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Long Beach, Los Angeles CA, United States (1979 – present)
T.S.O.L. are an American punk band. T.S.O.L. is short for True Sounds of Liberty although they are rarely referred to by their full name. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.’s music varies on each release. They have released music in the styles of deathrock, art punk, horror punk, and the plethora of other punk subgenres.
Formed in 1979 and hailing from Long Beach, California, T.S.O.L. developed from earlier bands Johnny Coathanger & the Abortions and Vicious Circle. The lineup first consisted of vocalist Jack Grisham (who has been credited as Jack Greggors, Alex Morgan, Jack Ladoga, Jim Woo and James DeLauge), guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes, the band’s first release was a harshly political eponymous T.S.O.L. EP featuring tracks such as “
Superficial Love,” “World War III” and “Abolish Government.”
After their debut EP, they released Dance With Me, their first full-length record. A departure from the entirely political nature of the previous release, Dance With Me was far darker and more macabre, featuring such themes as necrophilia, and the song “Silent Scream,” which is made up entirely of horror movie clichés. Their most popular release, both then and to this day, the album earned them the title of the “West Coast Misfits” (a reference to Glenn Danzig’s band The Misfits on the East Coast), and has made the band a favorite amongst horror punk fans.
Formed in 1979 and hailing from Long Beach, California, T.S.O.L. developed from earlier bands Johnny Coathanger & the Abortions and Vicious Circle. The lineup first consisted of vocalist Jack Grisham (who has been credited as Jack Greggors, Alex Morgan, Jack Ladoga, Jim Woo and James DeLauge), guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes, the band’s first release was a harshly political eponymous T.S.O.L. EP featuring tracks such as “
Superficial Love,” “World War III” and “Abolish Government.”After their debut EP, they released Dance With Me, their first full-length record. A departure from the entirely political nature of the previous release, Dance With Me was far darker and more macabre, featuring such themes as necrophilia, and the song “
Silent Scream,” which is made up entirely of horror movie clichés. Their most popular release, both then and to this day, the album earned them the title of the “West Coast Misfits” (a reference to Glenn Danzig’s band The Misfits on the East Coast), and has made the band a favorite amongst horror punk fans.
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Dance With Me
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Beneath the Shadows
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Disappear
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Code Blue
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Superficial Love
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Dance With Me
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Silent Scream
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80 Times
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World War III
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The Triangle
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Wash Away
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Abolish Government/Silent Majority
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In My Head
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Man and Machine
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Shoutbox
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PussyPunci wrote:
Abolish Government/Silent Majority nice
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cupim_jr wrote:
cool :D
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ieatbreakdowns wrote:
Weathered Statues<3
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brownieboy wrote:
abolish government is great.
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Elturtle wrote:
fuck glam tsol.
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candlesdie wrote:
Great band. Love 'em.
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CurtisColours wrote:
everybodies a cop !
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STS wrote:
i really dig that late 80's hard/glam rock style albums! love it!
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indietrash wrote:
you can get tsol and other great stuff for free from http://thatspunk.linustorvaldsfacts.com :)
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bbblood wrote:
Modern day T.S.O.L makes me weep, but I just wish I was around / alive and aware of true sounds of liberty when it first came out. For sure in my top all time punk records.
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fuckxyeahh wrote:
the true sounds of liberty
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famousnobodys wrote:
jack's the man
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strangebeat wrote:
nice.
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blackflagjerk wrote:
Live your Life, Ignore Heros, Fuck the System, Wake Up, Silent Majority, See the ""True Sounds of Liberty"". have the shirt, just need the patch.
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hamlet74 wrote:
THEY RULE !!!!! They are GREAT!!!! True Sound Of Liberty!!!!!! Darker my love!!!
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HellcatChicka wrote:
By far the best band at Warped Tour. I wish their set was longer though.
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Gabriels3t wrote:
superficial
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elegiak wrote:
Loooooooooooooooove.
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TheDeedler wrote:
The Shit of Last.fm is more like it.
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Iuri_s3t wrote:
Hey people, some brazilian bands have recently recorded one tribute to the original TSOL, check here: http://www.zorchfactoryrecords.com/tsol_tribute/index.html
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T.S.O.L. TO RECORD 30TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM AT HURLEY STUDIO
10 Dec 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/tsol
T.S.O.L. TO RECORD 30TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM AT HURLEY STUDIOAlbum to be Released as Free DownloadCosta Mesa, Calif. - (December 10, 2008) Orange County's original punks, T.S.O.L. …
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10 Dec 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/tsol
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