Education
In 1993, he finished recording Danger Danger"s third album, Cockroach, but was surprisingly fired from the band.
In 1993, he finished recording Danger Danger"s third album, Cockroach, but was surprisingly fired from the band.
He then joined New Jersey progressive rock band Prophet as a drummer. They released their first album in 1985. Poley also sang lead vocals on some of their songs.
In 1987, while working with the band"s second album, he was approached by Bruno Ravel and Steve West to join Danger Danger and he accepted.
With Danger Danger, Poley enjoyed much success as the band caught the late surge wave of 80s hair metal. Together they released two albums (Danger Danger and Screw lieutenant!) and toured with bands like KISS, Alice Cooper, and others
They hired another singer (Paul Laine) and attempted to release the album with new vocals, but Poley sued and prevented the album from being released. The same year, he formed a new band called Bone Machine with guitarist John Allen III (Tommy Lee"s band) In 1994, they released their first album titled Dogs.
In 1995, they toured the United Kingdom and released a live record titled Search and Destroy.
In 1996, they released their last album titled Disappearing, Incorporated. The album is noted for featuring an eerie premonition of what would happen in the 2001 9/11 attacks in the cover art In 2000, he joined the band Melodica with Gerhard Pichler on guitar.
As a band, they released several albums: USAcoustica, and Lovemetal among them.
During this time, Poley returned to United States. and played for the first time in seven years. In 2001, Danger Danger finally released the album Cockroach after reaching an agreement with Epic Records.
The album featured two discs: one with the Poley vocals, and the other with the new vocals by the band"s new singer, Paul Laine. In 2002, Poley"s band (now known as Poley/Pichler) released an album titled Big.
This album featured Gerhard Pichler on guitar, Joe Slattery on bass guitar (with whom Poley had played with before in Lush back in the early 80"s) and Slattery"s band mate from the AOR melodic rock band Norway, Marty Brasington on drums.
In 2004, he rejoined Danger Danger and started touring with them again. In 1998, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2011, Poley recorded some songs for Sega games in the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. In 2008, rock & roll comic Community College Banana recorded a song called "Ted Poley," released on the album "KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent." The song is actually a parody of the Kiss song "Unholy," inspired by the story of Poley"s first encounter with Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley.
Mr.
Speed
Hollywood Wild (1982)
Prophet
Prophet (1985)
Danger Danger
Danger Danger (1989)
Down And Dirty Live (1990)
Screw lieutenant! (1991)
Cockroach (2001)
Revolve (2009)
Bone Machine
Dogs (1994)
Search and Destroy (Live, 1995)
Live in the United Kingdom (VHS & VCD, 1996)
Disappearing, Incorporated. (1996)
Melodica
Long Way From Home (2000)
USAcoustica (2001)
Lovemetal (2001)
Livemetal (Live, 2002)
Live in Springfield
Poley/Pichler
Big (2002)
Ted Poley
Collateral Damage (2006)
Smile (2007)
Greatestits Volume(s).1 (2009)
Pleasure Dome
Foreign Your Personal Amusement (2008)
Poley/Rivera
Only Human (2008).