The lineup first consisted of vocalist Jack Grisham (who has been credited as Jack Greggors, Alex Morgan, Jack Ladoga, Jim Woo and James DeLauge), guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes, the band's first release was a harshly political eponymous T.S.O.L. EP featuring tracks such as "Superficial Love," "World War III" and "Abolish Government."
After their debut EP, they released Dance With Me, their first full-length record. A departure from the entirely political nature of the previous release, Dance With Me was far darker and more macabre, featuring such themes as necrophilia, and the song "Silent Scream," which is made up entirely of horror movie clichés. Their most popular release, both then and to this day, the album earned them the title of the "West Coast Misfits" (a reference to Glenn Danzig's band the Misfits on the East Coast), and has made the band a favorite amongst horror punk fans.
They later signed to independent label Alternative Tentacles, for which they released the Weathered Statues 7" EP and the Beneath the Shadows album which featured, for the first time, keyboard player Greg Kuehn who added a new dimension to the band. Around this period their style had changed further, becoming highly experimental and varied, featuring art punk and psychedelic leanings, as well as their customary horror themes.
In 1983 amid personal turmoil, Jack Grisham and Todd Barnes left the band and were replaced by singer Joe Wood (who was Grisham's brother-in-law) and drummer Mitch Dean. This new line-up (with Joe Wood and Mitch Dean) released the album named Change Today? in 1984 on Enigma Records.
The group changed their sound entirely for their next release Revenge, adopting a punk metal sound. Their music was featured in the 1984 movie Suburbia, the 1985 version of popular horror movie Return of the Living Dead and Dangerously Close in 1986.
The band became friends with Guns N' Roses and T.S.O.L. t-shirts can be seen in the "Sweet Child o' Mine" video. They followed up with an album in a similar style, titled Hit and Run. Before it was released, original guitarist Ron Emory quit the band, leaving Mike Roche as the sole original member.
T.S.O.L. were joined briefly by guitarist Scotty Phillips, who quit before the band started recording the follow-up to Hit and Run. They eventually hired guitar player and actor Marshall Rohner. They released a blues-metal album titled Strange Love in 1990. Mike Roche quit shortly before the album release, leaving no original member in the band. A compilation album entitled Hell & Back Together: 1984-1990 was issued in 1992 with an emphasis on their metal era. Murphy Karges, later of Sugar Ray, briefly replaced Roche on bass as did Dave Mello.
Meanwhile, the original members had started playing shows featuring the band's early material under the name T.S.O.L., often playing the same cities, the same nights as the other T.S.O.L. Since Joe Wood and Mitch Dean now owned the rights to the name T.S.O.L., they threatened to sue the original members, who released a live album of their early material under the name "Grisham, Roche, Emory and Barnes" but stopped playing together soon after because of drug problems.
In 1996, most of the original members settled down and realized that they still had a passion for their music and that fans wanted them to reunite. In 1999, they fought with Wood for rights to the name and won before joining the Vans Warped Tour, playing for the first time in years under the name T.S.O.L.
Todd Barnes had died on December 6th, 1999 of a brain aneurysm at the age of 34. The remaining members recruited drummer Jay O'Brien and released the Anticop single and the Disappear and Divided We Stand albums on Nitro Records, the latter of which featured Greg Kuehn back on keyboards. The Original T.S.O.L. recorded two more full length albums. In September of 2007, Cider City Records released the posthumous live album Live From Long Beach, recorded in November 2006 on the weekend of the band's two "farewell" performances.
Their departure was short-lived, however, with a couple of local shows in late 2007. They also headlined the "F**k the Whales, Save a Chckn" benefit in February of 2008, held to help with cancer treatment bills for guitarist Craig "Chckn" Jewett of D.I.
They are an independent band under the Nitro Records banner, which was started by the Offspring vocalist Dexter Holland, for whom T.S.O.L. is cited as an influence.
In December 2008, the band, in cooperation with Hurley, entered the studio to record Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads which was, as the title suggests, made available as a free download through Hurley's website on January 8, 2009.
The late eighties T.S.O.L. version apparently are popular enough to invite bookings in Brazil & Argentina, where the Grisham led band hold no legal rights to prevent Wood from gigging as T.S.O.L. Since 1996, Wood has been joined by guitarists including Mike Martt and Drac Conley, drummers Steve "Sully" O’Sullivan and Mitch Dean and bassist Dave Mello, who joined the band near the end of its Enigma years run. Additionally, Wood has pursued musical work in Joe Wood and the Lonely Ones & Cisco Poison.
Members
* Jack Grisham - vocals
* Ron Emory - guitar
* Mike Roche - bass
* Antonio Val Hernandez - Drums
* Greg Kuehn - piano, synthesizers
Former members
* Todd Barnes - drums
* Murphy Karges (born Matthew Murphy Karges) - bass
* Dave Mello - bass
* Joe Wood - vocals, guitar
* Mitch Dean - drums
* Marshall Rohner - guitars
* Jay O'Brien - drums
* Travis Johnson - drums
* Billy Blaze - drums
* Frank Agnew - guitar
* Scotty Phillips - guitar
* Tiny Bubbz - Drums
Waiting for You
T.S.O.L. Lyrics
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Looking at a bad girl that I ever saw
Ah ah, come on
넌 항상 신경 쓰고 있지만
니 마음 모두 알고 있어 (ah)
아직 그녀를 잊지 못한 사랑에
넌 힘들어한다는 걸 (come on)
멍한 너의 눈빛 볼 때면
슬퍼지는 나를 아니 (ah)
너의 눈 속에 그녀 생각뿐인 걸
난 알면서 감출 뿐야 (ah ah)
Because of falling for you
There's nothing else I can do
Because of falling for you (stop, hot)
For you still waiting for you
나만을 사랑한단 너의 말
거짓인 걸 알고 있어 (ah)
그냥 나에게 상처 주기 싫었던
네 미안한 위로인 걸 (because of)
언젠가 취한 밤
나에게 전화를 걸어
자꾸만 그녀 이름
부르던 너였지
그래도 너를 미워할 수가 없었나 봐 (stop girl, get girl)
가질 수 없는 사랑 (girl, you on my mind)
그 마음을 알기에 이해해 (come on)
하지만 기다릴게
내 사랑 알 때까지
언젠가 니 맘속에 (stop it)
나 있을 그 날까지
네가 원하는 그 사랑 (don't stop the body rock)
내가 아니란 걸 알지만 (uh girl you on my mind, girl bae, you on my mind, come on)
너를 사랑해 (don't stop the body rock)
그저 바라보고 있을 뿐야 (Fin.K.L, bring it to me one time, come on)
언젠가 취한 밤
나에게 전화를 걸어
자꾸만 그녀 이름
부르던 너였지
그래도 너를 미워할 수가 없었나 봐 (stop girl, get girl)
가질 수 없는 사랑 (you on my mind)
그 마음을 알기에 이해해 (uh come on)
Because of falling for you (for you)
There's nothing else I can do
Because of falling for you (stop it)
For you I still waiting for you (I still waiting for you)
Because of falling for you
There's nothing else I can do (I can do)
Because of falling for you (stop it)
(For you I still waiting for you)
The lyrics to T.S.O.L.'s song Waiting For You describe the feelings of a man who is in love with a woman who is still in love with her previous partner. The song discusses the pain and difficulty of loving someone who cannot reciprocate those feelings. The man in the song knows that the woman is still struggling to get over her previous relationship, and he can see it in her eyes. But despite knowing that he cannot have her, he is still unable to stop loving her.
The song also touches on the idea of waiting for someone you love. The man in the song is waiting for the woman to realize that he is the one for her. He is willing to wait as long as it takes for her to see that he is the one who truly loves her.
Overall, the lyrics to Waiting For You are about the pain and uncertainty that come with loving someone who is still in love with someone else. The man in the song is willing to wait and hoping that the woman he loves will someday see him as the one for her.
Line by Line Meaning
First time I saw you, it turned hot
When I first saw you, I felt intense attraction
Looking at a bad girl that I ever saw
You appeared to be a rebellious, non-conforming woman
Ah ah, come on
Expressing enthusiasm and encouragement
You're always worried, but
You constantly seem to be concerned
I know all of your feelings (ah)
I understand all of your emotions
Still struggling with the love you can't forget
You are still having a difficult time dealing with a past love
Come on
Encouragement to keep going
When I see your vacant eyes
When I see your empty gaze
I become sad not for myself (ah)
I feel sadness for you, not myself
I know that you only think of her when you look in your eyes
I know that you only think of her when you look within yourself
But I hide it even though I know (ah ah)
However, I choose to conceal my knowledge
Because of falling for you
Because I have developed feelings for you
There's nothing else I can do
I am unable to change my feelings
Because of falling for you (stop, hot)
Because I have developed intense feelings for you
For you still waiting for you
I am still waiting for you despite everything
You said you loved only me
You claimed that you only loved me
But I know that it was a lie (ah)
However, I know that was not the truth
It was just your apology for not wanting to hurt me
It was merely your way of trying not to hurt me
Because of
Due to
One night when you were drunk
A time when you were intoxicated
You called me
You contacted me
And you kept calling her name
You kept mentioning her name
But still, I couldn't hate you (stop girl, get girl)
Nevertheless, I could not bring myself to despise you
It's a love that I can't have (girl, you on my mind)
It's a love that is unattainable for me
But because I understand your feelings
But because I empathize with your emotions
Come on
Encouragement to persevere
Still, I'll wait
I will continue to wait
Until you know my love
Until you realize the full extent of my love
Somewhere in your heart (stop it)
Somewhere deep within your heart
Until the day I'm there
Until the day I am present in your life
That love you want (don't stop the body rock)
The love that you desire
Even though it's not me, I know (uh girl you on my mind, girl bae, you on my mind, come on)
Although it's not directed towards me, I am aware of it
I love you (don't stop the body rock)
I love you unconditionally
I'm just watching over you (Fin.K.L, bring it to me one time, come on)
I'm simply observing and caring for you
Because of falling for you (for you)
Because I have fallen for you
There's nothing else I can do
I am unable to do anything else
Because of falling for you (stop it)
Because I have fallen deeply for you
For you I'm still waiting for you (I still waiting for you)
I am still waiting for you despite everything
Because of falling for you
Because I have fallen for you
There's nothing else I can do (I can do)
There are no other options available to me
Because of falling for you (stop it)
Because I am so deeply in love with you
(For you I still waiting for you)
I continue to wait for you, regardless of everything else
Lyrics © DistroKid, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Young Ah Kim, Mario
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