DECEMBER 1970 (44 YEARS AGO) Bloodrock: D.O.A. b/w Childrens Heritage (Capitol 3009) 45 single is released in the US. Childrens Heritage/D.O.A. is a single by Texas hard rock band Bloodrock released under Capitol Records. The version of D.O.A. featured on the single is roughly half the length of the album version found on Bloodrock 2. The motivation for writing this song was explained in 2005 by guitarist Lee Pickens. “When I was 17, I wanted to be an airline pilot,” Pickens said. “I had just gotten out of this airplane with a friend of mine, at this little airport, and I watched him take off. He went about 200 feet in the air, rolled and crashed.” The band decided to write a song around the incident and include it on their second album. In March 1971, many US radio stations and high schools banned D.O.A.. Despite a lack of airplay, the single still reached #36 on the Billboard chart.
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