Todd Thibaud
| Todd Thibaud | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA |
| Genres | Modern rock Power pop |
| Labels | Doolittle Records 95 North Wicked Disc Blue Rose Records |
| Website | toddthibaud.com |
Todd Thibaud is a singer-songwriter based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a co-founder of the group Courage Brothers, a power pop group of the early 1990s, before establishing himself as a solo musician in the late 1990s and 2000s.
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[edit] Biography
Thibaud was raised in Burlington, Vermont, and moved to Boston in 1987 to pursue a career in music. The Courage Brothers, whom Thibaud fronted, released two albums independently in 1993 and 1994, and the group was nearing a deal with a major label Relativity Records when the group broke up.[1] Thibaud retained the band name and continued work on the major-label release, but was eventually dropped when Relativity switched formats from rock to hip hop and R&B.[1][2] Thibaud then embarked on a solo career, garnering critical acclaim for his first release, 1997's Favorite Waste of Time.[3] The album was produced by Dumptruck founder Kevin Salem.[4] Songs from Favorite Waste of Time were used on the TV shows Melrose Place, 7th Heaven,[5] and Smallville, and Thibaud appeared on HBO's show, Reverb.[6] The album Little Mystery followed in 1999, as did Squash in 2002; both met with critical success.[7][8][9] Thibaud also wrote the theme song to the 2000 Big East basketball championship for ESPN, a song entitled "In the City Tonight".[10] Thibaud has toured the US numerous times but now performs mostly in the Boston area, continuing to release music independently; many of the albums he released in the 2000s have been on Blue Rose Records, a German imprint. His 2009 release Broken was released in single-CD and double-CD formats, the latter containing a full-length acoustic bonus disc.
[edit] Discography
- With the Courage Brothers
- Something Strong (Eastern Front Records, 1993)
- Wood (Eastern Front, 1994)
- As a solo artist
- Favorite Waste of Time (Doolittle Records, 1997)
- Little Mystery (Doolittle, 1999)
- Church Street Live (Blue Rose Records, 2001)
- Hot FM Sessions (Blue Rose, 2001)
- Squash (Tone Cool, 2002)
- Northern Skies (95 North, 2005)
- Best of Todd Thibaud (Blue Rose, 2006)
- Live (Blue Rose, 2006)
- Broken (Blue Rose, 2009)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Biography, Allmusic.com
- ^ Steve Morse, "Rock Notes". Boston Globe, January 3, 1997, p. D14.
- ^ Album review, Billboard, February 22, 1997; Melinda Newman, "Continental Drift", Billboard, February 22, 1997.
- ^ Randee Dawn, "Todd Thibaud". Alternative Press #134, September 1999, p. 44.
- ^ Susan Bickelhaupt and Maureen Dezell, "TV's Playing His Tunes". Boston Globe, April 28, 1997.
- ^ "New York", May 4. PR Newswire, May 4, 1998.
- ^ Review of Little Mystery, Indie Monkey. Accessed July 28, 2007.
- ^ Concert Review, Boston Beats. Accessed July 28, 2007.
- ^ Andrew Strickman, Review of Squash. Rolling Stone, October 22, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2007.
- ^ Beth Carney and Jim Sullivan, "Thibaud Pens Theme for ESPN Event". Boston Globe, March 10, 2000.
