T.S.O.L. discography

T.S.O.L. discography

Left to right: Roche, Bubz, Grisham, and Emory in 2011
Releases
↙Studio albums 10
↙Live albums 3
↙Compilation albums 3
↙EPs 2
↙Singles 3
↙Video albums 2
↙Music videos 1
↙Other appearances 3

The discography of T.S.O.L., an American punk rock band, consists of ten studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, two EPs, two video albums, three singles, and one music video.

T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1978 with an initial lineup of singer Jack Grisham, guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes.[1] Their eponymously-titled debut EP was released in 1981 through Posh Boy Records and followed later that year by the full-length album Dance with Me through Frontier Records, combining hardcore punk and gothic rock styles.[1] The Weathered Statues EP and Beneath the Shadows album followed in 1982 via Alternative Tentacles, the latter adding keyboardist Greg Kuehn to the lineup.[1] Grisham and Barnes left the band and were respectively replaced by Joe Wood and Mitch Dean, while Keuhn left and was not replaced.[1]

The new lineup signed to Enigma Records and its subidiary Restless Records, releasing Change Today? (1984), which found them moving away from punk rock in favor of a gothic rock sound.[1] 1986's Revenge was another stylistic shift, this time towards hard rock.[1] Hit and Run (1987) found them adopting a glam metal persona and sound and was their only album to chart, reaching no. 184 on the Billboard 200.[1][2][3] It was followed by the live album Live and the compilation album Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982 in 1988.[4][5] Emory then left the band and was eventually replaced by Marshall Rohner; This lineup released 1990's Strange Love.[1] Roche then quit, leaving the band with no remaining original members.[1] The compilation Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990 was released in 1992.[6]

Meanwhile, the original TSOL lineup of Grisham, Emory, Roche, and Barnes re-formed and released Live '91.[7] In the wake of the 1990s punk rock revival, Epitaph Records re-released Dance with Me in 1996 and Nitro Records re-released the TSOL and Weathered Statues EPs as a single compilation.[8][9] In 1999 the original members regained legal rights to the band's name from Joe Wood, though Barnes died of a brain aneurysm that December and was replaced by Jay O'Brien.[1] TSOL signed to Nitro, who reissued Beneath the Shadows.[1] A new studio album, Disappear, was released in 2001 and found the band returning to their hardcore punk roots.[1] Live from O.C., a video album recorded in 1991, was released in 2002. O'Brien was replaced by Billy Blaze for 2003's Divided We Stand, which also featured the return of keyboardist Greg Kuehn.[1] The video album Live in Hawaii was released in 2005, followed by the retrospective album Who's Screwin' Who?, consisting of songs from T.S.O.L., Dance with Me, Weathered Statues, Beneath the Shadows, Disappear, and Divided We Stand re-recorded by the current lineup, which now included drummer Tiny Bubz (originally released through Anarchy Music, the album was later re-released by Cleopatra Records under the titles F#*k You Tough Guy: The Collection and Code Blue).[10][11][12] TSOL went on hiatus in 2006, and Nitro reissued Dance with Me the following year.[1][8]

The hiatus was short, as TSOL began performing again in 2007. 2008 brought The Early Years Live video and the live album Live from Long Beach, recorded at their last show before the hiatus and released through Cider City Records.[13][14] The band's tenth and most recent studio album, Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads, was released in 2009; It was given away as a free music download through a sponsorship from Hurley International.[15][16]

Contents

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
Billboard 200
[2][3]
1981 Dance with Me[8]
  • Released: June 1981
  • Label: Frontier (1004)
  • Formats: LP, CD
 —
1982 Beneath the Shadows[17] —
1984 Change Today?[18] —
1986 Revenge[19]
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Enigma (73211)
  • Formats: LP, CD
 —
1987 Hit and Run[20]
  • Released: July 11, 1987
  • Label: Enigma (73263)
  • Formats: LP, CD
 184
1990 Strange Love[21]
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Enigma, Restless
  • Formats: LP, CD
 —
2001 Disappear[22]
  • Released: June 26, 2001
  • Label: Nitro (15838)
  • Formats: LP, CD
 —
2003 Divided We Stand[23]
  • Released: September 9, 2003
  • Label: Nitro
  • Formats: LP, CD
 —
2005 Who's Screwin' Who?[10][I]
  • Released: January 25, 2005
  • Label: Anarchy Music
  • Formats: CD
 —
2009 Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads[15][16] —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

^ I Who's Screwin' Who? was re-released by Cleopatra Records in 2008 as F#*k You Tough Guy: The Collection and in 2011 as Code Blue.[11][12]

Live albums

Year Album details
1988 Live[4]
1991 Live '91[7]
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Triple X
  • Format: CD
2008 Live from Long Beach[14]
  • Released: October 13, 2008
  • Label: Cider City
  • Format: CD

Compilation albums

Year Album details
1988 Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982[5]
1992 Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990[6]
1997 T.S.O.L. / Weathered Statues[9]
  • Released: October 7, 1997
  • Label: Nitro (15814)
  • Format: LP, CS, CD

Extended plays

Year EP details
1981 T.S.O.L.[24]
1982 Weathered Statues[25]

Video albums

Year Album details
2002 Live from O.C.[26][27]
  • Released: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Screen Edge
  • Format: VHS, DVD
2005 Live in Hawaii
  • Released: January 18, 2005
  • Label: Hawaiian Express, Stuntdog
  • Format: DVD
2008 The Early Years Live[13]
  • Released: April 15, 2008
  • Label: Audiovisual
  • Format: DVD

Singles

Year Single Album
1990 "Man and Machine"[28] Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982
2001 "Anticop"[1] Disappear
2007 "Code Blue"[12] Who's Screwin' Who?

Music videos

Year Song Director Album
1986 "Colors (Take Me Away)" Revenge

Other appearances

The following T.S.O.L. songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

Year Release details Track(s)
1984 Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume 1
1998 Deep Thoughts[29]
  • Released: August 7, 2001
  • Label: Nitro (15826)
  • Format: CD
  • "You Don't Have to Die"
2001 Plea for Peace / Take Action[30]
  • Released: August 7, 2001
  • Label: Sub City (SC020)
  • Format: CD
  • "Sold"

References

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  2. ^ a b "TSOL Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/t-s-o-l/chart-history/11986. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  3. ^ a b "TSOL Charts & Awards". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tsol-p14438/charts-awards. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  4. ^ a b "Live". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-r19588. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  5. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/thoughts-of-yesterday-1981-1982-r181209. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  6. ^ a b Torreano, Bradley. "Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hell--back-together-1984-1990-r58937. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  7. ^ a b "Live '91". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-1991-r19587. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  8. ^ a b c Bregman, Adam. "Dance with Me". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-with-me-r19584. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  9. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "TSOL / Weathered Statues". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/tsol-weathered-statues-r316447. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  10. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Who's Screwin' Who?". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/whos-screwin-who-18-tsol-greatest-non-hits-r7262601. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  11. ^ a b "F#*k You Tough Guy: The Collection". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/fk-you-tough-guy-the-collection-r1314276. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  12. ^ a b c "Code Blue". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/code-blue-r2217458. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  13. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "The Early Years Live". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/early-years-live-r1316149. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  14. ^ a b "Live from Long Beach". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-long-beach-r1441282. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  15. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/life-liberty--the-pursuit-of-free-downloads-r1687864. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
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  17. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Beneath the Shadows". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/beneath-the-shadows-r19582. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  18. ^ Gabriel, Robert. "Change Today?". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/change-today-r19583. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  19. ^ Gabriel, Robert. "Revenge". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/revenge-r19589. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  20. ^ Valdivia, Victor W.. "Hit and Run". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hit-and-run-r19585. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  21. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Strange Love". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-love-r19590. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  22. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Disappear". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/disappear-r537382. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  23. ^ Prato, Greg. "Divided We Stand". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/divided-we-stand-r655081. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
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  25. ^ "Weathered Statues". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/weathered-statues-r611343. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  26. ^ "Live from O.C.". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-oc-video-dvd-r591096. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
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  28. ^ "Discography". Posh Boy Records. http://www.poshboy.com/disco_t.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-31. 
  29. ^ "Deep Thoughts". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/deep-thoughts-by-nitro-r367374. Retrieved 2012-01-01. 
  30. ^ Bregman, Adam. "Plea for Peace / Take Action". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/plea-for-peacetake-action-2001-r544741. Retrieved 2012-01-01. 
T.S.O.L.
  • Jack Grisham
  • Ron Emory
  • Mike Roche
  • Greg Kuehn
  • Tiny Bubz
  • Todd Barnes
  • Joe Wood
  • Mitch Dean
  • Murphy Karges
  • Dave Mello
  • Jay O'Brien
Studio albums
Live albums
  • Live
  • Live '91
  • Live from Long Beach
Compilation albums
  • Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982
  • Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990
EPs
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