Dave Blood
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David Schulthise otherwise known as Dave Blood, was the bass guitar
ist for the punk
band Dead Milkmen
. He helped form the band in 1983 along with fellow pseudonymous musicians Joe Jack Talcum
, Dean Clean, and Rodney Anonymous
. Prior to this he was a Ph.D.
candidate in economics
at Purdue University
.
Allegedly, he tuned the strings of his bass guitar, in order from lowest to highest, D E A D, to match the name of the band.
He stopped playing music in 1995 after the band broke up as the result of developing tendinitis in both hands.
Schulthise then travelled to study in Serbia
, but in the wake of the NATO bombing campaign there he was forced to return to the US.
In late 2003, he told an interviewer that his favorite bassists were Mike Mills
(R.E.M.
), Johnny Gayden (Albert Collins
Band) and Charles Mingus
.
Schulthise committed suicide by overdosing on pills on March 10, 2004, at age 47.
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist for the punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Dead Milkmen
Dead Milkmen
The Dead Milkmen is an American satirical punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman , guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro , bassist Dave Schulthise and drummer Dean Sabatino .Beginning within the local underground...
. He helped form the band in 1983 along with fellow pseudonymous musicians Joe Jack Talcum
Joe Jack Talcum
Anthony Joseph "Joe" Genaro is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the punk rock group The Dead Milkmen. Currently residing in Philadelphia, Genaro has performed with a number of punk and indie rock groups, most recently including The Low...
, Dean Clean, and Rodney Anonymous
Rodney Anonymous
Rodney Linderman, also known by his stage name Rodney Anonymous , is an American musician, journalist and humorist currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
. Prior to this he was a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
candidate in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
.
Allegedly, he tuned the strings of his bass guitar, in order from lowest to highest, D E A D, to match the name of the band.
He stopped playing music in 1995 after the band broke up as the result of developing tendinitis in both hands.
Schulthise then travelled to study in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, but in the wake of the NATO bombing campaign there he was forced to return to the US.
In late 2003, he told an interviewer that his favorite bassists were Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Michael Edward "Mike" Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments...
(R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
), Johnny Gayden (Albert Collins
Albert Collins
Albert Collins was an American electric blues guitarist and singer whose recording career began in the 1960s in Houston and whose fame eventually took him to stages across the US, Europe, Japan and Australia...
Band) and Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...
.
Schulthise committed suicide by overdosing on pills on March 10, 2004, at age 47.