Birth name Theodore Francis Leo Role Singer Name Ted Leo | Website www.tedleo.com Years active 1989–present Spouse Jodi Buonanno (m. 2004) | |
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Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist Movies Dirty Old Town, Moves: The Rise And Rise Of The New Pornographers, Transition Video Magazine Issue #2 Albums Profiles | ||
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Ted Leo is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman and lead guitarist of punk rock group Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and in 2013, he and Aimee Mann formed the indie rock duo The Both.
Contents
- Sing out loud series presents ted leo the little smug supper club
- You re a gift the both aimee mann and ted leo
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Puzzlehead
- Animal Crackers
- Citizens Arrest
- Chisel
- Hell No
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- The Both
- Other contributions
- References
You re a gift the both aimee mann and ted leo
Early life
Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leo grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where his family was from, and spent many formative years in the hardcore punk scene of New York City during the 1980s and early 1990s. He graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange in 1988 and the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 1993 with a degree in English.
Career
Leo was a founding member of the New York punk band Citizens Arrest in 1989. In the 1990s, Leo played in bands that included Chisel, Puzzlehead, and The Sin-Eaters.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists was formed in 1999 in Washington, D.C. The group recorded six studio albums between 1999 and 2010. Leo has also maintained a consistent presence as a solo performer since the 1990s.
In early 2013, Leo and Aimee Mann formed a duo called The Both, after Leo had toured with Mann for several months as her supporting act. He and Mann began writing songs together, and in March 2013, the duo performed their first show together as The Both (originally formatted as the hashtag #BOTH). Their self-titled debut album, The Both, was released in April 2014.
Leo's debut solo album and his first record without the Pharmacists, The Hanged Man, will be released on September 8, 2017.
Personal life
Leo grew up in New Jersey before moving to South Bend, Indiana to attend the University of Notre Dame, where he formed Chisel. He then moved to Washington D.C., and briefly moved to Boston thereafter. Leo currently lives in Narragansett, Rhode Island, and splits time between there and New York City.
Leo's brothers, Chris and Danny Leo, are also singer-songwriters, and have been members of bands such as Native Nod, The Lapse, The Van Pelt, Vague Angels, and Holy Childhood.
Leo is a vegan, and has served as a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He has made frequent radio appearances as a contributor to programs on WFMU, most notably to Tom Scharpling's The Best Show on WFMU.