Joe Wood is an American punk and blues singer/songwriter, best known as the singer for

T.S.O.L. T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Long 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, a ...

from 1983 to 1993.

Career

After seeing

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at the Masque, Wood formed his own band, Der Stab for which he played in for about six to eight months, he would later play bass in The Hated, and later formed The Loners, a blues rockabilly band. In 1983,

had broken up after vocalist

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, keyboardist

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, and drummer Todd Barnes had quit the group amidst personal turmoil, guitarist

Ron Emory Ron 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, Emo ...

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. 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

Discography

Singles

* ''

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/Red, White, And Blue'' (1991,

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)

With The Hated

* ''Innocent People/Seize The Middle East'' (1981, Stress Records) * ''Pressure/Stereotyped'' (1982, Stress Records)

With T.S.O.L.

* ''

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'' (1984,

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) * ''

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'' (1986, Enigma Records) * ''

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'' (1987, Enigma Records) * ''

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'' (1990, Enigma Records)

Compilations

* '' Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990'' (1992,

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) Compilation appearances * ''Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 1'' (Song: "Suppose They Gave A War...") (1984, Gasatanka Records) * ''Blazing Wheels And Barking Trucks - Skate Rock Vol. 2'' (Song: "Other Side", "In Time") (1984, Thrasher Magazine) * ''The Enigma Variations'' (Song: "Flowers by the Door") (1985, Enigma Records) * '' The Return of the Livng Dead Soundtrack'' (Song: "Nothing For You") (1985, Enigma Records) * ''

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- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (Song: "Change Today?") (1986, Enigma Records) * ''Paranoia You Can Dance To'' (Song: "Suppose They Gave A War...") (1986, Weird System) * ''89 FM Internacional'' (Song: "Flowers by the Door") (1986, Young) * ''

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(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' (Song: "Revenge") (1987, Enigma Records) * ''Music To Keep You Up All Night/Music You'll Respect In The Morning'' (Song: "The Name Is Love") (1987, Enigma Records/Restless Records) * ''The Enigma Variations 2'' (Song: "Colors (Take Me Away)") (1987, Enigma Records) * ''Heavy Metal Machine - Pull One'' (Song: "Hit And Run") (1987, Medusa Records) * ''Scream (The Compilation)'' (Song: "All Along The Watchtower") (1987,

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) * ''The Album Network CD Tune Up #3'' (Song: "The Name Is Love") (1987, The Album Network) * ''Sound. And Vision. Volume Two'' (Song: "Strange Love") (1989, Enigma Records) * ''Levi's Presents Rockin' On Campus'' (Song: "White Lightning") (1990, Score Productions, Inc.) * ''Tune-Master'' (Song: "Strange Love") (1990, Enigma Records) * ''Turn It Up & Pass It On - Volume 2'' (Song: "Hell On Earth") (1990, AIM Marketing) * ''Restless Catalog Sampler'' (Song: "Strange Love") (1992, Restless Records) * ''The Best Of Flipside Vinyl Fanzines'' (Song: "Suppose They Gave A War...") (1993, Flipside Records/Gasatanka Records) * ''Yamaiko'' (Songs: "Flowers By The Door", "No Time") (1994, Toy's Factory) * ''89 A Revista Rock N°3'' (Songs: "Flowers By The Door") (1998) * ''Restless Sampler'' (Song: "Flowers By The Door") (2003, Restless Records) * ''Enigma Promo N.01'' (Song "It's Too Late") (Enigma Records) * ''Vida Sobre Rodas'' (Song: "Flowers By The Door") (2010, EMI)

With Cisco Poison

* ''It's A Long Way To Heaven...'' (1994, Doctor Dream Records) Compilation appearances * ''Santa And Satan: One And The Same?'' (Song: "Silent Night") (1994, Doctor Dream Records) * ''Rock Tune Up 130'' (Song "Gun in My Mouth") (1995, The Album Network) * ''My Recommendation Is...'' (Songs: "Everything I See", "26 Forever", "Silent Night")

With The Lonely Ones

* ''The Lonely Ones'' (2000) * ''Blues Out of Long Beach, CA'' (2006)

With Change Today

* '' I Am'' (2023, Not Like You Records)

References

External links

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Joe Wood's YouTube Channel
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