In 1996, Wood and Dean were joined by guitarists Mike Martt and Drac Conley, and bassist Dave Mello (from Uniform Choice), with Dean subsequently replaced by Steve "Sully" O'Sullivan. This late-'80s lineup was popular enough to garner bookings in Brazil and Argentina, where the Grisham-led band held no legal rights to prevent Wood from gigging as T.S.O.L. A compilation album titled Hell and Back Together 1984–1990 was issued in 1992 with an emphasis on their metal era. Roche was fired shortly before the album's release and signed over rights to the name and trademark to Wood and Dean leaving the band with no original members. They released a blues-metal album, Strange Love, in 1990. They eventually hired former Dino's Revenge guitarist and actor Marshall Rohner. were joined briefly by guitarist Scotty Phillips, who quit before the band started recording the follow-up to Hit and Run. T-shirts were seen in the video for that band's " Sweet Child o' Mine", most notably on drummer Steven Adler.Įmory left the band in 1988, during the recording of demos for Strange Love, leaving Roche as the sole remaining original member-though Emory was given a writing credit on the track "Blow by Blow".
The band became friends with Guns N' Roses, and T.S.O.L. The band's first live album, Live, was issued by Enigma in 1988. 184 on the Billboard 200 charts, and the band touring globally to support the releases. All four albums featured a more polished production style, with Hit and Run reaching No.
This new lineup released four albums on Enigma: Change Today? (1984), Revenge (1986) Hit and Run (1987) and Strange Love (1990). Joe Wood and Mitch Dean joined on vocals and drums, after Ron Emory, who was at the time playing in Wood's band The Loners, asked him to start a new band with himself and Roche. Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley briefly joined in 1983 before Roche returned. Following the release of the Cathedral of Tears EP, T.S.O.L.'s replacement drummer, Mitch Dean, referred to Cathedral of Tears as a "synthesizer band" whose music he did not particularly like, adding, "not to make fun of it or anything," but that " doing what he wants. They then signed to independent label Alternative Tentacles, releasing the Weathered Statues EP early in 1982, and the melodic Beneath the Shadows album later that year the latter featured a new member, keyboardist Greg Kuehn.Īmid personal turmoil, Grisham, Barnes and Kuehn all left the band in 1983.Īfter his exit, Grisham formed Cathedral of Tears, who released a 1984 EP on Enigma Records, followed by Tender Fury, who issued three albums: Tender Fury (1988), Garden of Evil (1989) and If Anger Were Soul, I'd Be James Brown (1991).
Their first full-length album, Dance with Me, was released later in 1981 on Frontier Records, and showcased a more gothic/deathrock sound. This first release was harshly political, featuring tracks such as "Superficial Love", "World War III" and "Abolish Government". T.S.O.L.'s debut five-song EP, T.S.O.L., was released in spring 1981 by Posh Boy Records, featuring the reconvened original lineup. According to legend, the band acquired their instruments by casing a local music shop, waiting until closing, and then performing a smash-and-grab robbery. The original lineup consisted of vocalist Jack Grisham (who has been credited as Jack Greggors, Alex Morgon, Jack Ladoga, Jack Delauge and Jack Loyd, among pseudonyms), guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche and drummer Todd Barnes. Originally under the name Vicious Circle, the band eventually changed their name to T.S.O.L by September 1980. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathrock, art punk, horror punk, other varieties of punk music, and hard rock.įormed in 1978 in Long Beach, T.S.O.L. ( True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California.
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