Todd Smith is an American vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist who most notably fronts the band

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. He is currently involved with the bands Polkadot Cadaver, Knives Out!, Beyond Paranoid, and his solo project El-Creepo!.

Background

Smith was the lead singer and songwriter for the multi-genre metal band Dog Fashion Disco from 1996 until 2007, and continued in this role when the band reformed in 2011 until the present day. Smith contributed vocal and guitar work to the 2005 album The Exotic Sounds of the Alter Boys by the

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-based band

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. On February 18, 2007, Smith started a musical project called Polkadot Cadaver, announced shortly after the break-up of Dog Fashion Disco. Another project, Knives Out! was started in 2008, and each band contains Jasan Stepp (of Dog Fashion Disco). Three albums have been released with Polkadot Cadaver and two albums have been released with Knives Out!

Solo career

Smith has also released three solo album under the moniker El-Creepo! The first album was released in 2009 and was aptly titled El-Creepo!. The project is stylistically quite different from his work in other bands, favoring acoustic guitars and light harmonies. Smith began writing and recording a new El-Creepo! album with Polkadot Cadaver drummer Scott Radway in March 2012. The second solo album, ''

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'' was released November 13, 2012. The third and most recent album titled Bellissimo! was released January 1, 2016.

Razor to Wrist Records

In early 2011, Smith and fellow band-mate Jasan Stepp started up the record label Razor to Wrist Records with the intention of releasing their material on their own label, with the main bands being "signed" initially Dog Fashion Disco, Polkadot Cadaver, Knives Out!, and El-Creepo!. Though Polkadot Cadaver's album ''Sex Offender'' was released after the label was founded, the album was still released on Rotten Records (as the first Polkadot Cadaver album was). The first album to be released by the label was Knives Out!'s ''Black Mass Hysteria'' on February 14, 2012. In the summer of 2012, the Dog Fashion Disco video '' DFDVD'' was re-released on Razor to Wrist, and on November 13, 2012, the second El-Creepo album ''Aloha'' was the second album to be released on the label. The third album released on the label was Polkadot Cadaver's third album ''Last Call in Jonestown'', released on May 14, 2013. All future material involving either Smith or Stepp is set to be released on Razor to Wrist. "Left in the Lurch" is Knives Out!'s second debut album, having been released on August 19, 2016. All of the label's releases up to this point have been available in physical form only through the label's website; digital copies of the material is available on Amazon, iTunes, etc. The label's name is derived from the song "Forever and a Day" from the Polkadot Cadaver album ''Sex Offender''.

Style

During the extent of Todd Smith's work as a vocalist, his singing ability has encompassed a range of styles, including a high

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, lounge-style singing, guttural growls, and

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vocals, often incorporating all four into single songs.

Discography

Dog Fashion Disco

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'' (1997) *'' Experiments in Alchemy'' (1998) *'' The Embryo's in Bloom'' (1998) *'' Anarchists of Good Taste'' (2001) *'' Mutilated Genitals EP'' (2001) *''

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'' (2003) *'' Day of the Dead EP'' (2004) *'' The City Is Alive Tonight...Live in Baltimore'' (2005) *''

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'' (2006) *'' Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again'' (2008) *'' Sweet Nothings'' (2014) *''Ad Nauseam'' (2015) *''Erotic Massage'' (2017) *''Experiments in Embryos'' (2018) *''Tres Pendejos'' (2019) *''Cult Classic'' (2022)

The Alter Boys

*''The Exotic Sounds of the Alter Boys'' (2005)

Polkadot Cadaver

*'' Purgatory Dance Party'' (2007) *''

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'' (2011) *''

Last Call in Jonestown ''Last Call in Jonestown'' is the third studio album by Polkadot Cadaver, released on May 14, 2013. Album information The album is the first album with Scott Radway on drums, who has been a live member of the band since 2010. On June 15, 2013, th ...

'' (2013) *'' From Bethlehem to Oblivion'' (2013) *'' Get Possessed 2017

El-Creepo!

*'' El-Creepo!'' (2009) *''

'' (2012) *''Bellissimo!'' (2016)

Knives Out!

*''Rough Cuts ( EP)'' (2010) *''Black Mass Hysteria'' (2012) *''Left in the Lurch'' (Aug19,2016)

References

External links

* Todd Smit
Myspace.com
* Todd Smit
imdb.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Todd 1975 births Living people American male singer-songwriters Musicians from Rockville, Maryland Singer-songwriters from Maryland 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers