Blood Circus (band)

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Name = Blood Circus


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Origin = Seattle, Washington
Genre = Grunge
Years_active = 1988 - 1990 / 1992 / 2007
Label = Sub Pop
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Current_members = Michael Anderson (vocals, guitar) Geoff Robinson (guitar) Tracy "T-Man" Simmons (bass)
Doug Day (drums)

Blood Circus was an early, short-lived grunge band from Seattle, Washington.

The band's first release was a single, 1988's "Six Foot Under"/"Two Way Street", on Sub Pop. Both Nirvana and Mudhoney performed their first-ever shows opening for Blood Circus at Seattle's Vogue club in 1988. [ [http://www.seattle-sound.com/infopage.php?id=44 Seattle Sound] ]

In 1989 Sub Pop released the band's first and only album, a five-track EP called "Primal Rock Therapy" which was largely panned by critics and ignored by the public. This contributd to the split of the band in 1990 after a US tour with the French band Les Thugs. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/244291/review/5946989/primalrocktherapy "Rolling Stone" review of "Primal Rock Therapy"] ]

They briefly reformed in 1992, when Sub Pop re-released "Primal Rock Therapy" on CD with five additional unreleased tracks. [ [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19921023&slug=1520299 "Blood Circus Enjoys Reunion In Scene They Helped Create"] , "The Seattle Times", October 23, 1992.] The rerelease comprised almost all of the band's recorded output, except for the song "The Outback", which can be found on the Sub Pop 200 compilation. The band also briefly appeared in the 1996 film "Hype!", a documentary about the rise of the Seattle scene.

Blood Circus performed a one-off reunion show at Seattle's Crocodile Café in 2007. [ [http://lamestainnorthwest.blogspot.com/2007/01/where-have-you-gone-michael-anderson.html "Where Have You Gone, Michael Anderson of Blood Circus?"] ]

Discography

* "Two Way Street/Six Foot Under" 7" (1988)
* "Primal Rock Therapy" EP (1989)
* "Primal Rock Therapy" CD (1992) re-release with 5 previously unreleased tracks from 1989

* "Sub Pop 200" compilation - "The Outback"

References

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*myspace|bloodcircus1|Blood Circus