Obscene, Extreme And Everything In Between With JASON FULLER From BLOOD DUSTER

When Melbourne noise machine and champion for the underdog Blood
Duster called time in early December 2017, the Australian music
scene lost one of the greats. Not just in terms of music, but, more
importantly, in terms of old school ethos. The punk mentality of
fuck you and whatever you rode in on that had by then thankfully
settled into the heavier side of music.
The band were an enigma. They cursed, they bled, they had an
opinion, and they had an agenda. Which was purely based on fun and
enjoyment of their music. The fact that every year since has seen
some form of (false) whisper about an unlikely reunion has only
helped strengthen the myth surrounding the music. Hell, HEAVY would
not have even heard of the band were it not for their infamous CUNT
shirts, which is another thing about the band that has remained
intriguing.
But this year was different. 2025 became the year when Blood Duster
said yes to returning to Australian stages and said fuck it to any
previous trepidation. And the lucky festival to secure that much
sought-after signature?
Blacken Open Air.
As bass player Jason Fuller tells us during our chat, Blacken have
come knocking every year since 2017, urging - sometimes pleading -
with the band to make a resurgence at the hallowed grounds of the
outback metal festival, but each request fell on deaf ears. Until
now.
Blood Duster will play their first gig on Australian soil in almost
a decade as one of the headliners of Blacken Open Air 2025
(September 19 - 22), and HEAVY jumped at the chance to speak with
the man behind the myth and behind the legend, Jason Fuller. We
start by asking why now is the right time for a return
outing.
"When we finished the band, we really kind of…" Fuller measured…
"We felt like once you're releasing records; once you're destroying
records before they can even be released, you've kind of reached
peak annoyability for everyone (laughs). We did everything we had
to do, and we were starting to do shows just for money, and it felt
totally dishonest considering what Blood Duster is. It's supposed
to be a party. We were at this point where we reached the peak of
what we were gonna do and were getting annoyed with having to do
it. So we just killed it. It's been eight years or whatever, and we
just want to hang out with each other and have a party. All the
heavy lifting is done. We don't have to fucking write anything. We
don't have to go into a fucking release cycle. We don't have to
worry about any of those things. We can just turn up, play some
songs and have a ball. So that's where our heads at with all
that."
In the full interview, Jason talked more about why Blood Duster
chose Blacken as their first gig back on home soil, the temptations
and offers over the years, what to expect from Blood Duster live,
what other bands he is looking forward to catching up with and the
value of friendship within the metal community.
We spoke about the diversity in Blacken's roster, the early days of
Blood Duster and the musical climate that created them, their
blending of genres before it was cool to do so and the future of
the band after this show. And, of course, we talked about THAT
shirt, with Jason recalling some funny moments because of that
piece of merchandise and the album it spawned from.


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