Bloody Mannequin Orchestra were an influential early 1980s punk band from Bethesda, MD.
They formed around a small, but active, scene at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and were part of the larger D.C hardcore community.
[1] The band members were Colin Sears, Roger Marbury, Alex Mahoney, Sharon Cheslow and Charles Bennington.
[2] Sears and Marbury went on to form the mid-'80s Revolution Summer era Dischord Records band Dag Nasty with Brian Baker of Minor Threat.
[3] BMO released cassettes and the Roadmap to Revolution LP on WGNS, a label started by Sears, Cheslow and Geoff Turner (later in Gray Matter).