Ted Parsons

Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong,^[1] Godflesh,^[2] Killing Joke and Jesu.^[3]

Biography

Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their Holy Money album. He left Swans in 1987 and joined guitarist Tommy Victor's fledgling Prong. In 1994 he appeared on Buckethead's album Giant Robot. Prong would be Parsons' main project until the group disbanded in 1996. He then started a long-standing friendship with UK composer Justin Broadrick, playing on Godflesh's 1996 tour and their album, Hymns. Parsons has also played in Of Cabbages and Kings with former Swans bandmate Algis Kizys and was a one-time member of Foetus touring band.

Over the years, he has also recorded with members of Public Image Ltd., Legendary Pink Dots and Killing Joke, some of whom appear on his recent NIC remix project album. Youth of Killing Joke contributed a remix based on a Glen Brown/Sylford Walker dub tune. Some music journalists have noted that the cover art on the recent NIC remix album appears to be a hommage to early Killing Joke art and design style, in particular referencing the nihilistic anti Imperialist/anti war artwork of Mike Coles of Malicious Damage.

Parsons is currently a member of Broadrick's Jesu project, and has his own dub group, Teledubgnosis.

Ted Parsons now lives in Oslo, Norway, where he is married and has two children. There he plays in N.I.C and works as a drum teacher.

Trivia

• Ted attended Art College at The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York with "Eightball" author, Daniel Clowes.

References

External links

Teledubgnosis Reviews by Greg Whitfield, AKA "Prof Barnabas":

• http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/magnetic.htm
• http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/teledubg.htm
• http://reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/nic.htm