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Between 2001 and 2017, Todd was a member of the psychedelic rock trio Circus Devils, along with band founder Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) and brother Tim Tobias. Circus Devils released 14 full length albums, each containing a unique theme, musical style and story-world.
 LAUGHS LAST 2017 Circus Devils takes a breathless romp through multiple styles, creating an enjoyable listen from front to back. Filled with high humor and low drama, Laughs Last marks a bold exclamation point at the end of Circus Devils' 16-year run. |  STOMPING GROUNDS 2015 A rock and roll sock in the jaw, STOMPING GROUNDS blasts off with the vocal bravado of Robert Pollard at full tilt. The album’s flipside detours into more psychedelic territory, offering a mixture of weird and pretty vignettes. |
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 ESCAPE 2014 Circus Devils takes a break from brash psychedelic rock to gear down with a collection of acoustic ballads; friendly, lo-fi pop; and murky, otherworldly mood pieces, creating what might be described as a broadcast from a parallel world where the year is 1964 and 2077 at the same time. |  WHEN MACHINES ATTACK 2013 Circus Devils brings you 19 sonic postcards from a probable future forecasting civilization's approaching doom and opportunities to cash in. Great listening for late night car trips, driving alone of course. Keep watching the skies! |
 MY MIND HAS SEEN THE WHITE TRICK 2013 Circus Devils stretch their musical muscles on this collection of subtly weird, thematically unrelated pieces, at times venturing into jazzier territory. |  CAPSIZED! 2011 Hit the high seas with Capsized! Once again the band transcends musical genres with a strangely coherent blend of soft rock, aggresive stompers, creepy soundscapes and even a radio-friendly pop song (Cyclopean Runways). CAPSIZED! is a movie for the ears, taking the listener on a dark adventure with strange cargo, sirens, shipboard ghosts and bad soup. |
 MOTHER SKINNY 2010 This time the devils run the gamut from ham-fisted, hard rock thumpers to freak-pop to pretty, ethereal numbers, all weaved together in a seamless song-collage. As always, the band is steadfast in their unpredictability. The material on Mother Skinny might be described as art rock made by cave men. |  GRINGO 2009 Circus Devils goes acoustic! With a 1970's Morricone-esque, Southwestern flavor, Gringo is a song-cycle with moods ranging from jubilant to melancholy to mean, all wrapped in the trademark Circus Devils palette of exotic sounds. |
 ATAXIA 2008 H.P. Lovecraft meets Devo on ATAXIA, Circus Devils' collection of moonshine revelries and musical trips by torchlight into the mist-shrouded fields and forests of Ohio (aka: land of mystery). Robert Pollard and the Tobias brothers treat us to an intoxicating blend of jagged, insistent rock and uneasy lullabies. |  SGT DISCO 2007 The double album released on Mike Patton's Ipecac label, this is Circus Devils' apotheosis. Shanties, throbbing gristle-esque loops and noises, stoner jams and mini-pop-operas all piled like vignettes and miniatures, creating an alternate music universe in which every song is a hit. |
 FIVE 2005 Perhaps the least accessible C.D. album of all. Like a deformed brother kept hidden away in the cellar, you may have difficulty tracking down this one. For the curious, there is beauty to be found along with the shocking. |  PINBALL MARS 2004 A garage rock opera, including the laboratory built off the garage where substances are brewed. Join Pinball, Flush, Z and Eel on the streets of your town as they take a strange journey. See you inside. |
 THE HAROLD PIG MEMORIAL 2002 A concept album that chronicles the life of biker Harold Pig, as he is remembered by friends at his wake. Melodic, soulful, eerie, intense and gentle in turns. |  RINGWORM INTERIORS 2001 The Circus Devils debut album is their most dangerous. Not for the sqeamish or anyone who likes their songs to go down easy. |
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