk back in the early 70's and Bloodrock was the opening act. We both were floored! Have every Bloodrock album, cd, mp3 and still listen.
@@funkfan1751 yes that is correct, Terry Knight did manage them both. Not surprised he would rip them off many managers rip off their clients. Look at Billy Joel who had his brother in law manage him, until he stole $95 Million from Billy
@@prickrick I didn't know the song was called DOA. All I remember it was about some kind of Crash and something in the air. I kept trying to search for and it drove me nuts. Later on in the 1980s I was into a band called Killing Joke and their music reminded me a lot of Bloodrock. That's what started my search for the song. I must have asked hundreds of people and would sing the first couple bars but nobody could help me.
i heard it in some older kids room at some sort of dinner party thing in Bedford area (grew up by hulen). Absolutely terrifying, & i seem to remember that the stations stopped playing it . ..
Loved this song when it came out. In 1971 my family, in station wagon on a cross country trip, was hit by a pickup head on along rte. 66 in Mohave Desert. The pickup driven by a drunk 15yr old who was given the wheel by his drunk uncle. The tragedy was much like the one in this song. The uncle was killed instantly. My Mom died a few hours later. I died on the operating table. Greeted Mom in Heaven, with a hug and I Love You. She told me I had to go back. I just discovered this reunion video, and am so glad this took place.
I understand anyone's doubts. I have no reason to lie, nor do I understand it all so much, myself. Guess we all won't know til, ya know, we know...or not.
65 years old and it still gives me chills when I first heard this song 1971. I told my wife back in the 80s if you ever come across anything with this song on it to buy it regardless of price shockingly she found it in a drug store it was on a CD with other songs from the '70s!!! Thanks baby I'll see you on the other side .
When I was a kid my best friend had "Bloodrock Live." He'd light up the incense and play this on what not much better than a close-and-play record player. His other go-to record was Black Sabbath: Master of Reality. We were in 6th grade so that was pretty much the extent of our debauchery. Now that I look back I have trouble reconciling that with the pictures of David Cassidy and The Partridge Family plastered on his walls.
Yeah - my friend turned me on to this - I used to take both speakers of the stereo and put my head between them - of course that was nothing compared to what i did playing in bands with big PA systems
I remember playing this as loud as my car speakers would allow, usually in a fog of herbal smoke. I first heard it on KAAY Little Rock. The show was called Beaker Street.
I grew up in Texas and have lived in Texas my entire life. I can listen to any music from classic outlaw country to extreme black metal when the mood strikes me--good music is good music. Being from Texas, I can't believe I overlooked this band for so long. I found their Passage album on vinyl a year and a half ago or so but then I bought their first two albums on vinyl after a friend of mine played this song for me. Brilliant stuff. I guess the fact that not even a lot of Texans have heard of Bloodrock is a testament to their cult status. Such a talented band who would have gotten over big in a perfect world where talent is king.
to Maddogg....maybe in Texas since years they maybe listen to too much country music, they maybe can't had opportunity to listen to Bloodrock, maybe they listen instead to Mahogany ruxh or Moxy who are Canadian bands and for sure bands more known like Led Zeppelin, Beatles, ect....
wow I'm Originally From N.J. ,Now Live In Georgia For 10 Years But Heard Blood rock When 12 Played In Bands Myself But Love The Same Genres Your Into Was Original Guitarist For Nuclear Assault 1984-85
this is the best reunion i have ever seen. vocals ,guitar and organ are spot on. my next door neighbor had this record when i was 11 years old. a lot of people talked about how spooky it was. I thought it was a great song.
I was born in the early 60's and I thought I'd heard just about everything.. I learned about this song via someone's YT page. I was BLOWN AWAY!! SO INTENSE, especially the story behind the song.. Bloodrock, you deserve SO MUCH MORE attention than you received.. glad that people are still discovering you! F'ing outstanding!!
Back in elementary school one of the guys in class brought the live album, and it was so morbid sounding both lyrically and musically. Being 10 to 14 years old it really kind of freaked me out a little bit. 😁 Don't know when this concert was done, but they did a stellar job performing this, sounded a lot like the live album.
Wow what a blast, the 70s where some the best times of my life , i met my wife in 79 . When i heard this song in the early 70s it was really creepy but i loved it. Zeppelin,Super tramp,Rush,Yes, and a lot more great bands. I was so free hitch hiked across Canada twice . I get so emotional when i think back ,everyday was a adventure , today i feel sorry for kids ,the playgrounds are empty and i 'm talking before C-19. I was so lucky to be born in 58 what a life.
This song takes me back! Gotta love the Hammond organ. Bloodrock 2 was my fave, and 3 almost as good. As a budding guitarist in the late 60's / early 70s, this group was one of my influences. And, boy, the years have been good to the drummer (LOL!)
In Dallas, late 60's, early 70's, a church on Garland Road had a youth outreach program. Friday nights they would have bands come in and play and then the youth director would give a devo. One of the bands that came in was Bloodrock. It was packed that night! Up close and personal was the crowd, like in this video. Good times!
I can't believe how many "Old Timers" like myself never heard this song or band. I grew up in the far north east USA and Bloodrock was from Ft Worth Texas. I have lived in Texas for 40 yrs now and still don't find anyone who knows of them. I had Bloodrock 2 as a go to album in my early teens.
I talked for an hour to Stevie Hill on the phone about 10 years before he died of cancer. We talked about them progressing on each lp through 'Whirlwind Tongues" This was a charity concert to pay for his hospital bills.
Recently found these guys via the professor of rock channel here on RU-vid And they are an underated classic Makes me wanna learn how to play the organ now
My sister had the album and turned me on to it when I was 6 years old. I listened to it everyday and studied the album cover every time I listened to the song!❤
In 1971 I was 21 and went to a Grand Funk Railroad concert in OKC sky high on chemicals. The opening group was Bloodrock. They blew Grand Funk away! These guys never got the credit they deserved.
They will always remind me of my father who is not with us anymore. I remember being a little boy and he wore the Bloodrock 3 vinyl out multiple times. He was an Iowa boy that moved out to California after high School with his band they won the bay area Battle of the bands with over 500 bands competing and he always said the Bloodrock was very underrated and I agree
I was 20 years old when this song came out. I remember I had a Stromberg Carlson tube stereo amp. I know it was hard on the power tubes, but I wired up backup lights from a car tinted red mounted behind the speakers wired to speaker outputs on the amp and played this with the lights off. I thought the pulsing red light was really cool. I also liked John Nitzinger who was involved with Bloodrock.
I will never forget the day I bought the Bloodrock live LP! It was a gatefold album. At probably still has seeds in the fold as well. Those double albums had more uses than just music back in the day!😂 They were such a great band with great shows too. I will never tire of their music! Who can remember the beginning of the show when the announcer says “we’re going to need a path down the middle for drug rescue also”. Who can forget!!! A sign of the times!
Mike - I was there!!! The original show was scheduled in 1969 but was delayed for several months. I was with my best friend from grade school. Noel Redding had just left the band and Billy Cox was on bass. After the show we were on the side of Will Rogers Colosseum and were standing with our hands on the 1970 blue Olds Cutlass he was sitting in. We were looking right at Jimi Hendrix only inches away! Do you have any photos, ticket stubs or memorabilia from that show? Ronnie
@@globalron Ah! Unfortunately no. I wish I did. It was the first time someone handed me a joint up in the nosebleed section. It didn't realy affect me at the concert, but after that in my life I really became a hippie. Hitchhiked to California in the fall. What different times!
This reunion rendition just kills!! The great state of Texas has produced some killer late 60's / early 70's heavy acid psych / blues rock / southern rock / hard rock / proto-metal / early heavy metal bands... From Fort Worth - Bloodrock, John Nitzinger From Dallas - Point Blank, The Werewolves From Austin - Wildfire, Mariani, Krackerjack From San Antonio - Demian (post Bubble Puppy), Homer, Ultra From Houston - ZZ Top, Josefus, Stone Axe, Christopher, Wolfgang, Purple Sun
All I can say is I remember hearing this song twice when I was 10 or so... I would call the radio station WIFC were I heard it and I would request it like weekly for weeks they never even would acknowledge there even was a band DOA much less this song!!! LOLOLOLOL I am ROTFL!!!
Quick story: I was about 18 or so when this song came out. I was working in the housekeeping department at a local hospital, and one of my jobs was to mop the floor in the morgue after an autopsy. One night, right before my shift ended, I got called to do that. So, after finishing up, my shift was over and I left for home. When I got in the car and started the engine, that song had just started on the radio. I got chills.
I'M VERY PROUD FOR BEING THEIR FAN FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY( ALSO OF THE OTHER capitol rec. GIANTS GRAND FUNK RAIL.). I HAVE ALL THEIR VINYL DISCOGRAPHY.....WHEN I HEARD D.O.A IN THE 80' s FROM THE GREAT MANILLA ROAD(RIP MARK), I REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT BAND THEY HAVE BEEN IN ROCK HISTORY !!! THANK YOU BROTHER!!!!
Not too long after the album came out I grabbed a couple of my cousin's albums. One was Vanilla Fudge and the other was BloodRock II. First time I heard D.O.A. I was floored and sold on the band. I agree with many posts, they were underrated for sure. Sad they couldn't continue on and produce more great songs in their original cast.
“ I was nine years old… pretty spooky and weird for sure, for a little boy from Dallas, Tx. in 1970. The sound here makes Alice Cooper seem like bubblegum.”
KADA was once an am radio station in the 70s in Ada Ok that's the station where I first heard this song it sent shivers down my spine when Stevie Hill delivered the start from his keyboard.I love Stevie Hill may he rest in peace
Wow!!! Not many ppl I know actually know this band ...hahaha..I used to put speakers in my bedroom windows and play the end of this super loud with the sirens and all the neighbors would come out looking...Lol..I was maybe 13 years old.
yeah@@lowellnickell5726 , for sure they had to be well known but maybe critics sometimes didn't help the bands at that time and always, magazine like ''Rolling stone'' told it was crap or something like that....same thing for the hard-rock band UFO( with M.Schenker) , they were as good as Zeppelin i think....
"D.O.A." has to be the creepiest song, ever. That Hammond is so sinister. The vocals have just the right amount of disharmony to set your spine a-tingling. Every time I listen to it, it haunts me for weeks! And, the tragic story behind it just makes it even more chilling.
Their vocals (lead and harmony) remind me of early Uriah Heep, and IMO that's high praise. This guy's got a bit more grit than Byron from UH, but they do the vibrato thing really well, and the harmonies are haunting. Another very talented group I'd never heard of until today.
I think the reason DOA hits us all so hard, is because it brings to life a very real fear of dying in a car crash. An actual possibility. God forbid, but it could happen 10 minutes from now. Great song. Lest I remind some of you, Bloodrock released other albums worth a listen.
i am an old fossil 69yo. i never heard this song till now, thanks professor of rock. WLS chicago must not have played it much here in the midwest. thumbs up
Man… Still today so freaking cool ! The way Oder guys in the neighborhood would push in 8-track tapes of songs like this ! Jamming through Jensen Tri-axils !
yeah, Stevie was a hot keyboard player, did you know Carmine Appice from Vanilla fudge/cactus began a project with Stevie Hill probably in '75 or '76 but it didn't work , Carmine finally had other projects....
@@prickrick no Richard, I did not know that. Could have been a great project. C/A is another musician who never got enough kudos...great drummer. Double bass passage on "hanging on" is classic. Beck, Bogart, and Appice was a great band.
It was the first song to ever freak me out 😮 as a child. I think I was 10 or 11 when it came out. And, if memory serves correct, it got a decent amount of air time.
