Musical Artists Engaged in Blood Performance

“Of all that is written, I love only what a person hath written with his blood. Write with blood, and thou wilt find that blood is spirit.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Satan Panonski would cut himself, smash bottles over his head and pierce himself with safety pins during his punk shows in Croatia. He called these acts "auto-destruction". In Panonski's eyes, auto-destruction would release viewers from the "barricades put on by education and other brainwashing tortures".

To make the list, ideally:

The blood would be that of the artist.

The blood would be intentionally spilled.

These acts would happen live, onstage.

However, some exceptions will be made to feature artists generally working in the blood and body medium, or to include relevant blood artists who have touched on musical mediums.

I am attempting to catalogue musically-related blood performance through certain times, scenes and genres to understand its origins.

Read the list on Rate Your Music here.