Tod Ashley
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Birth name | Tod Ashley |
Born | November 30, 1965 |
Instrument | Bass guitar |
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]
Discography
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External links
- The Tod Hole - A Firewater, Cop Shoot Cop, and related band depository
- 90.3 WCPN Cleveland - Podcast interview with Tod A.
Tod lived in Bali for three years until 2010.
References
- ^ Fayers, Adam. "SHITHAUS - CRUSH: LIVE CRUSH 84 - 85", 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."
- ^ 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.
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