Timothy Christopher Ward is an American musician best known as the
bassist
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and co-lead vocalist for the
Mukilteo, Washington based
prog-rock
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band
The Fall of Troy and as a singer and guitarist for the band Trash Kids.
Early life and career
Ward attended
Kamiak High School and graduated in 2003. He met his bandmates
Andrew Forsman and
Thomas Erak while there,
and they began a band called The 30 Years War with another member, Mike Munro. The 30 Years War independently released two EPs. In late high school Munro left the band, and the trio decided to continue their music, calling their new group The Fall of Troy.
The Fall of Troy
In May 2003, just before their high school graduation, The Fall of Troy entered the studio to record their first full-length album, which was released on
Lujo Records and
Equal Vision Records. He chipped a tooth during a stage diving incident in Detroit.
2007 departure
Ward left the band during their tour with
Coheed and Cambria. He was replaced by bassist and vocalist Frank Ene on November 28, 2007. Thomas Erak stated on the band's forums that his leave was full-time and for the best interest of the band. He remained in touch with his former bandmates and offered to create artwork for the bands' future albums and merchandise. However, he was not mentioned in the liner notes for The Fall of Troy's record, ''
In the Unlikely Event
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and in November 2008 began posting new demos on his
MySpace page since under the moniker of Stranger Danger. He now makes music under the monikers "Cool Timmy" and "Messedupcoyote", both of which are signed to the online record label run by Father LongLegs "Woozy Tribe".
Trash Kids
He joined a band called Trash Kids which consisted of Ward and Tyler Koykas of The Parallax View. Ward writes lyrics as well as performing lead vocals, lead guitar, standup bass, slide guitar, and backup keys. Kyokas performs beats, samples, synthesizer, keys, guitar, bass, backup, vocals, and mixing. In 2012, Trash Kids released an LP, ''Get Lost'', on
Bandcamp which was available for pay-what-you-want download. Since then they have released three digital albums, ''Extra Trash'', ''Headdancer'', and ''Fade, Ghost, Fade'' As of 2015 they have released a new EP titled "Deader Than Ever" featuring Andrew Forsman.
Equipment used on tour
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Basses
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Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
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** Acoustic bass ...
:
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Fender Geddy Lee
Jazz Bass in black
*Fender American Jazz Bass in sunburst
*Fender American Jazz Bass in red
*
Gibson Grabber bass in natural finish, with slide pickup
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Amplifiers
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Ampeg SVT Classic head
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Ampeg SVT-810E 8x10 bass enclosure
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Effects pedals
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BOSS TU-2 Tuner
*BOSS SYB-5 Bass synthesizer pedal
*BOSS ODB-3 Overdrive
;Others
*SKB PS-15 Integrated Pedalboard
References
External links
Trash Kids website
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Living people
American bass guitarists
American male singers
People from Mukilteo, Washington
Year of birth missing (living people)
American male bass guitarists
The Fall of Troy members