{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Buster Bloodvessel | image = Bad Manners 059 (51460335062).jpg | caption = Bloodvessel, 2015 | birth_name = Douglas Steven Woods | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|09|06}} | birth_place = London, England | instrument = Vocals | genre = {{hlist|[[Ska]]|[[Two-tone (music genre)|two-tone]]}} | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1976–present | label = | current_member_of = [[Bad Manners]] }} '''Douglas Steven Trendle'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bad Manners Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-manners-mn0000075394#biography |access-date=2024-09-14 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref> (born 6 September 1958), better known as '''Buster Bloodvessel''', is an English singer who has been the frontman of the [[2-tone (music genre)|two-tone]] band [[Bad Manners]] since forming the band in 1976.<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', [[Virgin Books]], {{ISBN|0-7535-0159-7}}, p. 35</ref> He took his stage name from the bus conductor played by [[Ivor Cutler]] in [[the Beatles]]' 1967 film ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-08 |title=The Official Bad Manners Web Site |url=http://www.badmanners.net/lard/history.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908183232/http://www.badmanners.net/lard/history.html |archive-date=8 September 2006 }}</ref>
== Personal life == Bloodvessel once owned a hotel in [[Margate]] called Fatty Towers,<ref name=":0" /> which specifically catered for larger customers with features such as extra large beds and baths as well as fatty meals.<ref name="BBC2">"[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1148784.stm Buster Bloodvessel seriously ill]", [[BBC News]], 1 February 2001, retrieved 2011-04-13</ref> The hotel closed in 1998 and Bloodvessel moved back to London. He often appears as a guest on various television shows, as well as in the tabloid newspapers. He was the main sponsor of football team [[Margate F.C.]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-a-giant-and-his-giant-killers-1293014.html|title=Football: A giant and his giant-killers|work=[[The Independent]]|first=Andrew|last=Baker|date=1997-11-09|accessdate=2020-07-28}}</ref>
In early 2001, Bloodvessel was taken ill with a [[Strangulated hernia]] during a concert in [[Perugia]], Italy.<ref name="BBC2" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/bad-manners/6296|title=BAD MANNERS FRONTMAN SERIOUSLY ILL IN HOSPITAL – NME|website=[[NME]] |date=1 February 2001}}</ref> He wanted to return to England, but was advised to have an operation in Italy, even though it would have been extremely dangerous due to his weight.<ref name=":0" />
Bloodvessel has struggled with [[morbid obesity]] and underwent [[laparoscopic]] [[gastric bypass surgery]] in 2004, with his weight dropping from 31 stone (196.86 kg; 434 lbs) to 13 stone (82.6 kg; 182 lbs).<ref name="BBC1">"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2005/05/03/badfest_buster_bloodvessel_interview_feature.shtml Buster’s “Special Brew” set to entertain thousands!]", [[BBC]], 14 March 2006, retrieved 2011-04-13</ref> Bloodvessel is married with two children.<ref name=":0" />
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