Tod Ashley

Tod Ashley is a musician better known by the stage name Tod A. He founded the rock music groups Cop Shoot Cop and Firewater, and is a singer-songwriter and bass guitarist.

Tod A
Background information
Birth name	Tod Ashley
Born	(1965-11-30) November 30, 1965
Instruments	Bass guitar
Associated acts	Cop Shoot Cop 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]

References

1. Fayers, Adam. "SHITHAUS – CRUSH: LIVE CRUSH 84 – 85" Archived November 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 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. "Postcards from the other side of the world".
4. "Banging the Monkey".
5. allmusic ((( Consumer Revolt > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
6. allmusic ((( White Noise 89–92 > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
7. allmusic ((( Ask Questions Later > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
8. allmusic ((( Release > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
9. allmusic ((( Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
10. allmusic ((( The Ponzi Scheme > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
11. allmusic ((( Psychopharmacology > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
12. allmusic ((( The Man on the Burning Tightrope > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
13. allmusic ((( Songs We Should Have Written > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
14. allmusic ((( The Golden Hour > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
15. allmusic ((( International Orange! > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
16. "( Crush: Live Crush 84–85 > Credits )". discogs. March 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
17. allmusic ((( Forces You Don't Understand > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
18. allmusic ((( Gash > Credits ))) Allmusic. November 26, 2011.
19. allmusic ((( Null/Void > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
20. Red Expendables Discogs. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
21. "( Obtainium > Credits )". discogs. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
22. allmusic ((( Combat Disco Casbah > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
23. allmusic ((( Gecekondu > Credits ))) Allmusic. Retrieved November 26, 2011.

External links

• 90.3 WCPN Cleveland – Podcast interview with Tod A.