Blood Duster

Band members

• Current line-up
  • Jason PC (bass)
  • Tony Forde (vocals)
  • Matt Rizzo (drums)
  • Matt Lo-Pants (guitar)
  • Belt-thrower (guitar)

• Former members
  • JJ LaWhore (guitar) (2000 - 2003)
  • Finn Alman (guitar) (1994 - 2000)
  • Euan Heriot (drums) (1995 - 1999)
  • Shane Rout (drums) (1993 - 1994)
  • Brad Johnston (guitar) (1993 - 1994)
  • Troy Darlington (guitar, vocals) (1992 - 1993)
  • Callum Wilson (vocals) (1992)
  • Brick (drums) (1991 - 1993)
  • Anthony Barry (vocals, guitar) (1991)

Website

bloodduster.com

Formed

Melbourne, VIC, 1991

Band information

Blood Duster is one of Australia's longest serving and most notorious metal acts. From their original formation as a three-piece grindcore band in 1991, the group has developed a unique style of groove-laden death and grind and toured with Australia's biggest music festival.

The band was formed by Jason "PC" Fuller, Andrew "Brick" Brown and Anthony Barry and recorded the demo "Menstrual Soup" almost immediately. Barry was fired soon after and guitarist Troy Darlington and vocalist Callum Wilson replaced him but Wilson too was sacked before Blood Duster had ever played live. With Darlington handling vocals, the band went on to play some shows but by 1993 he and Brown had been replaced by ex-Entasis vocalist Tony Forde and former Hecatomb members Shane Rout and Brad Johnston.

Blood Duster then recorded Fisting the Dead featuring 25 tracks in almost the same number of minutes. Following this release, the band financed a national tour with Brutal Truth and Rout and Johnston left, with Rout going on to commit to his solo black metal project Abyssic Hate. The pair were replaced by Matt Rizzo and Finn Alman and Blood Duster then produced the EP "Yeest" but Rizzo was the replaced by Euan Heriot from Abramelin and Fracture.

In 1996 Relapse Records re-released "Yeest" as a full-length album by adding Fisting the Dead'ss tracks and blowing out the running time to an epic-like 32 minutes. The same year, Fuller formed the stoner band Dern Rutlidge with three former members of Christbait.

1997's Str8outtanorthcote saw the further expansion of the death-rock element the band had introduced on "Yeest". They also began experimenting with country-style acoustic tracks and ambient noise. In 1998 Blood Duster toured nationally with Brutal Truth once again and a live album was recorded which was to be released sometime in 2000. Heriot left Blood Duster in June 1999 and Rout re-joined, although he left again after only a few rehearsals and Rizzo came back to the fold in time for Metal for the Brain in December. A short time later, Finn Alman departed, making way for Matt "Lo-Pants" Collins.

The proposed live album was ditched in favour of a new studio album entitled Cunt that featured more of the band's earlier grindcore leanings. Josh "JJ LaWhore" Nixon from Pod People joined on second guitar shortly afterward.

Blood Duster was to head to the US for touring in August of 2001 but the deal fell through and the band started working on a new collection of obscenities while Jason PC was in Europe touring with Dern Rutlidge. In late 2001 the band featured on a national tour by The Dwarves; in 2002 the band featured on the High Voltage touring mini-festival and issued "D.F.F.", one song of which featured on a TV commercial, of all things.

Blood Duster began 2003 with a national tour with The Haunted in March.