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 Poley live at Klubben in Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010 | |
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| Birth name | Ted Harris Poley |
| Born | January 5, 1962 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
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Ted Poley (born January 5, 1964)[ citation needed ] is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Danger Danger. Previously performed in Prophet as a drummer.
Poley was born on January 5, 1962, in Englewood, New Jersey, in the family of a lawyer and of English origin. He was the only child in the family.
His father wanted him to become a lawyer too, and in 1983 Poley received his law degree.
However soon he was joined to progressive rock band Prophet as a drummer.[ citation needed ] They released their first album in 1985. Poley performed lead vocals on songs "Heart of the Night", "It's Real" and "Listen to Ya'".[ citation needed ]
In 1987, he was approached by Bruno Ravel to join Danger Danger as a lead vocalist and he accepted.[ citation needed ]
With Danger Danger, Poley enjoyed much success as the band caught the late surge wave of 1980s glam metal. Together they released two albums ( Danger Danger and Screw It! ) and toured with bands like KISS, Alice Cooper, and others.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
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. [1]
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 the U.S. and played for the first time in seven years.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
In 2002, Poley's band (now known as Poley/Pichler) released an album titled Big. This album featured Gerhard Pichler on guitar, Joe Slattery on bass (with whom Poley had played before in Lush back in the early 1980s) and Slattery's bandmate from the AOR melodic rock band Norway, Marty Brasington on drums.[ citation needed ]
In 2004, he rejoined Danger Danger and started touring with them again.[ citation needed ]
In 2016, he formed Tokyo Motor Fist with Trixter guitarist Steve Brown. Their first album was released on February 24, 2017. [2]
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