Blood Duster (album) explained

Blood Duster
Type:studio
Artist:Blood Duster
Cover:BloodDuster.jpg
Released:6 October 2003
Recorded:Toyland Studios, Melbourne
Genre:Death n roll, hard rock, heavy metal, grindcore
Length:30:37
Producer:Jason Fuller (Jason PC)
Prev Title:Cunt
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Lyden Nå
Next Year:2007

Blood Duster is Blood Duster's fourth full-length album.

Background

Title

A competition was run on the band's messageboard to suggest album names, with some responses being Fucked Up by the Grace of God and Taming The Manaconda. Another suggestion was For Those About To Fuck, but this was used as the name for the first track instead.

Content

The album itself is labelled by the band as being "Psychodeathrockin’punkpimpin’icedealing gangstashit" and is an attempt to establish the genre of 'Anthemic Grind Rock'. With Blood Duster having secured an endorsement from the Black Flys sunglasses brand, Jason PC Fuller suggested in an interview with Andrew Tijs of Beat that the band had become "corporate rock whores"[1] This album took longer to record than previous Blood Duster albums and features a number of guest appearances including Jay Dunne from 28 Days, original AC/DC singer Dave Evans and the complete line-up of Melbourne band The Spazzys. It also contains the singles DrinkFightFuck, SixSixSixteen and IWannaDoItWithADonna.

Censorship controversy

This album was surrounded by some controversy. There was originally supposed to be bonus CD-ROM material included with the album but, due to censorship rules in Australia and the distributor not putting ratings on it, this material was censored, along with several photos that were to appear in the CD booklet.

The CD-ROM was to include live footage of Blood Duster performing Kill Kill Kill, 66.6 on Your FM Dial and Derek, as well as a video of the band performing DrinkFightFuck at the single's launch. There was also a video entitled "D-Unit's Metal for the Brain 2005" that was censored because it showed certain band members taking drugs, namely cocaine. Some of the material that was supposed to be on the CD-ROM can be accessed at the band's website using the HippieKillTeam password hidden in the CD case.

Although some photos were censored in the compiling of the CD booklet, it still contains 125 small colour photos, including some featuring nudity and oral sex.

Track listing

  1. "Untitled Hidden Pregap Track" - 1:39
  2. "For Those about to Fuck" (Fuller) - 1:38
  3. "Idi" (Fuller) - 0:54
  4. "Six Six Sixteen" (Fuller/Collins/Nixon) - 2:27
  5. "Cock Junkie" (Fuller/Collins) - 1:07
  6. "Sellout" (Fuller/Collins) - 1:21
  7. "I Wanna Do It with a Donna" (Fuller/Collins) - 3:01
  8. "Fruity Relationships" (Fuller/Nixon) - 1:09
  9. "Heroin Punk" (Fuller/Beltsy) - 1:03
  10. "Sk8er Grrl" (Fuller/Collins) - 0:26
  11. "Bad Habits" (Fuller/Collins) - 1:19
  12. "On the Stage" (Fuller/Nixon) - 0:51
  13. "Vegan Feast" (Fuller/Beltsy) - 1:28
  14. "Drink Fight Fuck" (Fuller/Collins) - 2:09
  15. "Tony Goes to Court" - (skit) - 0:31
  16. "On the Hunt" (Fuller/Nixon) - 1:05
  17. "Current Trends" (Fuller/Collins) - 0:29
  18. "Underground" (Fuller/Collins) - 0:49
  19. "Drug Fiend" (Fuller) - 1:29
  20. "Achin' for an 'A' Cup" (Fuller/Collins) - 0:22
  21. "Dahmer The Embalmer" (Fuller/Collins) - 1:13
  22. "She's a Junkie" (Fuller/Collins) - 2:46
  23. "NuCorporate" (Fuller/Nixon) - 2:59

Credits

Guests:

Production:

Notes and References

  1. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20061018080352/http://criticalcondition.music.net.au/Rock_Int/Bloodduster.htm . Blood Duster . Tijs . Andrew . Beat . 18 October 2006 . October 2002 . 3 May 2017 . dead.