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Oily Bloodmen
12+ albums
USAportlandoregon
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https://www.reverbnation.com/playlist/view_playlist/-4?page_object=artist_3077557 Artist Bio Modal_close_icon The Oily Bloodmen were a hardcore punk/funk band from Portland Oregon, between the years 1984 and 1992. An ever-changing cast of support players backed founding members Rich Rosemus and Dale Moerer in the course of a slow, gradual rise through the ranks of the highly-competitive Portland underground music scene. In the twenty years since their split the Oily Bloodmen have attained near legendary status. History[edit] In 1984, bassist Charley Nims responded to a flyer posted by guitarist/songwriter Dale Moerer outside of Toody and Fred Cole’s Captain Whizeagle’s music store. Simply enough, the note read “Guitar player wants to start band.” Moerer and Nims were soon joined by Bud Croeni, former drummer for the seminal Portland punk band the Cleavers, and by newcomer, vocalist/lyricist Rich Rosemus. The Oily Bloodmen were born. The derivation of band’s name generated much early speculation. Initially, it was thought that “oily bloodmen” was a reference to sinister comic book characters or possibly to the use of tar heroin. But it was Rosemus who coined the name, an innocent allusion to “greasy politicians.” For the first few years of their existence, the Oily Bloodmen primarily performed their “trash rock shit” (as Rosemus called it) at local house parties. Eventually, Croeni left the fold, replaced by drummer John McEntire. In 1986, with the new recruit full
