Radio Iodine was an American

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band from

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, United States. It was formed in 1993 as 9 Days Wonder by Tony Persyn, his wife Ellen and drummer Steven “Stitch” Held. After another band threatened to sue over the name, the band changed its name to Radio Iodine. It signed to Radioactive Records, which released a self-titled EP in 1996. Radioactive Records chairman

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moved the band to his new subsidiary label Radiouniverse, and the band's 1997 album ''Tiny Warnings'' was the label's inaugural release. A midwest tour took the band through the summer of 1997. In the fall of 1997, Tom Bramer quit the band and was replaced by guitarist Mike Speckhard. The band performed its final show at

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in St. Louis on December 12, 1998. Tony Persyn died on January 12, 2020.

Members

* Ellen Bledsoe -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Tom Bramer -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s * Mike Speckhard -

s * Anna DiPiazza -

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Tony Persyn - bass and

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* Greg Miller -

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Former member original drummer * Steven "Stitch" Held * Linda Gaal -

Former member

Discography

References

External links

Radio Iodine on Last.fm
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1995 Musical groups disestablished in 1998 Alternative rock groups from Missouri Musical groups from St. Louis