This 70s One Hit Wonder Was So Disturbing...The FCC Tried to OUTLAW It | Professor Of Rock

In 1971, considered the greatest year in music history by many, with Led Zeppelin, the Who and Joni Mitchell all releasing monumental albums, a band from Fort Worth, Texas horrified & fascinated radio listeners with a song about about a grisly plane crash.The single was widely banned from the airwaves for its explicit subject matter, and for containing the eerie wailing of ambulance sirens that consumed listeners when they were driving… 70s band Bloodrock created their disturbing one hit wonder called simpy DOA from a real life event. Their guitarist had been the witness to a real life plane crash. For the stations that dared to play it,- the request lines immediately lit up like a Christmas tree! . Soon the FCC (Federal Communications Commission tried to outlaw it.and had it not been banned, it might've been a #.1 hit... Up next the story of the most grotesque song ever to crack the Billboard Hot 100 on Professor of Rock.” Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni Optical Incredible Prices on New Glasses - https://bit.ly/ZenniOpticalShop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store - The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq - 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 - Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ - 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX - Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk - Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer: Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Paul Moore II, Tee Atwell, Mike Millet, Mark Thompson, fakeaorta, Eric Farque, Jared Norris, Peter Kim, Moon Comix, Jacob Flores, Walter O. Wright II, Zachery Perry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store - http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch Access To Backstage Content Become a Patron - http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_Rock https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of_Rock #1980s #rock #vinylstory Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you remember the excitement of watching a world premier videos on the original MTV channel when they actually played music you’ll dig this channel. make sure subscribe below right now. and do click the bell so you always know when videos drops.. also become a VIP on our patreon below. It’s time for another edition of our show Bottled LIghtening where we put a glorious one hit wonder under the microscope and celebrate it’s legacy. WE call it bottled lightening rather than a one hit wonder because the impact for many of these songs is much more than one time dalliance on the pop charts.. Today we are going to jump inside the Delorean and head back to the year 1971. COnsidered by many to be the greatest year in music history. Joni Mitchell released her mesmerizing opus Blue.. John Lennon scaled the top of the charts with his hit Imagine and of course Rod Stewart hit #1 on both sides of the atlantic with Maggie May. Other monumental albums that changed the world as know it were What’s Going on by the immaculate voice of Marvin Gaye, there was also the Rolling Stones dynamite record Sticky Fingers. the magnificent record the low spark of High Heeled boys by Traffic also moved the needle. T Rex Electric Warrior the Who Who’s Next, Carole King Tapestry, Pink Floyd Meddle, Janice Joplin Pearl and then at the end of the year Led Zeppelin IV came out and really I haven’t even touched the surface..It was an incredible year to be sure. In the middle of all of this greatness a band called Bloodrock dropped their only hit, in my view one of the most disturbing songs ever put to record. I’ve talked about songs that really freaked me out when I was a kid- either because of a weird, intimidating image on an album cover, or a unique lyric that was provocative to my young ears, but as an adult, I am STILL creeped out by the spine-tingling “D.O.A.” by blood rock. In ’66, the band changed their name to Crowd + 1, but they lost their lead guitarist & co-founder Dean Parks, when he accepted the position of Music Director for the popular Sonny & Cher variety show. Parks was replaced by Lee Pickens, and the band changed their name, once again, to Bloodrock in ’69. As BloodRock, the group was known as a heavy metal act- with psychedelic overtones:

Added 10 May 2026