# A Milkman is dead...RIP Dave **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120 "2004-03-13T21:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/1 "2004-03-13T21:20:53Z")
Dave Blood decided to take his own life on March 10th. Fuck. [http://www.deadmilkmen.com/](http://www.deadmilkmen.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/2 "2004-03-13T21:29:10Z")
Woah, I heard about his death yesterday, but I totally missed the suicide bit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/3 "2004-03-14T01:07:46Z")
Nitro, thanks for starting this thread. All I can think is… life is shit. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/4 "2004-03-14T01:51:38Z")
Sad, sad news. ☹ One of my favorite high school memories was ditching school with friends to go see a free live show in Laguna Beach with the Dead Milkmen. They put on a great show. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/5 "2004-03-14T02:03:51Z")
Poor retards have nobody to drive them to the zoo anymore. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/6 "2004-03-14T02:19:25Z")
> [@JavaMaven1](#): > > Sad, sad news. ☹ > One of my favorite high school memories was ditching school with friends to go see a free live show in Laguna Beach with the Dead Milkmen. They put on a great show. I hear ya man. My second favorite show ever was DM at IUP. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/7 "2004-03-14T03:58:31Z")
The Milkmen have always been huge in my own warped little musical universe. This news saddens me profoundly. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/8 "2004-03-14T15:43:04Z")
Waaaah!!! I all but grew up with the Dead Milkmen. There’s few bands I can truly say I listened to them as they learned to play their instruments over the years. Last time I saw any of them in concert (Joe and Rodney in different bands) their technical skills had been well honed. I had always kinda hoped for a reunion, the members of the DM always remained good friends with each other. Now… ☹ Excuse me, I’ve got to follow the guy who doesn’t look like my congressman that just came out of the titty bar. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/9 "2004-03-14T17:14:56Z")
I grew up with the Milkmen too… have fond memories of 4-H trips (I was a horse kid nerd) with Beezlebubba blasting- my friend’s dad who was driving was partially deaf and very tolerant so that was a good thing. I never, ever get tired of them :(. One of my biggest regrets of my past long term relationship (aside from the alcoholism and unemployment issues-his not mine) was that I didn’t go to the last Las Vegas Dead Milkmen concert because my ex had a band gig the same night (in the middle of the desert with a bunch of hippies- gave me a strong urge to drink bleach with a Georgia peach 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milkman-is-dead-rip-dave/234120/10 "2004-03-18T04:07:30Z")
After a week of silence (as compared to his normally daily entries) [Rodney Anonymous](http://www.rodneyanonymous.com) has finally made a comment about Dave’s death. [Link](http://www.rodneyanonymous.com/think/thought/march04.html)