Tod Ashley Explained

Tod A.
Birth Date:	1965 11, mf=yes
Background:	solo_singer
Birth Name:	Tod Ashley
Birth Place:	Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Instrument:	Vocals, bass guitar
Years Active:	1987–present
Current Member Of:	Firewater
Past Member Of:	Cop Shoot Cop
Associated Acts:	Cop Shoot CopFirewater

Tod Ashley (born November 30, 1965), better known by the stage name Tod A, is an American singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist. He founded the rock music groups Cop Shoot Cop and Firewater.

Ashley also spent time while in art school in a band called Shithäus^[1] with Jon Spencer, later of The Blues Explosion.

Ashley was living in Bushwick, Brooklyn when he decided that he wanted to travel the world.^[2] In 2005, putting his musical career on hiatus, Tod spent most of the year traveling the Far East, including Calcutta, India and Bangkok, Thailand. He has published a written account of his travels in a blog, which he calls Postcards From the Other Side of the World.^[3] He lived in Bali for three years until 2010.

In 2019, Ashley published his first novel, Banging the Monkey^[4] based on his experiences abroad.

Discography

Cop Shoot Cop

Year	Name	Ref
1990	Consumer Revolt	^[5]
1991	White Noise	^[6]
1993	Ask Questions Later	^[7]
1994	Release	^[8]

Firewater

Year	Name	Ref
1996	Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire	^[9]
1998	The Ponzi Scheme	^[10]
2001	Psychopharmacology	^[11]
2003	The Man on the Burning Tightrope	^[12]
2004	Songs We Should Have Written	^[13]
2008	The Golden Hour	^[14]
2012	International Orange!	^[15]

Other appearances

Year	Name	Artist	Ref
1985	Crush: Live Crush 84–85	Shithaus	^[16]
1994	Forces You Don't Understand	Lubricated Goat	^[17]
1995	Gash	Foetus	^[18]
1996	Null/Void	Foetus	^[19]
1997	Red Expendables	Red Expendables	^[20]
2002	Obtanium	Skeleton Key	^[21]
2010	Combat Disco Casbah	Figli di Madre Ignota	^[22]
2010	Gecekondu	Baba Zula	^[23]

External links

• 90.3 WCPN Cleveland – Podcast interview with Tod A.

Notes and References

1. Fayers, Adam. "SHITHAUS – CRUSH: LIVE CRUSH 84 – 85", Get With It, December 28, 2005. Accessed November 6, 2007. "Shithaus is a pre-Pussy Galore band featuring Jon Spencer, Tod Ashley, Tom Fry, Stephan Harshman and James Joaquin. They released at least one cassette in 1985."
2. Holub, Annie. "Travel Record: A trip through Asia and into the Middle East colored Firewater's music", Tucson Weekly, June 5, 2008. Accessed June 8, 2009.
3. Web site: Postcards from the other side of the world.
4. Web site: Banging the Monkey.
5. allmusic (((Consumer Revolt > Credits)))
6. allmusic (((White Noise 89–92 > Credits)))
7. allmusic (((Ask Questions Later > Credits)))
8. allmusic (((Release > Credits)))
9. allmusic (((Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire > Credits)))
10. allmusic (((The Ponzi Scheme > Credits)))
11. allmusic (((Psychopharmacology > Credits)))
12. allmusic (((The Man on the Burning Tightrope > Credits)))
13. allmusic (((Songs We Should Have Written > Credits)))
14. allmusic (((The Golden Hour > Credits)))
15. allmusic (((International Orange! > Credits)))
16. Web site: (((Crush: Live Crush 84–85 > Credits))) . discogs . March 15, 2017 . September 15, 2019.
17. allmusic (((Forces You Don't Understand > Credits)))
18. allmusic (((Gash > Credits)))
19. allmusic (((Null/Void > Credits)))
20. http://www.discogs.com/Red-Expendables-Red-Expendables/release/1022540 Red Expendables
21. Web site: (((Obtainium > Credits))) . discogs . September 15, 2019.
22. allmusic (((Combat Disco Casbah > Credits)))
23. allmusic (((Gecekondu > Credits)))