Bloodrock was a Fort Worth, Texas-based (hard) rock & roll band in the 1970s. Career The band was discovered by Grand Funk Railroad record producer Terry Knight and signed to Capitol Records. Knight produced the first three, and most popular, Bloodrock albums. Bloodrock was best known for the song "D.O.A." (Dead On Arrival), about the victim of a gory airplane crash but which became their only hit single, reaching #36 on the music charts in January 1971. They were only marginally popular in the United States and were essentially a cult band, but reportedly became a favorite among troops in Vietnam. The band was technically competent but offered little that was unique and was unable to sustain any real success. The group was noted for hard pulsed bass, biting guitar solos and a haunting organ sound. The early albums featured a heavy metal sound reminiscent of other hard rock bands at the time, such as

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