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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
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Hate from Ignorance, and Iron Cross - Rockville, Maryland, January 14, 1983
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Braille Party - Washington, D.C., March 19 1983
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Nuclear Crayons concert flier, Washington, D.C., August 1983 (Design 1)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Nuclear Crayons concert flier, Washington, D.C., August 1983 (Design 1, Reverse)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Hate From Ignorance (H.F.I.), God + Co., Your Food, Man Ray and Nuclear Crayons concert flier, Washington, D.C., August 1983 (Design 2)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Hate From Ignorance (H.F.I.), God + Co., Your Food, Man Ray and Nuclear Crayons concert flier, Washington, D.C., August 1983 (Design 3)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Grand Mal, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1983 (Design 1)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Grand Mal, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1983 (Design 2)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Grand Mal, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1983 (Design 3)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Grand Mal, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 4, 1983 (Design 4)
Grand Mal flier
Grand Mal (formerly Wurm Baby) and Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 11, 1983
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Grand Mal, Madhouse concert flier, D.C. Space, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1983
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Madhouse, Grand Mal concert flier, d.c. Space, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1983
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra concert flier, 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1983
Hate From Ignorance Flier
Hate From Ignorance, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra - DC Space, Washington, D.C., January 6, 1984 (Design 1)
Hate From Ignorance Flier
Hate From Ignorance, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra - DC Space, Washington, D.C., January 6, 1984 (Design 2)
Bag People Flier
Bag People and Bloody Mannequin Orchestra - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., February 21, 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
BMO (Bloody Mannequin Orchestra) and Bag People - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., February 21, 1984 (Design 1)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Bag People - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., February 21, 1984 (Design 2)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Bag People - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., February 21, 1984 (Design 3)
Einstürzende Flier
Einstürzende Neubauten and Bloody Mannequin Orchestra - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., March 8th, 1984 (Version 2)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Crippled Pilgrims - Washington, D.C., DC Space, March 24, 1984 (Version 1, green paper)
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Crippled Pilgrims - Washington, D.C., DC Space, March 24, 1984 (Version 2, yellow paper)
Velvet Monkeys Flier
Velvet Monkeys and Bloody Mannequin Orchestra - C&O, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 2, 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Braille Party - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., June 21, 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and The Dickies - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., August 16, 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, The Dickies, and The Snakes - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., August 16, 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and The Dickies - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., August 16, 1984

Ephemera

9:30 Club calendar
9:30 Club calendar with Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Your Food show, January 1984
d.c. space calendar
d.c. space calendar with BMO (Bloody Mannequin Orchestra), Hate From Ignorance, Washington, D.C., January 1984
d.c. space calendar
D.C. Space calendar with BMO (Bloody Mannequin Orchestra), Crippled Pilgrims, Washington, D.C., March 1984
9:30 Club calendar
9:30 Club calendar advertising a show featuring Einstürzende Neubauten, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and Morgue One on March 8, 1984
C&O calendar (Front)
C&O calendar with Bloody Mannequin Orchestra show, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1984 (Front)
C&O calendar (Reverse)
C&O calendar with Bloody Mannequin Orchestra show, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1984 (Reverse)
9:30 Club calendar
9:30 Club calendar with Bloody Mannequin Orchestra and Dickies concert, Washington, D.C., August 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra promotional flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra "Roadmap to Revolution" promotional flier, 1984
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra promotional flier
Bloody Mannequin Orchestra "Roadmap to Revolution" promotional flier, 1984

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Persistent Vision presents the University of Maryland's digitized special collections materials related to punk in the Washington, D.C. area. Most of these materials reside at Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. These materials help to tell the story of a subculture and a community that has thrived since 1976.

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