Former lead guitarist of Hollywood Records/Surfdog Records recording act Alien Fashion Show, a swing group that often toured with Brian Setzer Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Royal Crowne Review at the height of the swing craze during 1997-2000. [+]Former lead guitarist of Hollywood Records/Surfdog Records recording act Alien Fashion Show, a swing group that often toured with Brian Setzer Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Royal Crowne Review at the height of the swing craze during 1997-2000. While he enjoyed his time as a touring professional, his love of indie rock was not being nurtured. He left AFS in December 1999 to pursue his solo works and relocated to Cleveland with his wife and daughter.
In his home recording studio, he began work on 'Diary of a Mad Cow', a mix of works that had been rattling around in his brain for quite some time. The result was a pop/punk indie rock hybrid, which shows his eclectic sense of humor.
***important note***
This is the record which I refer to as 'an unlistenable mess' in the description of 'Wizard of Northland'. Do not buy this CD unless you like weird, noisy, distorted music.
His wife, Judyth, a music industry veteran for 20+ years became his manager. They decided that the best way to reach his audience was to start on the internet.
BIO:
Todd was born Todd Blakemore Thurman in Seattle Washington. After playing bass in many local bands, he relocated in 1987 to Los Angeles at the height of the Glam Metal Scene (holy crap!!) to pursue shallow rock stardom, and skateboard in empty pools. He met Judyth, the woman who would become his wife at a Buddhist meeting in 1988; they married in June of 1989.
Red Heaven, his band at the time was 'discovered (and then discarded) by Gene Simmons. They dressed in strange women's clothing, scared the hell out of kids in Salt Lake City, and played author Anne Rice's Halloween party in New Orleans every October for 5 years.
Red Heaven was a gothic rock band with an allure of haunting ballads and mystic fire. Tired of playing (and losing) the Big Rock Game in Los Angeles, the band dissolved in 1996. Todd switched to guitar, and formed Alien Fashion Show with Jeff and Eldon from Red Heaven, as well as Kenji Saito on keys, and Jeff Allen on stand-up bass.
AFS was a crazy, drunken lounge swing act, and in post-'Swingers' L.A., the band quickly attracted a large following of hip, with-it alcoholics, and started selling out shows in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco.
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