14 Facts About Buster Bloodvessel

Douglas Trendle, better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer who has been the frontman of the two-tone band Bad Manners since forming the band in 1976.

Buster Bloodvessel took his stage name from the bus conductor played by Ivor Cutler in the Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour.

Buster Bloodvessel did not know he was adopted until the age of seven, when he overheard Mary talking to a neighbour and discovered that the woman he knew as "Auntie Lily" was really his mother.

Buster Bloodvessel founded Bad Manners with friends at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in north London in 1976.

However, the group originally broke up in 1987 after their recording contract with Portrait Records ended, and Bloodvessel formed a new outfit called Buster's Allstars, performing at clubs and pubs in London.

Buster Bloodvessel still played some concerts with Bad Manners at larger venues, along with some new musicians and a few other original band members.

In 1988, Buster Bloodvessel licensed the Blue Beat Records name and logo, and ran the record label from an old houseboat in Hackney.

Buster Bloodvessel has appeared in the 1987 films Out of Order and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid before landing a part in an episode of Boon in 1990.

Buster Bloodvessel has struggled with morbid obesity and underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery in 2004, with his weight dropping from 31 stone to 13 stone.

Buster Bloodvessel once owned a hotel in Margate called Fatty Towers, which specifically catered for larger customers with features such as extra large beds and baths as well as fatty meals.

The hotel closed in 1998 and Buster Bloodvessel moved back to London.

Buster Bloodvessel often appears as a guest on various television shows, as well as in the tabloid newspapers.

Buster Bloodvessel was the main sponsor of football team Margate FC in the 1990s.

In early 2001, Buster Bloodvessel fell seriously ill during a concert in Perugia, Italy, but recovered.