Ted Leo

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Ted Leo
Ted Leo performing at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Ted Leo performing at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Background information
Birth name Theodore Francis Leo
Born September 11, 1970 (1970-09-11) (age 37), South Bend, Indiana, United States
Genre(s) Punk rock, indie rock
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Ace Fu, Gern Blandsten, Lookout!, Touch and Go
Website 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.[1] He was 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.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] With Animal Crackers

  • Whipped (1991)

[edit] With Citizens Arrest

  • A Light In The Distance 88-90 (1995)

[edit] With Chisel

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

[edit] With Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lomax, john Nova. "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."

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