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Joe Wood (musician)

Joe Wood is an American punk and blues singer/songwriter, best known as the singer for T.S.O.L. from 1983 to 1993.

Joe Wood
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • bass
Years active1979–present

Career edit

Der Stab, The Hated, The Loners edit

After seeing The Germs at the Masque, Wood formed his own band,[1] 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.[2][3]

True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.) edit

In 1983, T.S.O.L. had broken up after vocalist Jack Grisham, keyboardist Greg Kuehn, and drummer Todd Barnes had quit the group amidst personal turmoil, guitarist Ron Emory 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.[4][5]

Orange Wedge, Big Deluxe edit

In 1992, Wood formed a side project called Orange Wedge with Mitch Dean, Dave Mello, Dean Chamberlain, and Mike Dewey.[6] Wood called this the best band experience[7]

In 1997, Wood formed a band that played traditional blues called Big Deluxe,[8] the group made an appearance in the 1998 film Pariah, in which Wood also plays a parent to one of the main characters.

Discography edit

Singles edit

With The Hated edit

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

With T.S.O.L. edit

Compilations edit

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)
  • Dangerously Close - 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)
  • Under Cover (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, Geffen Records)
  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

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

With Change Today edit

  • I Am (2023, Not Like You Records)

References edit

  1. ^ "MUSIC: T.S.O.L. : Of Lost Labels : Inspired by The Germs, Joe Wood formed his own band, which has been through six record labels, 10 albums and some style changes". Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1990. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "TSOL JOE WOOD THE LONELY ONES INTERVIEW WITH PETE MARKOWICZ OF SUBURBAN REBELS ZINE EPISODE". www.youtube.com. March 16, 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ "Joe Wood And The Loners Mean Women Blues.mpg". www.youtube.com. July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  4. ^ "Blues Into Metal #3: Joe Wood". www.decibelmagazine.com. July 3, 2013. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  5. ^ Blanchard, Jim (1984). "BLATCH magazine, Number 10, 1984, Interview with T.S.O.L." Internet Archive 'Zine Collection. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY BAND . . . : The Story of T.S.O.L. Brings Them to 'Hell and Back Together'". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1992. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "Music". Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "When Roots Are the Hoot". Los Angeles Times. July 7, 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2024.

External links edit


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