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Abandoned Pools is the performing name for singer-songwriter and musician Tommy Walter (born October 30, 1968 in Pasadena, California), 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 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.

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Mephostophiles wrote:
October 2009

Tommy needs to gtfo Glacier and get back to Abandoned Pools, thx.

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antiZOLOFT wrote:
September 2009

gosh this band is so underrated

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Averly218 wrote:
July 2009

One of my favorite bands

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Uniontrade wrote:
July 2009

I like this artist

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Play_suka wrote:
July 2009

Вот подкинул инфу про группу)

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Cold_Danya wrote:
May 2009

<333

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meleficent wrote:
May 2009

highly underrated band. i hope they come out with some new stuff soon!

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Ederson_ wrote:
May 2009

Great Band (=

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dr_draco wrote:
May 2009

I f'n love Humanistic... Helped me get through my first year of college

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Humaniliation wrote:
April 2009

Can't believe this is supposed to be emo..

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UK122 wrote:
March 2009

Заброшенные Пул pleasantly listen

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a_sonic_realm wrote:
March 2009

reminds me a little of Smashing Pumpkins, especially Seed. Abandoned Pools - latest obsession i do think :D

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mattee66 wrote:
March 2009

I'll definitely check out that link, Living Things first album was rad and Im real pumped for their new one!

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Fevered17 wrote:
February 2009

AP is one of those bands that brings back a ton of memories.

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katenga wrote:
February 2009

I have some of the b-sides if anyone is interested... I have the unreleased version of tighter noose (which I prefer to the AttT version), the acoustic versions of The Remedy and Flourescein, Get over it, and the remix of sunny day. You can also buy the song Lucky off of iTunes!!! Oh and NEW ALBUM HALF WAY DONE!!!!

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samguine wrote:
January 2009

clone high <3

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Spaceboy_ wrote:
January 2009

Im still top listener, but the lack of new material is making AB slip in my charts :|

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robfulton wrote:
December 2008

Im bringing this CD back. Can anyone say RELAUNCH?

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November 2008

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Spaceboy_ wrote:
October 2008

The b-sides are impossible to find..

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