Joe Wood is an American punk and blues singer/songwriter, best known as the singer for
T.S.O.L. from 1983 to 1993.
Career
Der Stab, The Hated, The Loners
After seeing
The Germs at the Masque, Wood formed his own band,[1] Der Stab for which he played in for about six to eight months, he would later play bass in The Hated, and later formed The Loners, a blues rockabilly band.[2][3]
True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.)
In 1983,
T.S.O.L. had broken up after vocalist
Jack Grisham, keyboardist
Greg Kuehn, and drummer Todd Barnes had quit the group amidst personal turmoil, guitarist
Ron Emory had started playing with Wood in The Loners, he had asked Wood to start a new band with him and Mike Roche, joined by drummer Mitch Dean they chose to tour and record under the T.S.O.L. name.[4][5]
Orange Wedge, Big Deluxe
In 1992, Wood formed a side project called Orange Wedge with Mitch Dean, Dave Mello, Dean Chamberlain, and Mike Dewey.[6] Wood called this the best band experience[7]
In 1997, Wood formed a band that played traditional blues called Big Deluxe,[8] the group made an appearance in the 1998 film
Pariah, in which Wood also plays a parent to one of the main characters.
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