Fucked Up frontman Father Damian has responded to criticism of his tendency to appear on stage with a bleeding head. He told Xfm: "People have forgotten that blood-letting in rock n roll is a tradition. I feel like it's a baton that we seemed to have dropped in this modern era of rock n roll...

If Fucked Up is doing nothing else, we're picking up that baton for rock n roll again. It's sad that I do it because it's really pathetic, but it's also a point of pride. I'm willing to bleed for the kids out there".

Asked if the blood thing would put off more mainstream rock fans, he pointed out he's not in a band who've ever gone out of their way to make people like them. He continued: "I'm a 300 pound hairy bald man, we're a band of ragamuffins, I scream and we're called Fucked Up. Mass appeal is something we've never aimed for".