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T.S.O.L.
T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Huntington Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathrock, art punk, horror punk, other varieties of punk music, and hard rock. History 1978–1983: Formation and first releases Formed in 1978 in Huntington Beach, CA, T.S.O.L. originated as a punk band. While the band first used the name Vicious Circle, they eventually changed their name to T.S.O.L by September 1980. The original lineup consisted of vocalist Jack Grisham (who has been credited as Jack Greggors, Alex Morgon, Jack Ladoga, Jack Delauge and Jack Loyd, among pseudonyms), guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche and drummer Todd Barnes. According to legend, the band acquired their instruments by casing a local music shop, waiting until closing, and then performing a smash-and-grab robbery. T.S.O.L.'s debut five-song EP, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Grisham
Jack Grisham (born July 22, 1961) is an American rock singer from Southern California. He is the vocalist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the late 1970s Los Angeles hardcore punk rock scene, along with Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Bad Religion. Grisham has also fronted the bands Vicious Circle, the Joykiller, Tender Fury and Cathedral of Tears. He records with T.S.O.L., the Joykiller and the Manic Low. Biography Early life Jack Grisham was born in Long Beach, California. Grisham's father, a career military man with 30 years in the Navy and Coast Guard, died in 1984. Grisham's mother was a military housewife. Grisham was one of five children and has an older sister, two older brothers, and a younger sister. Grisham's older sister was part of the hippie subculture (or as he calls it, "Late 60's protest crap"). As a result, by the time he was six years old, Grisham was reading publications like '' Fritz the Cat'' and ''Zap Comix'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath The Shadows
''Beneath the Shadows'' is the second studio album by the American hardcore punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1983 through Alternative Tentacles. With the addition of keyboardist Greg Kuehn to the lineup, the band moved away from punk rock in favor of a gothic rock sound in the vein of later releases by the Damned and Siouxsie and the Banshees, alienating much of their hardcore audience in the process. Though the album was critically well received and led to the band being featured in director Penelope Spheeris' film ''Suburbia'', it was largely rejected by their fanbase within the punk scene. By the end of the year founding members Jack Grisham and Todd Barnes had left the group. They were respectively replaced by singer Joe Wood and drummer Mitch Dean, with whom T.S.O.L. would continue further from punk rock, eventually becoming a glam rock outfit. The original four members reacquired rights to the name T.S.O.L. in 1999 and signed to Nitro Records, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weathered Statues
''Weathered Statues'' is an EP by the American hardcore punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1982 through Alternative Tentacles. In comparison to the band's previous material, its experimental nature and melodic leanings confused some of their fans and presaged the creative direction they would take on their second studio album, 1983's '' Beneath the Shadows''. The material from ''Weathered Statues'' was later re-released on the compilation albums '' Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982'' (1987) and ''T.S.O.L. / Weathered Statues'' (1997). Background Following the release of their 1981 full-length album '' Dance with Me'' through Frontier Records, T.S.O.L. moved to Alternative Tentacles, the label run by Jello Biafra and East Bay Ray of fellow California hardcore band the Dead Kennedys. ''Weathered Statues'' was recorded with producer Thom Wilson and released in 1982 as catalog number VIRUS 10.Blush, p. 326. Singer Jack Grisham credited himself as Jack Ladoga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Emory
Ronald Emory (born May 20, 1962, Lynwood, California, United States) is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Emory left in 1987 prior to the release of the album ''Hit and Run''. In 1996, he joined the other original members of T.S.O.L. to reform the band, which remains active. Emory worked on a solo project titled ''Walk That Walk'', which was released on April 15, 2010. Emory played with Social Distortion during their 2006 tour to fill in for his friend Mike Ness, who had broken his wrist in a skateboarding accident. Biography Early life He grew up in Southern California where he met Jack Grisham, Todd Barnes and Mike Roche to form the Punk Band, T.S.O.L. in 1979. T.S.O.L was the first SoCal punk group to draw widespread fame. Adult life Emory says he has been clean and been sober since February 10, 1999, and has amends and tried to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Wood (musician)
Joe Wood is an American singer/songwriter, best known as the singer for T.S.O.L. from 1983 to 1993. Career Der Stab, The Hated, The Loners After seeing The Germs at the Masque, Wood formed his own band, Der Stab for which he played for about six to eight months, he would later play bass in The Hated, and later formed The Loners, a blues rockabilly band. True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.) In 1983, T.S.O.L. had broken up after vocalist Jack Grisham, keyboardist Greg Kuehn, and drummer Todd Barnes had quit the group amidst personal turmoil, guitarist Ron Emory had started playing with Wood in The Loners, he had asked Wood to start a new band with him and Mike Roche, joined by drummer Mitch Dean they chose to tour and record under the T.S.O.L. name. Orange Wedge, Big Deluxe In 1992, Wood formed a side project called Orange Wedge with Mitch Dean, Dave Mello, Dean Chamberlain, and Mike Dewey. Wood called this the best band experience In 1997, Wood formed a band that played traditional b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Kuehn
Gregory Russell Kuehn is an American composer, songwriter, musician and producer. Career As a performing musician Kuehn's career began in Orange County's early punk scene, when he left his classical piano studies at California State University, Long Beach to join horror punk icons T.S.O.L. Together they made the album '' Beneath the Shadows'', still a highly regarded and influential work. Following his tenure in T.S.O.L., he spent several years as a recording and touring musician working with artists including Bob Dylan, The Church, Duane Peters, Megan Mullally, Berlin and Ian Astbury of The Cult. Most recently, Kuehn has been performing with LA punk legends X, filling in for the late Ray Manzarek of The Doors. Composing film scores Kuehn got his start in film working on the score for cult classic '' Repo Man'', on which he arranged music and played keyboards. Since then, Kuehn has scored numerous films, including '' Confessions of a Superhero'' and '' Meet the Hitlers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore Punk
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Punk rock in California, Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant History of the hippie movement, hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by Washington, D.C., hardcore#History, Washington, D.C., and Punk rock#New York City, New York punk rock and early proto-punk. Hardcore punk generally eschews commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of Rock music, mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically charged lyrics". Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s, particularly in Los Angeles, San Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier Records
Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 in Sun Valley, Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher, a former employee of BOMP! Records and writer of the liner notes for the first album by The Runaways. History Frontier Records first found success with the release of the Circle Jerks album ''Group Sex''. The label went on to put out records by such bands as Suicidal Tendencies, American Music Club, Heatmiser, Redd Kross, Thin White Rope, T.S.O.L., Christian Death, and the Young Fresh Fellows, among others. On November 7, 2010, Frontier Records hosted a party for their 30th anniversary at the Echoplex in Los Angeles which featured a reunion by seminal punk band Middle Class, their first performance in nearly 30 years. The Adolescents, Rikk Agnew, T.S.O.L., the Avengers, and the Flyboys also performed. Discography See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posh Boy Records
Posh Boy Records is a Hollywood, California-based record label owned by the American-born, British-educated Robbie "Posh Boy" Fields, a sometime high school substitute teacher and former copy boy at the ''Los Angeles Times'' who took an interest in the emerging punk rock scene in Orange County, California during the late 1970s. The label's releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM, and some of them, notably the Fields-produced version of "Amoeba" by the Adolescents and the Stephen Hague-produced electronic rock track "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls" by the Sparks offshoot the Gleaming Spires, made it into regular programming on the station. Social Distortion was one of many bands whose first recordings were issued by Posh Boy. One of the label's most successful releases was Agent Orange's debut, ''Living in Darkness'', containing "Bloodstains", an extreme sports anthem covered by many alternative rock groups (the most notable being the Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitro Records
Nitro Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1994 and operated by The Offspring's Dexter Holland and Greg K. Nitro is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most notably AFI. The label has also released albums from classic punk bands, including The Damned and T.S.O.L. In July 2013, Bicycle Music acquired Nitro Records. Former bands * 30 Foot Fall * AFI * The Aquabats * A Wilhelm Scream * Bodyjar * Bullet Train to Vegas * Crime in Stereo * The Damned * Divit * Don't Look Down * Enemy You * Ensign Ensign most often refers to: * Ensign (flag), a flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality * Ensign (rank), a navy (and former army) officer rank Ensign or The Ensign may also refer to: Places * Ensign, Alberta, Alberta, Canada * Ensign, Ka ... * Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners * Guttermouth * Hit The Switch * Jughead's Revenge * The Letters Organize * Lost City Angels * Much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Bentley
Jayson Dee Bentley (born June 6, 1964) is the bassist and co-founding member of the punk rock group Bad Religion. He has played with the band through its whole existence with a small break between 1983 and 1985. Along with vocalist Greg Graffin, Bentley has appeared on nearly all of Bad Religion's studio albums, with the sole exception being their second album '' Into the Unknown'' (1983). Career Jay Bentley grew up in Santa Clarita, California, and later moved to Woodland Hills. As with guitarist Brett Gurewitz and lead singer Greg Graffin, he was a student of El Camino Real High School. He played in Bad Religion for three years (1980–1983), and left while the band was in the midst of writing and recording their second album, '' Into the Unknown''. Bentley was a onetime member of such notable L.A. groups as Wasted Youth, T.S.O.L., The Circle Jerks and Cathedral Of Tears. He rejoined Bad Religion in late 1985 while the '' How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'' line-up – add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance With Me (T
Dance with Me may refer to: Film and theatre * ''Dance with Me'' (musical), a 1975 Broadway musical * ''Dance with Me'' (1998 film), an American film directed by Randa Haines * ''Dance with Me'' (2019 Iranian film), a film directed by Soroush Sehhat * ''Dance with Me'' (2019 Japanese film), a film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi Music Albums * ''Dance with Me'' (Debelah Morgan album) or the title song (see below), 2000 * ''Dance with Me'' (Friends album) or the title song, 2002 * ''Dance with Me'' (Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra album), 1998 * ''Dance with Me'' (Johnny Reid album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Dance with Me'' (T.S.O.L. album) or the title song, 1981 * '' Dance with Me: Music from the Motion Picture'', from the 1998 film * ''Dance with Me'' (EP), by Short Stack, 2015 * ''Dance with Me'', by DJ BoBo, 1993 * ''Dance with Me'', by José Alberto "El Canario", 1991 * ''Dance with Me'', by Rosie Gaines, 2015 Songs * "Dance with Me" (112 song), 2001 * "Dance with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
