Tod Ashley

Tod A
Background information
Birth name Tod Ashley
Born (1965-11-30) November 30, 1965
Instruments Bass guitar
Associated acts

Cop Shoot Cop

Firewater

Tod Ashley is a musician better known by the stage name Tod A. He founded the rock music groups Cop Shoot Cop and Firewater, and is a singer-songwriter and bass guitarist.

Ashley also spent time while in art school in a band called Shithäus[1] with Jon Spencer, later of The Blues Explosion.

Ashley was living in Bushwick, Brooklyn when he decided that he wanted to travel the world.[2] In 2005, putting his musical career on hiatus, Tod spent most of the year traveling the Far East, including Calcutta, India and Bangkok, Thailand. He has published a written account of his travels in a blog, which he calls Postcards From the Other Side of the World.[3] He lived in Bali for three years until 2010.

Discography

Cop Shoot Cop
Year Name Ref
1990Consumer Revolt[4]
1991White Noise[5]
1993Ask Questions Later[6]
1994Release[7]
Firewater
Year Name Ref
1996Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire[8]
1998The Ponzi Scheme[9]
2001Psychopharmacology[10]
2003The Man on the Burning Tightrope[11]
2004Songs We Should Have Written[12]
2008The Golden Hour[13]
2012International Orange![14]
Other appearances
Year Name Artist Ref
1985Crush: Live Crush 84-85Shithaus[15]
1994Forces You Don't UnderstandLubricated Goat[16]
1995GashFoetus[17]
1996Null/VoidFoetus[18]
1997Red ExpendablesRed Expendables[19]
2002ObtaniumSkeleton Key[20]
2010Combat Disco CasbahFigli di Madre Ignota[21]
2010GecekonduBaba Zula[22]

References

  1. ↑ Fayers, Adam. "SHITHAUS - CRUSH: LIVE CRUSH 84 - 85" Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine., Get With It, December 28, 2005. Accessed November 6, 2007. "Shithaus is a pre-Pussy Galore band featuring Jon Spencer, Tod Ashley, Tom Fry, Stephan Harshman and James Joaquin. They released at least one cassette in 1985."
  2. ↑ Holub, Annie. "Travel Record: A trip through Asia and into the Middle East colored Firewater's music", Tucson Weekly, June 5, 2008. Accessed June 8, 2009.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ allmusic ((( Consumer Revolt > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  5. ↑ allmusic ((( White Noise 89-92 > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  6. ↑ allmusic ((( Ask Questions Later > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  7. ↑ allmusic ((( Release > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  8. ↑ allmusic ((( Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  9. ↑ allmusic ((( The Ponzi Scheme > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  10. ↑ allmusic ((( Psychopharmacology > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  11. ↑ allmusic ((( The Man on the Burning Tightrope > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  12. ↑ allmusic ((( Songs We Should Have Written > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  13. ↑ allmusic ((( The Golden Hour > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  14. ↑ allmusic ((( International Orange! > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  15. ↑ discogs ((( Crush: Live Crush 84-85 > Credits )))
  16. ↑ allmusic ((( Forces You Don't Understand > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  17. ↑ allmusic ((( Gash > Credits ))) Allmusic. 2011-11-26.
  18. ↑ allmusic ((( Null/Void > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  19. ↑ Red Expendables Discogs. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  20. ↑ discogs ((( Obtainium > Credits )))
  21. ↑ allmusic ((( Combat Disco Casbah > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  22. ↑ allmusic ((( Gecekondu > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
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