Bloody Mannequin Orchestra
Made up of former Chalk Circle guitarist Sharon Cheslow, Colin Sears, Alex Mahoney, Roger Marbury, and Charles Bennington, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra (frequently styled BMO) channeled surreal textures and cultural references into their occasionally saxophone-enhanced music, which often spoke from a darkly humorous perspective.
Drawn from the Sharon Cheslow Punk Flyers collection at Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland.
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Fliers
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.01.14-bmo.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.03.19-bmo.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.08.03-bmo-1.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.08.03-bmo-1.2.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.08.03-bmo-2.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.03.03-bmo-3.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.04-bmo-1.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.04-bmo-2.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.04-bmo-3.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.04-bmo-4.jpg)
![Grand Mal flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.11-grand-mal.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.24-bmo.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.09.24-bmo-2.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1983/f.83.10.07-bmo.jpg)
![Hate From Ignorance Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.01.06-hate-from-ignorance-version-1.jpg)
![Hate From Ignorance Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.01.06-hate-from-ignorance-version-2.jpg)
![Bag People Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.02.21-bag-people.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.02.21-bmo-version-1.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.02.21-bmo-version-2.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.02.21-bmo-version-3.jpg)
![Einstürzende Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.03.08-einsturzende.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.03.24-bmo-version-1.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.03.24-bmo-version-2.jpg)
![Velvet Monkeys Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.06.02-velevet-monkeys.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.06.21-bmo.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.08.16-bmo-version-1.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.08.16-bmo-version-2.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/f.84.08.16-bmo-version-3.jpg)
Ephemera
![9:30 Club calendar](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.01.00-930-club-calendar.jpg)
![d.c. space calendar](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.01.00-d.c.-space-calendar.jpg)
![d.c. space calendar](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.03.00-d.c.-space-calendar.jpg)
![9:30 Club calendar](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.03.00-930-club.jpg)
![C&O calendar (Front)](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.06.00-co-calendar-front.jpg)
![C&O calendar (Reverse)](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.06.00-co-calendar-reverse.jpg)
![9:30 Club calendar](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.07.00-930-club-calendar.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra promotional flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.00.00-bmo-roadmap-to-revolution-1.jpg)
![Bloody Mannequin Orchestra promotional flier](/binaries/content/gallery/scpa-exhibits/persistent-vision/1984/e.84.00.00-bmo-roadmap-to-revolution-2.jpg)