Dave Schulthise

Dave Schulthise
Also known as	Dave Blood
Born	September 16, 1956(1956-09-16)
Died	March 10, 2004(2004-03-10) (aged 47)
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1983–1995
Associated acts	Dead Milkmen

David Schulthise (September 16, 1956 - March 10, 2004), otherwise known as Dave Blood, was the bass guitarist 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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

He stopped playing music in 1995 after the band broke up as the result of developing tendinitis in both hands.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Schulthise committed suicide by overdosing on pills^[5] on March 10, 2004, at age 47.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dave Schulthise, 47, Dead Milkmen's Bassist". The New York Times. March 13, 2004. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502EEDB113EF930A25750C0A9629C8B63. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
2. ^ Billboard (March 11, 2004). "Dead Milkmen bass player found dead". msnbc.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4507608/. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
3. ^ Deirdre Shaw (May 25, 1999). "EX-ROCKER TAKES ON ROLE OF REFUGEE FROM SERBIA". The Philadelphia Inquirer: pp. MD01. 
4. ^ http://www.markprindle.com/blood-i.htm
5. ^ "The Dead Milkmen return to pay tribute to the late Dave Schulthise.". Philadelphia City Paper. November 11, 2004. http://citypaper.net/articles/2004-11-11/cover.shtml. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 

External links

• Dead Milkmen: Dave Blood

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Name	Schulthise, Dave
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 16, 1956
Place of birth	Chester PA
Date of death	March 10, 2004
Place of death	Upstate New York