Ted Leo

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ted Leo

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Img_capt = Ted Leo performing at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Birth_name = Theodore Francis Leo
Background = solo_singer
Born = Birth date and age|1970|9|11|mf=y, South Bend, Indiana, United States
Genre = Pop punk, indie rock
Occupation = Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years_active = 1989–present
Label = Ace Fu, Gern Blandsten, Lookout!, Touch and Go
URL = [http://www.tedleo.com/ www.tedleo.com]

Theodore Francis "Ted" Leo (born September 11, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American punk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. Leo has played with many bands, including Citizens Arrest, Chisel, the Sin-Eaters, and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, his current group.

Leo grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey. [Lomax, john Nova. [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0716,lomax,76378,22.html "Gang of New Jersey: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists mingle rampant Europhilia with "American Girl"] , "The Village Voice", April 16, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Bloomfield, Leo's hometown, is just west of New York City and just north of Newark."] He graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange in 1988 and the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 1993 with a degree in English. His brothers Chris Leo and Danny Leo are also singer-songwriters, and members of Native Nod, The Lapse, The Van Pelt, Vague Angels and Holy Childhood. He is a strict vegan. Leo is known for his high-energy shows, a penchant for falsetto vocal treatments along with sonic leanings towards early 70's glam (Thin Lizzy more specifically) and dub reggae.

Ted is fan of and frequent contributor to WFMU, most notably to Tom Scharpling's "The Best Show on WFMU." In 2007, he rewrote and performed The Jam's "That's Entertainment" as a tribute to the station.

Discography

With Animal Crackers

*"Whipped" (1991)

With Citizens Arrest

*"A Light In The Distance 88-90" (1995)

=With Chisel=

* "Nothing New" (April 1995; Gern Blandsten)
* "8 A.M. All Day" (January 1996; Gern Blandsten)
* "Set You Free" (April 1997; Gern Blandsten)

With Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

*"tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists" (September 1999; Gern Blandsten)
*"Treble in Trouble" (September 2000; Ace Fu Records)
*"The Tyranny of Distance" (June 2001; Lookout! Records)
*"Hearts of Oak" (February 2003; Lookout! Records)
*"Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead" (October 2003; Lookout! Records)
*"Shake the Sheets" (October 2004; Lookout! Records)
*"Living with the Living" (March 2007; Touch & Go Records)
*"Rapid Response" (September 2008; Touch & Go Records)

ee also

*List of vegans

References

External links

* [http://www.tedleo.com Ted Leo and the Pharmacists website]
* [http://www.scenepointblank.com/features/192 Interview and photos] on Scene Point Blank
* [http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/04/podcast-ted-leo-of-ted-leo-pharmacists.html Interview and performance footage] on The Sound of Young America
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9041739 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists in Concert] on NPR
* [http://www.truepunk.com/interviews/tedleo/ Interview with Ted Leo]
* [http://www.spinner.com/2007/03/09/ted-leo-interviews-for-a-job-at-aol-plays-in-our-studio/ Ted Leo Video Interview] on Spinner.com
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQwKvsVSrs Ted Leo on New York Noise]
* [http://bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&ArtistId=2661 Ted Leo] on bandtoband.com
* [http://www.friendsoftom.com/fotpedia/index.php?title=Battle_Rap MC Steinberg vs Ted Leo: Battle Rap] on The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling