PUNK
USA
Ten Foot Pole was founded in 1983 as Scared Straight.
Before changing their name to Ten Foot Pole in the early 1990s, the band included nardcore punk members Scott Radinsky and others. The band released two albums under their new name with the old lineup: Swill and Rev. After the release of Rev and a split EP with Sweden'sSatanic Surfers, Radinsky was forced to leave the band due to his professional baseball commitments and Ten Foot Pole's desire to be a full-time touring band. From then on Dennis Jagard took over lead vocals for the band.
The next albums, Unleashed and Insider, developed a new fan base but lost some old time fans who preferred Scott's voice, apparently including decision makers at Epitaph Records. The next album, Bad Mother Trucker, was released on Victory Records, followed bySubliminable Messages on Go-Kart Records. Various musicians joined and left along the way, as the DIY band toured heavily in the US, Europe and Canada, including Glen "Vegas" Murray Eric Cody, John Chapman, Dan Kelly, Chris Dalley, Keith Divel, and Mike Levy who is a Social Studies teacher for Culver City Middle School in Culver City, California, along with Kevin Ruggeri, who is an English teacher for Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Lead singer Dennis is a sound engineer, who has mixed for artists including Prince and Return to Forever.
The band renamed themselves to Ten Foot Pole ("Three Meter Pole") in the early 1990s while on tour in Europe, not wanting to be mistaken for a "straight edge" punk band.
On 4 April 2009, the band was to have ended a three-year hiatus with a show at the Riorock festival in Belgium.
Kevin Ruggeri is a member of the Canadian-based band Four Square. He teaches American and British Literature at Conestoga High School, located in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
They were also featured 2000 in the Punk Goes Metal compilations performing a cover of "Love Song" by Tesla.
Albums:
1997 - Unleashed
Members:
Dennis Jagard
Chris Dalley
Keith Divel
Dan Kelly
1. Fiction
2. John
3. It's Not Me
4. Denial
5. What You Want
6. Daddy
7. Damage
8. Too Late
9. Excuses
10. Pride and Shame
11. Regret
12. Hey Pete
13. A.D.D.
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