Blood on the Wall

Blood on the Wall
Origin	Brooklyn, New York
Genres	Indie rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitars, drums
Years active	2003–present
Labels	The Social Registry
Website	http://www.bloodonthewall.com

Blood on the Wall is a lo-fi, Brooklyn-based indie rock band, influenced by bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement, Pixies, and Sonic Youth. Band members include siblings Courtney (bassist/vocalist) and Brad Shanks (guitarist/vocalist) and drummer Miggy Littleton. They have released three full-length albums, Blood on the Wall (2003), Awesomer (2005), and Liferz (2008). Blood on the Wall are signed to the Brooklyn-based label The Social Registry.

The band toured with Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2006.

Blood on the Wall formed in 2001 when Courtney Shanks convinced her brother, Brad Shanks to move from Lawrence, Kansas to Brooklyn with the intention of starting a band with veteran drummer Miggie Littleton. The three began playing around the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn recording a single in April 2001 with the help of Hall of Fame drummer Dan Brown and Brooklyn based recording engineer Nicholas Vernhes. The two songs, "Waking Dead" and "Baby Likes to Holler", were issued as a 7-inch record with the label being credited as Rejoice/Big Deal 001. Rejoice being the Shanks' Vintage clothing store on Orchard Street and Big Deal being Miggie Littleton's used record store in Brooklyn, both of which sold the single.

The band came to the attention of the newly formed Brooklyn-based imprint The Social Registry in 2002, who began distributing their 7-inch and began work on what would be their self-titled debut. Working with Nicholas Vernhes again at the Rare Book Room the trio recorded their first full length in a handful of days in fall 2002. The Social Registry issued Blood on the Wall's self-titled debut in May 2003 on CD and LP.

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