Blood Arm
| The Blood Arm | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Rock and Roll |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | City Rockers, Because Music, Pau! Records, Snowhite (DE), RIP Ben Lee Records, Duchess Box Records |
| Website | thebloodarm.com |
| Members |
Nathaniel Fregoso Dyan Valdés Zebastian Carlisle Ferdinand Kumpfmüller Sebastian Völkers |
The Blood Arm are a five-piece rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California currently residing in Berlin, Germany. At present they have released five albums. Their music has been likened to "James Brown fronting Talking Heads and singing Fall songs" by the NME and they are renowned for their extremely energetic live performances.
The Blood Arm's music has been featured in the television programs Gossip Girl, The OC, Nip/Tuck, Chuck, Ravenswood and the US version of Shameless, as well as the hit movie Cloverfield and the 2006 documentary Radiant City.
The Blood Arm were formed in LA in 2002. The band is led by singer Nathaniel Fregoso, who has a reputation for highly energetic live shows, including singing from the tops of speaker stacks, hanging off water pipes, waltzing with members of the audience, or stealing off to the bar to swipe drinks. Fregoso met guitarist Zebastian Carlisle at a karaoke bar in Koreatown and keyboardist / co-vocalist Dyan Valdés at UCLA, which they both attended.
The founding members of the band performed around Los Angeles as a three-piece until drummer Zachary Amos joined the band in 2003. They self-released the EP Four Song Demo in 2004 and their debut album Bomb Romantics in 2005, generating buzz overseas with positive reviews. The album quickly sold out and remains out of print.
On 19 March 2004, the band played an after show party for Franz Ferdinand, who had just performed at LA’s Troubadour. Singer Alex Kapranos quickly began naming The Blood Arm as his favorite new band. The band were interviewed by Franz Ferdinand in the 8 January 2005 issue of the NME.
The Blood Arm were nominated for the LA Weekly Music Award for Best New Artist in 2004. The Blood Arm used to travel with a Master of Ceremonies named Ben Lee Handler, who warmed up the crowd with semi-fictional accounts of how the band arrived at the venue. They won the Best Live Act award at the 2005 South By Southwest Music Conference.
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