Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren (22 June 1948, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and music producer.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Rundgren in 1976Utopia (1977), with from left to right: Roger Powell, Todd Rundgren, Kasim SultRundgren was born in Philadelphia. In the 1960s he played in a blues group called Woody's Truck Stop. [1]  together withbassist Carson of Osten he left this band in 1967 the psychedelic-rock band Nazz erect. [2]  Nazz consisted of Rundgren,drummer Thom Mooney Of Osten, and keyboardist Robert Antoni. They released two studio albums and achieved commercial success with the single "Hello it's Me".
 * 2 Trivia
 * 3 discography
 * 4 external links

Rundgren left Nazz two years after the creation. In 1969 he released an eponymous album under the name Runs out.Released their second album In 1970, ''Runs. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren''. Runt also included Hunt Sales (drums) and his brother Tony Sales (bass), but Rundgren played himself almost all parties. In 1972 appeared under his own name the double album Something/Anything?, that included the hit "I Saw the Light" and a modified version of "Hello it's Me" contains.

Starting from the next album, A Wizard, a True Star from 1973, hit Rundgren influenced by progressive rock and he began to experiment with drugs. These influences were deepened with the band Utopia, which he founded in 1974. This band until 1986 In several bands would continue to exist. In the mean time remained Rundgren also active as a solo artist.

Rundgren is also in demand as a producer, among other things for The Band, The Tubes, Meat Loaf and Bad Religion. ==Trivia[ Edit] == Actress Liv Tyler thought Todd was her father until her on her eleventh were said to be the daughter of AerosmithsingerSteven Tyler. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Nazz Nazz (1968), with
 * Nazz Nazz (1969), with Nazz
 * Runt (1970), with Runs
 *  Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971), with Runs
 * Something/Anything? (1972)
 * A Wizard, a True Star (1973)
 * Todd (1973)
 * Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974), with Utopia
 * Another Live (1975), live album with Utopia
 * Initiation (1975)
 * Faithful (1976)
 * Ra (1977), with Utopia
 *  Oops! Wrong Planet (1977), with Utopia
 * Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
 * Back to the Bars (1978), live album
 * Adventures in Utopia (1980), with Utopia
 * Deface the Music (1980), with Utopia
 * Healing (1981)
 * Swing to the Right (1982), with Utopia
 * Utopia (1982), with Utopia
 * The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983)
 * Oblivion (1984), with Utopia
 * A Cappella (1985)
 * P.O.V. (1985), with Utopia
 * Trivia (1986), compilation of Utopia
 * Nearly Human (1989)
 * 2nd Wind (1991)
 * Redux ' 92: Live in Japan (1992), with Utopia
 * No World Order (1993)
 * The Individualist (1995)
 * Up Against It (1997)
 * With a Twist (1997)
 * One Long Year (2000)
 * Liars (2004)
 * Arena (2008)
 * Todd Rundgren's Johnson Short (2010), ep
 * State (2013)