Blood on the Dance Floor

Blood on the Dance Floor was an American electronic music act from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2006. The group's longest-standing lineup, from 2009-2016, consisted of Dahvie Vanity and Jayy Von Monroe. The group released nine studio albums before breaking up in 2016 following Von Monroe's departure. It was reformed by Vanity the following year, initially with Fallon Vendetta. After Vendetta's departure, Dahvie Vanity became the sole member of the group before disbanding again.

Beginnings and first albums

In 2006, Jesus David Torres, also known as "Dahvie Vanity", started a trio called Love the Fashion with Christopher Mongillo and Rebecca Fugate which soon became Blood on the Dance Floor. The group self-released their first album, Let's Start a Riot, in April 2008. Not being able to tour, Mongillo and Fugate left the band while Vanity toured the Orlando, Florida area.

During the recording of their second album, It's Hard to be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World, Mongillo and Fugate left, and the band was picked up by producer and writer Rusty "Lixx" Wilmot. During the recording of this album, Garrett Marshal McLaughlin ("Garrett Ecstasy") was recruited to do backup vocals and screaming. The CD was self-released in October 2008, in 300 copies.

Extended plays and Epic (2009–2010)

Vanity and Ecstasy recorded the singles "Siq With a Q" and "Suicide Club" as a duo in 2008, and released three extended plays over the first half of 2009, I Scream I Scream, OMFG Sneak Peak, and Extended Play. The duo embarked on the OMFG Tour with other local bands Electric Valentine, Weston Buck, The Greenlight District, and The Crush in promotion of their upcoming album then titled OMFG.

As the OMFG tour continued and concluded without Vanity, Garrett was replaced by Jeremy Brian Griffis, known by his stage name "Jayy Von Monroe". Along with Monroe, Vanity and the group's new drummer and rapper, Nick "Nasty" Wenzel, released "Horrifically Delicious".

Many of the songs originally recorded with Garrett intended for the upcoming album OMFG were re-recorded with new vocals by Jayyvon. The previous concept of the OMFG album was scrapped, and re-branded as EPIC, set for release in 2010. The band went on tour over spring and summer 2010 to promote the release of Epic. With Jeffree Star they recorded three songs for that album. However, the collaboration was short-lived since during the Looking Hot & Dangerous Tour serious disagreements between Star and Vanity came to a head. Star later made amends with the group, and later featured on their 2014 single "Poison Apple", from the album Bitchcraft. As with the previous conflict with Garrett, the three singles featuring Jeffree's vocals were re-recorded with vocals by Jayyvon, and the original tracks were not featured on the final album.

In October 2010, the album Epic charted No. 5 on the dance/electronic Billboard chart. The band headlined the Epic Tour and the Epic Tour Part II in support of the album.

All the Rage!!, Evolution and The Anthem of the Outcast (2011–2012)

Even before the release of Epic, recording began for Blood on the Dance Floor's fourth album, All the Rage!!. The duo collaborated with several artists for the album, including Lady Nogrady, JJ Demon, and Nick Nasty. The album was preceded by several singles to promote the release, including "Bewitched", "Yo Ho", and "P.L.U.R." The band embarked on Warped Tour 2011 in June 2011, and released the album while on tour.

A music video for their hit single from the album, "Bewitched", featured "Lady" Nicole Nogrady, who later said that she felt disrespected by the band during production of the album as well as on the music video, and found herself having to confront the band directly in order for her name to appear on the credits of her work with them. The song was subsequently performed by other female vocalists in place of Nogrady at live shows, and was re-recorded with vocals by Haley Rose for their 2013 acoustic album Blood Unplugged.

The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. At the end of 2011, the duo headlined the All the Rage Tour and was planning the 'Tis the Season to be Killing Tour.

In celebration of BOTDF's fourth anniversary, a digital compilation album entitled The Legend of Blood on the Dance Floor was set to be released on Halloween. The compilation's release date was pushed back, originally planned to be released as a CD, it was released as a soundcloud playlist instead. The compilation features remastered versions of songs from the band's first four albums.

Blood on the Dance Floor's fifth album, Evolution, was released on June 19, 2012 along with a deluxe edition that featured acoustic versions of two songs. Two music videos and four singles were released from the album.

The album featured tracks in collaboration with Haley Rose, Amelia Arsenic, Shawn Brandon, Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte, Elena Vladimirova, and Deuce for the upcoming album.

As a thank you to the fans they released the three-song free EP Clubbed to Death! on June 20, 2012, for free through an app on Facebook. Their sixth EP, The Anthem of the Outcast, was released on October 30, 2012.

Bad Blood, Cruel Pornography and Scissors (2013–2016)

Rumors of a breakup in 2013 proved a hoax. Bad Blood was slated for release in September 2013. On February 18, 2013, the lead single "I Refuse to Sink! (Fuck the Fame)" was released, followed by the second single, "Crucified by Your Lies", and a third, "Something Grimm", on July 2, 2013.

Andrew "Drew" Apathy joined in early 2014, and a new EP, Bitchcraft, was released in June 2014. Their single "We're Takin over!" featuring Deuce was released February 7.

Blood on the Dance Floor released their first single off their EP Cruel Pornography titled "The Sexorcist". In August, they released their new project and started planning the "Reign of Blood" tour. On February 14, 2016, the band released the single "Safe Word" on iTunes.

Mid-2016 marked the end of producing and co-writing by Rusty Wilmot (2008–2016).

On April 2016, Blood on the Dance Floor announced a 24-date tour with Steven Joseph and BrokenCYDE. On August 17, BOTDF released their September 30-scheduled album Scissors on Apple Music.

On September 14, 2016, Dahvie Vanity said that the group would be disbanding after one final tour as a result of Jayy's departure earlier that month. For a while afterwards, Vanity created and worked on a new project called Sinners Are Winners, releasing an EP titled For Beginners and full-length The Invocation.

Kawaii Monster and Haunted (2017–present)

In April 2017, Vanity announced there would be a new member, and that Blood on the Dance Floor would be returning on May 5 of that year (without Jayy Von Monroe). In May 2017, it was revealed that Dahvie's girlfriend, Fallon Vendetta, had joined Blood on the Dance Floor. They have since released the singles "Resurrection Spell", "Love Like Voodoo", "Six Feet Under", "Yo Ho 2 (Pirate's Life)", "Ghosting" and "Destroy". Their album Kawaii Monster was released on October 31, 2017. Kawaii Monster pre-orders included a second disc, a remastered edition of Let's Start a Riot. The band also released an exclusive EP titled You Are the Heart. In 2018, they released an album titled Haunted, followed by Cinema Erotica and You Are the Heart.

The group's style has been described as electronica or electronic, but also heavily incorporates electropop, dance-pop, and crunkcore.

Vanity stated in an interview that American synth-pop artist Jeffree Star is a huge influence on BOTDF.

Vanity has had a long history of sexual assault and rape allegations by a large number of named accusers. The accusations have been ongoing since at least 2009 and fellow musicians such as New Years Day singer Ash Costello and Jeffree Star have spoken out about it. Many of the accusers were underage during the alleged attacks. The allegations resulted in Combichrist removing Blood on the Dance Floor from their tour in 2014. The controversies also resulted in the group's merchandise to be removed from Big Cartel in 2018 and their music to be removed from Spotify in April 2019. Vanity has responded to the accusations on multiple occasions, usually with denial or evasion.

Timeline

• Let's Start a Riot (2008)
• It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World (2008)
• Epic (2010)
• All the Rage!! (2011)
• Evolution (2012)
• Bad Blood (2013)
• Bitchcraft (2014)
• Scissors (2016)
• Kawaii Monster (2017)
• Haunted (2018)
• Cinema Erotica (2018)
• Hollywood Death Star (2019)