Ted Leo
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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 his current outfit, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
Ted Leo graduated from Seton Hall Prep, West Orange, New Jersey 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, Vague Angels and Holy Childhood. He is a strict vegan.
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)
- 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)
See also
External links
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists website
- Interview and performance footage on The Sound of Young America
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists in Concert on NPR
- Ted Leo Video Interview on Spinner.com
- Ted Leo Video Interview on peta2.com
- Ted Leo on New York Noise
- Ted Leo on bandtoband.com
- MC Steinberg vs Ted Leo: Battle Rap on The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling