Abandoned Pools
Play Radio
Listen to Abandoned Pools Radio,
featuring artists like Glacier Hiking, Oliver The Penguin, Dexter Freebish, Ours and more…
918,319 plays (50,406 listeners)
Abandoned Pools is the performing name for singer-songwriter and musician Tommy Walter, as well as the name of the band in which he plays. He began playing music at a young age, first with the bass guitar and then the French horn. He attended University of Southern California, followed by the Pacific University. Teaching classical music theory, Walter began working with various Los Angeles-area musicians.
Walter soon began working with a singer-songwriter who went by E and drummer Butch Norton as The Eels. After a promising debut, Walter left the band due to differences with E. He formed a short-lived band, Tely, who released a CD that was distributed on the internet. He was also in the touring band for the Ken Andrews solo project ON, though in the end the band saw little touring. Later he went on to form Abandoned Pools and recorded a solo album, Humanistic, in 2001. Humanistic actually features a couple of songs that were once performed by Tely, like “Start Over.”
In 2002 they performed the theme song for the short-lived MTV animated series Clone High. Many of their songs can be heard in the background during the show.
Walter teamed up with drummer Bryan Head and guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme in 2004 to record “Armed to the Teeth,” the follow up to Humanistic. In June of 2005, they released an EP, consisting of a few songs from the new album along with b-sides and demos, called The Reverb EP. This was followed by the full album in September 2005.
Walter soon began working with a singer-songwriter who went by E and drummer Butch Norton as The Eels. After a promising debut, Walter left the band due to differences with E. He formed a short-lived band, Tely, who released a CD that was distributed on the internet. He was also in the touring band for the Ken Andrews solo project ON, though in the end the band saw little touring. Later he went on to form Abandoned Pools and recorded a solo album, Humanistic, in 2001. Humanistic actually features a couple of songs that were once performed by Tely, like “Start Over.”
In 2002 they performed the theme song for the short-lived MTV animated series Clone High. Many of their songs can be heard in the background during the show.
Walter teamed up with drummer Bryan Head and guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme in 2004 to record “Armed to the Teeth,” the follow up to Humanistic. In June of 2005, they released an EP, consisting of a few songs from the new album along with b-sides and demos, called The Reverb EP. This was followed by the full album in September 2005.
Top Albums
-
Humanistic
Abandoned Pools
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $1.95
- eBay Search
-
Armed To The Teeth
Abandoned Pools Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $7.99
- 7digital $7.99
- iTunes $7.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $5.86
- eBay Search
-
The Reverb EP
Abandoned Pools Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $4.51
- 7digital $4.99
- iTunes $4.95
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
The Remedy
Abandoned Pools Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
StankDank Armed to the Teeth = Humanistic
-
Volcomaestro Humanistic > Armed to The Teeth
-
UponDoom didn't expect armed to the teeth to be so god damn good
-
UponDoom
To death, bro. [2]
-
JiveTurkey15 Armed to the Teeth > Humanistic.
-
LPS_VT BEAUTY AS HELL.
-
f_candi so awesome! *o*
-
karlosmorale Errr... what the hell? Why am I only listening to Humanistic now, nearly 10 years after it came out? Anyway it's fab. :D
Videos
News
'In Silence' is Now Available on iTunes or Bandcamp
3 May 2011 | from www.abandonedpools.com/component/content/?view=featured
Hey All,
The single 'In Silence' is now available on iTunes or
Bandcamp (http://www.lqprecords.bandcamp.com). It's the first
of several to come. The plan is to release more singles until
the album is complete. Needless to say, I've been working
…
- Humanistic Gets 10th Anniversary Re-release 1 May 2011 | from www.abandonedpools.com/component/content/?view=featured
- In Silence 8 Apr 2011 | from www.abandonedpools.com/component/content/?view=featured
- New Facebook Page 8 Apr 2011 | from www.abandonedpools.com/component/content/?view=featured
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
lmrush
Top Listener
-
bluedrift
Top Listener
-
PearlsForSluts
Top Listener
-
aquinton
Top Listener
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Abandoned Pools from Universal Music.
