Tad

Tad Doyle, Vocals/Guitar
Kurt Danielson, Bass
Gary Thorstensen, Guitar
Steve Wied, Drums  (1988-1991)
Rey Washam, Drums  (1991-1992)
Josh Sinder, Drums  (1993-1997)

Formed in 1988, Seattle

TAD was formed after Tad Doyle had just quit playing drums for the band "H-Hour", that he had moved to Seattle with, in late 1986, from Boise Idaho.  In a little over a year's time, he went into the studio a couple of times and came out with four songs.  They became part of the first Sub Pop single "Daisy/Ritual Device".  Soon afterward, Tad brought in some other friends to round out the lineup of TAD.

Their first three projects were released by Sub Pop and in 1993 Warner Bros. released "Inhaler".  When a controversial poster for the album was released, featuring a picture of Bill Clinton smoking a joint and saying “This is heavy shit,” they were dropped from Warner.  Trouble also came with "Jack Pepsi", one of their best-known songs, when Pepsi-Cola filed a lawsuit against the band due to the original cover art on the single.  They broke up in 1997.

Tad set to release DVD:  Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears  2/19/08
Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll with a side dish of lawsuits and in-band turmoil, Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears chronicles the band's rise and eventual disintegration. It contains archival footage spanning the band's entire career, from the club days to the arenas. The documentary also utilizes insightful interviews from some of Seattle's most respected musicians including Krist Novoselic (Nirvana), Chad Channing (Nirvana), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Mark Felchtone (Zeke), and many others.

The audience will be taken on a musical journey from the highest of the highs, to the bands all time lows. It's truly a frustrating story of the band's repeated bad luck juxtaposed with a close-up look at their influential musical approach. As Charles Cross (author/writer) states in the movie, this is a story of, "What could have been as opposed to what was".

"TAD took the idea of playing LIVE very seriously; it was a life or death matter. This DVD not only stands as testimony to that claim, but it's also a cinematic document of the world's HEAVIEST band EVER (as Bruce Pavitt so incisively puts it) bodily stretching that assertion beyond any previously known limitations. Better than a tattoo, it's an open scar that roars, a broken alarm bell ringing from the lost event horizon of a long-dead star, one we could never see--that is, until this DVD clipped it back onto the light box of the silver screen, where it can be deciphered and viewed anew. This documentary telescopes the musical pathology of TAD down into the image of an electrocardiograph recording the minor-mode melody of a final infarct, a demented soundtrack that is neither tame nor de-clawed. It was never meant to be. Dare to feel it, and, like me, risk bleeding internally."
- Kurt Danielson

TAD's Discography:

God's Ball's  (EP)

    • Released in 1989

      Jack Endino produced this debut EP released on Sub Pop Records.  Buy The Combo!
    • Behemoth
    • Pork Chop
    • Helot
    • Sex God Missy
    • Cyanide Bath
    • Boiler Room
    • Satan's Chainsaw

Salt Lick  (EP)

    • Released in 1990

      Tad works with another heavyweight producer for "Salt Lick", Steve Albini.     Buy The Combo!
    • Axe To Grind
    • High On The Hog
    • Wood Goblins
    • Hibernation
    • Glue Machine
    • Potlatch
    • Loser


Salt Lick / God's Ball's

    • Released in 1990

      Combining the Jack Endino produced EP "God's Balls" with Steve Albini's produced "Salt Lick" on Sub Pop.     Click To Buy It!
    • Axe To Grind
    • Hight On The Hog
    • Wood Goblins
    • Hibernation
    • Glue Machine
    • Potlatch
    • Loser
    • Behemoth
    • Pork Chop
    • Helot
    • Sex God Missy
    • Cyanide Bath
    • Boiler Room
    • Satan's Chainsaw





Jack Pepsi  (EP)

    • Released in 1991

      Sub Pop single release.  Pepsi sued them for the cover art and it was banned. Currently Not Available
    • Jack Pepsi
    • Eddie Hook
    • Pig Iron
    • Plague Years


8-Way Santa

    • Released in 1991

      Produced by Butch Vig, this project contains the parody on truck driver's, "Jack Pepsi".   Click To Buy it!
    • Jinx
    • Giant Killer
    • Wired God
    • Delinquent
    • Hedge Hog
    • Flame Tavern
    • Trash Truck
    • Stumblin' Man
    • Jack Pepsi
    • Candi
    • 3-D Witch Hunt
    • Crane's Cafe
    • Plague Years




Salem  (EP)

    • Released in 1992

      Three song EP is the final release on Sub Pop.       Click To Buy It!
    • Salem
    • Welt
    • Leper


Leafy Incline  (Single)

    • Leafy Incline  [Single Version]
    • Leafy Incline  [Album Version]
    • Pale Corkscrew  [Non-Album Track]

Inhaler

    • Released in 1993

      Warner Bros. debut and their first with drummer Josh Sinder. Tad toured with Soundgarden to promote it. Click To Buy It!
    • Grease Box
    • Throat Locust
    • Leafy Incline
    • Luminol
    • Ulcer
    • Lycanthrope
    • Just Bought The Farm
    • Rotor
    • Paregoric
    • Pansy
    • Gouge



Live Alien Broadcasts

    • Released in 1995

      "Best Of" compilation of live studio recordings.          Click To Buy It!
    • Throat Locust
    • Just Bought The Farm
    • Paregoric
    • Delinquent
    • Rotor
    • Pale Corkscrew
    • Stumblin' Man
    • Demon Seed
    • Sunday Drive
    • Jack



Infrared Riding Hood

    • Released in 1995

      Released on Elektra's EastWest label.                Click To Buy It!
    • Ictus
    • Bullhorn
    • Thistle Suit
    • Emotional Cockroach
    • Red Eye Angel
    • Bludge
    • Dementia
    • Weakliing
    • Halcyon Nights
    • Particle Accelerator
    • Tool Marks
    • Mystery Copter




Oppenheimer's Pretty Nightmare   (7")

    • Oppenheimer's Pretty Nightmare
    • Accident On The Way To Church


Busting Circuits and Ringing Ears   (DVD)

    • To Be Released 2/19/08

      Archival footage covering the band's entire career.  This also includes insightful interviews from Seattle's respected musicians.         Not Yet Available
    • Release Date is February 19, 2008