Ted Poley
Encyclopedia
Ted Harris Poley is a rock singer and drummer
most famous for being in the band Danger Danger
.
progressive rock
band Prophet
as a drummer
. They released their first album
in 1985. Poley also sang lead vocals on some of their songs. In 1987, while working with the band's second album
, he was approached by Bruno Ravel
and Steve West
to join Danger Danger
and he accepted.
With Danger Danger
, Poley enjoyed much success as the band caught the late surge wave of 80s hair metal. Together they released two albums (Danger Danger
and Screw It!
) and toured with bands like KISS
, Alice Cooper
, and others.
In 1993, he finished recording Danger Danger
's third album, Cockroach
, but was surprisingly fired from the band. They hired another singer (Paul Laine
) and attempted to release the album with new vocals, but Poley sued and prevented the album from being released.
The same year, he formed a new band called Bone Machine with guitarist
John Allen III (Tommy Lee
's band.) In 1994, they released their first album titled Dogs. In 1995, they toured the UK
and released a live record titled Search and Destroy. In 1996, they released their last album titled Disappearing, Inc. The album is noted for featuring an eerie premonition of what would happen in the 2001 9/11 attacks in the cover art.
In 2000, he joined the band Melodica with Gerhard Pichler on guitar
. As a band, they released several albums: USAcoustica, and Lovemetal among them. During this time, Poley returned to U.S.
and played for the first time in seven years.
In 2001, Danger Danger
finally released the album Cockroach
after reaching an agreement with Epic Records. The album featured two discs: one with the Poley vocals, and the other with the new vocals by the band's new singer, Paul Laine
.
In 2002, Poley's band (now known as Poley/Pichler) released an album titled Big. This album featured Joe Slattery on bass guitar
, with whom Poley had played before in Lush back in the early 80s.
In 2004, he rejoined Danger Danger
and started touring with them again.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
most famous for being in the band Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
.
Biography
He then joined New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Prophet
Prophet (band)
Prophet was an American Melodic Rock band from New Jersey, United States. The last lineup of the group was Russell Arcara , Dave DiPietro , Ken Dubman , Scott Metaxas , Joe Zujkowski and Jim Callahan...
as a drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
. They released their first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
in 1985. Poley also sang lead vocals on some of their songs. In 1987, while working with the band's second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, he was approached by Bruno Ravel
Bruno Ravel
Bruno Ravel, born May 1, 1964, is a bassist and guitarist who is most famous for playing in the band Danger Danger.Before Danger Danger, he was in the band Hotshot, along with original Danger Danger lead vocalist Mike Pont and Danger Danger drummer Steve West...
and Steve West
Steve West (Danger Danger)
Steve West, born May 30, is a drummer most famous for playing in the band Danger Danger. He has played on all of Danger Danger's albums to date....
to join Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
and he accepted.
With Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
, Poley enjoyed much success as the band caught the late surge wave of 80s hair metal. Together they released two albums (Danger Danger
Danger Danger (album)
-Track listing:# "Naughty Naughty" - 4:50# "Under The Gun" - 4:39# "Saturday Nite" - 4:17# "Don't Walk Away" - 4:56# "Bang Bang" - 3:56# "Rock America" - 4:54# "Boys Will Be Boys" - 4:58# "One Step From Paradise" - 4:47# "Feels Like Love" - 4:52...
and Screw It!
Screw It!
Screw It! is Danger Danger's second full length album. It was released on October 1, 1991 on Epic Records. The album was recorded at New River Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
) and toured with bands like KISS
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
, Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
, and others.
In 1993, he finished recording Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
's third album, Cockroach
Cockroach (album)
Cockroach is a Danger Danger album released in 2001 as a 2 CD set. One CD features singer Ted Poley and the other CD features singer Paul Laine....
, but was surprisingly fired from the band. They hired another singer (Paul Laine
Paul Laine
Paul Laine is a Canadian musician who has worked with several rock bands. He was the singer of Danger Danger for ten years, then fronted his own band, Shugaazer.-Biography:...
) and attempted to release the album with new vocals, but Poley sued and prevented the album from being released.
The same year, he formed a new band called Bone Machine with guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
John Allen III (Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass , best known as Tommy Lee, is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects...
's band.) In 1994, they released their first album titled Dogs. In 1995, they toured the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and released a live record titled Search and Destroy. In 1996, they released their last album titled Disappearing, Inc. The album is noted for featuring an eerie premonition of what would happen in the 2001 9/11 attacks in the cover art.
In 2000, he joined the band Melodica with Gerhard Pichler on guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. As a band, they released several albums: USAcoustica, and Lovemetal among them. During this time, Poley returned to U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and played for the first time in seven years.
In 2001, Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
finally released the album Cockroach
Cockroach (album)
Cockroach is a Danger Danger album released in 2001 as a 2 CD set. One CD features singer Ted Poley and the other CD features singer Paul Laine....
after reaching an agreement with Epic Records. The album featured two discs: one with the Poley vocals, and the other with the new vocals by the band's new singer, Paul Laine
Paul Laine
Paul Laine is a Canadian musician who has worked with several rock bands. He was the singer of Danger Danger for ten years, then fronted his own band, Shugaazer.-Biography:...
.
In 2002, Poley's band (now known as Poley/Pichler) released an album titled Big. This album featured Joe Slattery on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, with whom Poley had played before in Lush back in the early 80s.
In 2004, he rejoined Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
and started touring with them again.
In popular culture
- In 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2011, Poley recorded some songs for SegaSega, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
games Sonic AdventureSonic Adventureis a 1999 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998, in Japan by Sega for the Dreamcast. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG...
, Sonic Adventure 2Sonic Adventure 2Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast video game console. It was released in North America on June 19, 2001 and in Japan on June 23, 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the release of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. It is the sequel...
, Sonic HeroesSonic Heroesis a 2004 platforming single-player/multiplayer video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team USA. It is the first multiplatform title in the Sonic series, developed for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox and released in Japan in December 2003, in North America in...
, Sonic Rivals 2Sonic Rivals 2Sonic Rivals 2 is the sequel to Sonic Rivals. The game was developed by Backbone Entertainment and supervised by Sega Studio USA, exclusively for the PlayStation Portable handheld videogame console. Sonic Rivals 2 was released on November 13, 2007 in North America...
and Sonic GenerationsSonic Generationsis a 2011 platform video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, produced by Sonic Team for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 3DS...
. - In 2008, rock & roll comic C.C. BananaC.C. BananaC.C. Banana is an improv comic who performs while wearing a large yellow banana costume. Originally inspired by maverick Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille, he has since taken on a life and career of his own. C.C...
recorded a song called "Ted Poley," released on the album "KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie VincentKiss My Ankh-Name:The album title is a play on words, combining the phrase "Kiss My Ass" with a reference to the Egyptian nature of Vinnie Vincent's Kiss character .-External links:***...
." The song is actually a parody of the KissKISS (band)Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
song "UnholyUnholy (song)"Unholy" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, written by Gene Simmons and Vinnie Vincent. Featured on their 1992 album Revenge, the song is one of the three Vincent co-writes to appear on the album despite the fact that he had been fired from the band 8 years earlier...
," inspired by the story of Poley's first encounter with KissKISS (band)Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
lead singer Paul StanleyPaul StanleyStanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's...
.
Danger Danger
- Danger DangerDanger Danger (album)-Track listing:# "Naughty Naughty" - 4:50# "Under The Gun" - 4:39# "Saturday Nite" - 4:17# "Don't Walk Away" - 4:56# "Bang Bang" - 3:56# "Rock America" - 4:54# "Boys Will Be Boys" - 4:58# "One Step From Paradise" - 4:47# "Feels Like Love" - 4:52...
(1989) - Down And Dirty LiveDown And Dirty LiveDown And Dirty Live is a Danger Danger live EP. It contains five songs recorded live in 1989 during presentations at Bangles at Denver, Colorado and L'Amour at Brooklyn, New York.-Track listing:# "Boys Will Be Boys"# "Bang Bang"# "Groove Or Die"...
(1990) - Screw It!Screw It!Screw It! is Danger Danger's second full length album. It was released on October 1, 1991 on Epic Records. The album was recorded at New River Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
(1991) - CockroachCockroach (album)Cockroach is a Danger Danger album released in 2001 as a 2 CD set. One CD features singer Ted Poley and the other CD features singer Paul Laine....
(2001) - RevolveRevolveRevolve, Danger Danger's seventh studio album, marks the return of lead vocalist Ted Poley. It is also the first Danger Danger studio album to feature Rob Marcello on guitar.-Track listing:# "That's What I'm Talking About" 4:28# "Ghost of Love" 4:58...
(2009)
Bone Machine
- Dogs (1994)
- Search and Destroy (Live, 1995)
- Live in the UK (VHS & VCD, 1996)
- Disappearing, Inc. (1996)
Melodica
- Long Way From Home (2000)
- USAcoustica (2001)
- Lovemetal (2001)
- Livemetal (Live, 2002)
- Live in Springfield
Ted Poley
- Collateral Damage (2006)
- Smile (2007)
- Greatestits Vol.1 [2-CD] (2009)