Haywood, Wendyfix, Bruce Springsteen, Idaho, Silkworm, Billy Bragg, Lou Barlow, Mark Eitzel, Rebecca Gates, Spinanes, Mountain Goats, Greg Dulli, Bob Mould, Lifetime, Pedro the Lion, REM, Elliott Smith, The Blue Nile, Paul Westerberg, Cursive, The Good Life, New Order, Tracy Thorn, Guided by Voices, Helium, Joel Phelps, Kid Dynamite, Joey Sweeney, Julie Doiron, Liz Phair, Tracy Chapman, Magnetic Fields, The Smiths, The Cure, Red House Painters, Neutral Milk Hotel, Psychedelic Furs, Railway Children, Robyn Hitchcock, Seam, Sludgeworth, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Lois Maffeo, Small Factory, The Church, Camper Van Beethoven, Cat Power, East River Pipe, Mountain Goats, Peter Jefferies, Bright Eyes, Portastatic, Crooked Fingers, Terry Lee Hale, Go-Betweens, Suzanne Vega, Marcy Mays, Ned Rifle/Hal Hartley, Codeine, Kitchens of Distinction, Chameleons, Dave Gedge, Strike Anywhere, Lloyd Cole, Built to Spill, Reivers/Zeitgest, Martin Gore, Sebadoh, Dinosaur, Electric Love Muffin, Flight of Mavis, Wishniaks, Jesus and Mary Chain, Moving Targets, Lemonheads, Plimsouls, Billy Joel, Taylor Dayne.
Sounds Like
Take above, mix, dump, lick bowl. burp. catch a whiff.
Born in the sleepy lakeside hamlet of Evanston, IL, Ted learned to sing quietly at an early age, recognizing that there was no point in shouting, my good man. This technique has served him well for the most part, except for when things started up in Villanova, PA, and he had to sing loud enough to be heard over his band Haywood. At times, there was feedback, not to mention hiss. But the thing about it is, everything turned out just fine, and Haywood rocketed from obscurity to relative obscurity in a matter of just nine years, ending up in Brooklyn, NY. Unbelievable. So strong was their momentum that they couldn't stop the band from continuing even past its absolute, definite breakup in '01. As a result, today, Ted plows forward not only as a member of the Haywood, but also as a quiet singer with a plinky guitar.
The band I grew up in, formerly the toast of (very intimate, very elite circles in) Villanova, Philly, and Williamsburg, has just released its second posthumous record. That's how good we are, Biggie and Tupac. A lot of the songs grew out of the tinny demos I've posted on my page here. We were called Haywood, and, if you're interested, you can pick up the record by visiting our MySpace pod.
ted! a few weeks ago "firing line" came up on my itunes shuffle, and now i keep needing to hear it... so do you think you could add it back to this here myspace page of yours? i can then force other people to listen to it. it's a genius plan!
I've had you on my friends list forever, and I dont know why, In fact I have no idea why I havent listened to you yet. However I have been listeneing all night, and I swear to God that I think you are possibly my new favorite singer. Ill probably listen to you incessaantly for the next week.
:) youre welcome. cant wait to hear the new songs. hm... beyond pluto is going great. the shows are so much fun. we really need to put new songs up on our page. we might do that over the weekend also. take care
