{{Short description|Former Australian Grunge Band}} {{About|the Australian band|the loss of blood|Bleeding#Blood loss}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bloodloss | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | alias = Zulu Rattle | origin = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | genre = {{flatlist| * Post-punk * grunge * jazz * blues }} | years_active = {{flatlist| * {{start date|1982}}–{{end date|1984}} * {{start date|1986}}–{{end date|1997}} }} | label = {{flatlist| * Greasy Pop * Aberrant * Sympathy for the Record Industry * Warner/Reprise * Au-go-go * Memorandum }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * Head On * Salamander Jim * Primevils * Lubricated Goat * Mudhoney }} | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | current_members = | past_members = see Members }}
'''Bloodloss''' was an Australian post-punk, grunge band formed in 1982. The original line-up was Martin Bland on drums, Renestair E.J. on guitar and saxophone, Jim Selene on bass guitar, and Sharron Weatherill on lead vocals and guitar. They issued five albums: ''Human Skin Suit'' (June 1988), ''The Truth Is Marching In'' (1990), ''In-a-Gadda-Da-Change'' (1993), ''Live My Way'' (March 1996) and ''Misty'' (1996).
== History ==
Bloodloss was formed in Sydney late in 1982 as a post-punk, grunge band by Martin Bland on drums (ex-Chaos, Head On, Crawling Eye, Acid Drops), Renestair E.J. (née Eric Reynolds) on guitar and saxophone (ex-Head On), Jim Selene on bass guitar (ex-Spell) and Sharron Weatherill on lead vocals and guitar.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Bland and Renestair E.J.'s earlier Adelaide-based group, Head On, are described by Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, as "a loud, Detroit-fuelled punk band in the vein of The Stooges and MC5."<ref name="McFarlane"/> Renestair E.J. had relocated to Sydney while Bland remained in Adelaide to briefly join Crawling Eye and then Acid Drops before also moving to Sydney.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/>
Bloodloss had a run of temporary drummers prior to Bland joining.<ref name="McFarlane"/> AllMusic's Ned Raggett described the group's sound as "loud blues/Vegas/punk craziness."<ref name="Raggett"/> Late in 1983, when Stuart Gray ({{Abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} Stu Spasm) joined on guitar and vocals, the group changed their name to '''Zulu Rattle'''.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/> They issued a sole track, "Terror Train", on a various artists' compilation album, ''Strawberry Hills'' (1984), via Green Records.<ref name="McFarlane"/> In March 1984 Bland and Gray left to form Salamander Jim alongside Tex Perkins and Zulu Rattle disbanded.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren TP"/>
Bland returned to Adelaide in 1985 where he rejoined Selene, who was a member of Primevils with Dave Mason on guitar and vocals (ex-Head On, Acid Drops) and Su Severin on guitar (ex-Crawling Eye).<ref name="McFarlane"/> That line-up issued a single, "I Saw My Name" (November 1986), which was co-written by Bland, Mason, Severin and J Syrokos.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="APRA I Saw"/> Bland and Gray formed a noise rock group, Lubricated Goat, in 1986 in Sydney.<ref name="McFarlane LG"/> Renestair E.J. joined Primevils prior to recording their debut and sole album, ''Chicken Factory'', which was released via Greasy Pop Records in May 1987.<ref name="McFarlane"/>
Back in 1986 Renestair E.J. and Weatherhill reformed Bloodloss in Adelaide by recruiting Charlie Tolnay on lead guitar (ex-Grong Grong, also in King Snake Roost), Andrew Stosch ({{Abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} Andrew Foley) on drums and Chris Wiley on bass guitar (from Fear and Loathing).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/> They issued a music cassette, ''Bloodloss'', in that year.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/>
Bland rejoined Bloodloss in 1987 as second drummer with Stosch.<ref name="McFarlane"/> They issued an album, ''Human Skin Suit'', in June 1988, which McFarlane opined was "a jazzy brand of pre-grunge noise."<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/> Afterwards Tolnay focussed solely on his work with King Snake Roost, Weatherhill left and Bland shifted over to lead vocals and guitar.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/>
The new line-up released a single, "Smell Machine", in March 1989 before Wiley left and Selene returned on bass guitar. In 1990 they issued their next album, ''The Truth Is Marching In'', before disbanding in the next year.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Bland and Renestair E.J. returned to Lubricated Goat in 1990 in Sydney.<ref name="McFarlane LG"/> Then they relocated to Seattle where they resumed Bloodloss in 1993 with Mark Arm on guitar and vocals and fellow Australian expatriate, Guy Maddison, on bass guitar and vocals (ex-Lubricated Goat, Monroe's Fur, Greenhouse Effect).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="SA Mem"/><ref name="McFarlane LG"/> Arm was a member of Seattle-based grunge band, Mudhoney.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Raggett"/><ref name="Spin Staff"/>
Bloodloss released an album, ''Live My Way'', in March 1996, on Warner/Reprise which McFarlane observed provided "delta blues by way of Captain Beefheart and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion."<ref name="McFarlane"/> Raggett rated the album at four out of five stars and found the group "dedicated to amped-up, brutally trashy fun... [Arm] steps back from the spotlight except on the hilarious 'The Truth Is Marching In'; otherwise, it's Renestair and Bland's show first and foremost, and they put on a good one."<ref name="Raggett 2"/>
They followed with ''Misty'' later that year on Au-go-go Records, it "contained material from 1993–1994 which displayed echoes of Pere Ubu, Thug and all manner of jazz and blues."<ref name="McFarlane"/> The group disbanded in 1997.<ref name="SA Mem"/> Maddison joined Arm in Mudhoney.<ref name="Raggett"/>
== Members ==
* Jeremy Bender – drums (1982) * Duncan Coleman – drums (1982) * John Gazzola – drums (1982) * Yvette Ralph – drums (1982) * Renestair E.J. (née Eric Reynolds) – guitar, saxophone (1982–84, 1986–91, 1993–97) * Jim Selene – bass guitar (1982–84, 1988–91) * Sharron Weatherill – lead vocals (1982–84, 1986–88), * Martin Bland – drums (1982–84, 1987–88, 1993–97), guitar, vocals (1988–91) * Andre Poublon – drums (1983) * Stuart Gray ({{Abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} Stu Spasm) – guitar vocals (1983–84) * Andrew Foley ({{Abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} Andrew Stosch) – drums (1986–89) * Chris Wiley – bass guitar (1986-1988) * David Creese – drums (1991) * Rick Bishop – bass guitar (1992) * Mark Arm – guitar, vocals (1993–97) * Guy Maddison – bass guitar, vocals (1993–97)
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''Bloodloss'' (1986) – Greasy Pop Records * ''Human Skin Suit'' (June 1988) – Greasy Pop Records * ''The Truth Is Marching In'' (1990) – Aberrant Records * ''In-a-Gadda-Da-Change'' (1993) – Sympathy for the Record Industry<ref name="Raggett"/> * ''Ten Solid Rockin' Inches of Rock Solid Rock 10"'' (1994) – Sympathy for the Record Industry * ''Live My Way'' (March 1996) – Warner/Reprise<ref name="Raggett"/> * ''Misty'' (1996) – Au-go-go Records<ref name="Raggett"/> * ''The Truth Is Marching In 1983–1991'' (2× CD compilation, 2010) – Memorandum Recordings<ref name="NLA Truth">{{Citation | author1 = Bloodloss | title = The truth is marching in : [1983-1991] | date = 2010 | publisher = Memorandum | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/195286255 | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Refbegin}} ;General * {{Cite encyclopedia | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | authorlink = Ian McFarlane | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | title = Whammo Homepage | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | archivedate = 5 April 2004 | accessdate = 7 June 2017 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality. ;Specific {{Refend}} {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="McFarlane">McFarlane, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040419063214/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=112 'Bloodloss'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=112 the original] on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2017.</ref>
<ref name="SA Mem">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130902050900/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/127869/20130902-1509/www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/pagec7fa.html | url = http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/pagec7fa.html | title = SA Memory: ''Human Skin Suit'' | archivedate = 2 September 2013 | date = 17 July 2008 | publisher = Government of South Australia | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
<ref name="Holmgren TP">{{Cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110805225530/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/claptonrichard.html | url-status = usurped | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/claptonrichard.html | title = Tex Perkins | publisher = Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archivedate = 5 August 2011 | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="APRA I Saw">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'I Saw My Name' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=i+saw+my+name | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'</ref>
<ref name="McFarlane LG">McFarlane, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604094048/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1033 'Lubricated Goat'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1033 the original] on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Raggett">{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bloodloss-mn0000053620/biography | title = Bloodloss | Biography & History | last = Raggett | first = Ned | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="Raggett 2">{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-my-way-mw0000176912 | title = ''Live My Way'' – Bloodloss | Songs, Reviews, Credits | last = Raggett | first = Ned | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name="Spin Staff">{{cite web | url = https://www.spin.com/2014/03/mudhoney-biography-nirvana-pearl-jam-exclusive/ | title = Exclusive Mudhoney Bio Excerpt: Nirvana and Pearl Jam Tours, Cobain's Death | last = Spin Staff | date = 5 March 2014 | work = Spin | accessdate = 7 June 2017 }}</ref>
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