| This article needs additional citations for verification.Tommy Walter (often known by his stage name, Abandoned Pools) (born October 30, 1970 in Pasadena, California), is an American musician and songwriter.He attended University of Southern California, followed by the Pacific University.After their promising debut, Beautiful Freak, Walter left the band due to differences with E.Tely, who released a CD that was distributed on the internet.Later he went on to form Abandoned Pools.Tommy released his solo album, Humanistic, in 2001 under the stage name of Abandoned Pools.Humanistic actually features a couple of songs that were once performed by Tely, like "Start Over".They also appeared on Craig Kilborn and two videos, "Mercy Kiss", and "The Remedy", were released.After Clone High was dropped by MTV, however, and the band stopped its touring (largely due to the dissolution of their label, Extasy Records), the other members left Abandoned Pools to be Tommy's solo project again.For reasons left ambiguous by Tommy, his relationship with Ginny (a girlfriend who he later identified in his songs) came to a tumultuous end, as chronicled by Tommy himself on his online journal.This was followed by the full album in September 2005.In January 2006, Walter wrote in his blog that Universal Records had stopped promoting the album.He subsequently quit the label.He has worked on new songs, though, and has promised a third album to his fans.Humanistic
Released: September 25, 2001 (U.The Reverb EP
Released: June 7, 2005 (U.Armed to the Teeth
Released: September 27, 2005 (U.This page was last modified 23:00, 31 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Tommy has stopped updating his journal here but there are many blog entries at myspace.Universal is no longer AP's label.Look for an EP from Tommy before the end of the year.Armed To The Teeth In Stores NOW!Our sincerest apologies to Danny Kalb and Adam Moseley who were supposed to get engineering credits in the liner notes of our upcoming CD, Armed to the Teeth.Have it be known that they did a spectacular job and that we are very sorry!Pod Shuffle giveawayEnter to win an iPod Shuffle and copy of the new album Armed To The Teeth, in stores next week!New video for "Armed to the Teeth"Check it out here!Donate to the Humane Society Disaster Relief FundClick here for details or visit www.New video on the wayAbandoned Pools recently shot the video for "Armed to the Teeth" in Brooklyn.Keep your eyes peeled for its release.The Abandoned Pools iPod Giveaway!Upcoming Show At ROTHKOAttention NYC!AP should be on stage around 9:30 or 10.Upcoming Show at the TroubadourIf you're in LA, stop by.Abandoned Pool's Next ShowThe Viper Room, Hollywood Wednesday, June 8th, 10:30 21+ For ticket info: www.Waiting to PanicThe new record Armed to the Teeth is being mixed by Ken Andrews (Year of the Rabbit, ON, Failure, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) and is due out this summer.Abandoned Pools will release a 5 song EP to independent music stores on June 7th.New Studio Photos string session, mixing, etc.....Abandoned Pools will release a 5 song EP to independent music stores on June 7th.The full length album, Armed to the Teeth, will follow soon after.Look for updates in Tommy's Journal.Make a donation to Iggy's hospital fund here.Next Show: Thursday, December 16th.UNKLE, American Music Club, Sneaker PimpsSounds LikeTwo previews of songs written, performed, produced and mixed by Tommy.Feel free to comment on the video page....OLIVER THE PENGUIN, DO I LEAVE MY HEART HERE....And then you start moving the bass part around, and, boom, you've got a song.You know, the idea of, like, if this is all we have now, if that idea was just a little bit more embraced, our world could be a little bit better.And there's a lot of things that happened that shouldn't have happened, and it's just sort of one of those "oh, what could have been?"THE CATALYST
TW: "The Catalyst" is definitely along the same lines.There's a Coachella reference in there, too: "Love has slowly faded away like spotlights shining into space.""The Catalyst" was also the last song written for the record.It was probably written back in '99, 2000, or somewhere in there.It wasn't a terribly happy situation, so I was like, well screw it, I'm just gonna go off and do my own thing.I'm gonna go get a deal!"And so it was like, well, this is gonna be difficult, but it's gonna be better than what I had before.And actually, with some distance on that situation, I realized I made the right decision and made a lot more money and was a lot more happy as a result.So that was sort of a leap of faith, you know.And there was just a lull in there where nobody was interested.It felt like, I'm just waiting around and I'm really anxious.Usually I build bed tracks and come back to it a few weeks later and add something, and then come back a couple of days later.HUNTING
TW: My friend Ross Golan, who has his own band Ross Golan and Molehead, had been following the wake of the relationship.He's like, "You just gotta write her a song and use her name."And I'm like, nah, nah, it's not covered enough.And he's like, "No, just do it.So I just went for it and wrote it.It was basically a birthday gift, and it was basically saying, like, you know, "Oops!"But I like the song and I just think it was one of those times where I was really putting myself out there, and I know she liked it, too.But I like being sincere and sappy and romantic.ARMED TO THE TEETH
TW: This is one of the first songs written when we came off the road and I had a lot of momentum.They just have to own everything, and to what purpose?Does it really make the industry much better?They want to buy stuff and it just kinda makes things bad for everybody.Performing live is inspiring to writing, so it was just the whole idea of, "Alright, now that I have one record under my belt, I'm gonna really go for it in spite of all the forces that be."Why did you also choose "Armed To The Teeth" as the name of the album, too, which, in turn, implies it as the overall theme?I'm really ready to make a record, and also I think it reflects the state of the country a little bit.In some way or another, whether you acknowledge it or if it just eats at your self, you can't really get away with anything.It's sort of fatalistic that way, but also in terms of, like, seeing how I also look at as a bigger picture of, like, politically, and since we're at war right now, it seems like things are getting a little scary.So a lot of this talk about "smoking gun in the shape of a mushroom cloud" and all that, it sort of brought up for me a lot of doomsday scenarios.That's the funny thing about songwriting where I wouldn't talk about this, but then I can put it in this song and you can still hear it and you still understand, but it's sort of masked a little bit.It's presented in a certain way where it's somehow okay to say that when you're in a major key or something.This one is sort of hard to explain.This song in particular isn't really even about anything.It's just, like, observations, pretty much.And, oh, by the way, Billy Howerdel, the guitarist from A Perfect Circle, is playing guitar on that song.MAYBE THEN SOMEDAY
TW: That was one of the first songs written in the wake of the breakup.And you're not bad luck for anyone," so, you know, get off the ledge, really.And it's just one of those things; it's one of those yearning songs."Look, I know this is how you feel, but look at all the other stuff."And I sort of realize when I say things like, "I wrote this for her" or whatever, it's not really for her.On Humanistic, his 2001 debut, it referred to his leaving behind a seemingly carefree upbringing in the L.Westlake Village to pursue a career in rock, which led him to become one of the founding members of the eels after studying French horn and composition at USC and then University of the Pacific.The songs include "Armed to the Teeth," about "the way people wield their power by how they consume and spend their money," whose slashing guitars and dance rhythms evoke the likes of U2 and Joy Division.My head is exploding") both deal with the regret in the aftermath of a relationship gone awry."On that first record, people said they could hear the influences," says Walter.Things were happening in my life, and I just had to write about them.Walter is sure he's "armed to the teeth" for another opportunity.If it does well, that would be nice, but it's not the most important thing to me."Happily, Tommy Walter's loss represents a musical gain for Abandoned Pools fans.Tommy is also currently writing and performing with the band Glacier Hiking."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Thank you so much for the add.We are glad to be your friend!We wish you a happy new year!At least I still have Humanistic to tide me over for your next work.Good Luck and keep rocking on!So now I can expect a GH cd in February...Hey Tommy, Well this year is overflew by so fast.Hope you had a very merry Christmas.Really sad news for that part of the world.Hope your holidays are filled with fun, wellness and loved ones.Tommy, please release new music soon.Your fans miss you so very much.CD player for a few months now.Hey there, Clone High is my favorite show of all time and I thought I would let you know I appreciate your music very much.My favorite song has to be Fluorescein great to play along with on drums.Keep on making the good stuff !Best of everything to you this Thanksgiving.Your music is an amazing source of inspiration."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"There is just something about abandoned pools that is interesting, ain't it?Originally posted 7 months ago.Interstate 40 in Arizona.Far out, these pics are fantastic!Here you should find plenty of empty pool pics.Have long been fascinated with abandoned things, but this is the first time photographing them.The house was built by a wealthy man long ago, but when the house burned down, he abandoned the property altogether.It's been years since I've seen that or even thought of it, but it was probably that experience that really piqued my interest in abandoned places.Smirnoff floating in it.Abandoned Sun Tan Lake Resort: New Jersey
It was the largest man made pool in NJ at one point.Originally posted 6 months ago.Originally posted 6 months ago.It was a swimming pool that had a small stream feeding it.My neighbors say it was Sun Tan Lake.Sun Tan here I am hoping someones can tell me how big Sun Tan was.Shady Lane was only a hundred feet or so long.It also had a pile of rocks in the water where a spring feed the pool.Whilst not my pic, I love this image of the old Spa baths in my town of Buxton in Derbyshire, UK.Chernobyl from my recent trip!Originally posted 5 months ago.Dazzababes edited this topic 2 weeks ago.Real estate is just too valuable.This property is actually scheduled to be developed as houses soon, but of course is hung up in the courts over zoning.Originally posted 4 months ago.Some great shots in this thread!Hi, i have no pool pics,but have enjoyed looking at this fantastic collection of work,thanks.Empty pools make me quite sad for some reason.Here's one on the 6th floor of a Sheradon...The Timber Cove Inn along the coast of California, about 2 hours North of San Francisco.In the 1950s there were several stag magazine photos shot at some exotic locale in California (I assume near Hollywood) where there was a big tile wall with a spider on it.Someone unlocked the mystery of the location recently and it's still around to be photographed (I think!It'd be cool to see some high res photos of the place.Now don't go clicking on this if you're at work, because there are photos of nude women (from the 1950s) on this blog, but it details the events that led up to finding the spider pool again after all those years!If any of you are in the area and could snag me a piece of broken tile that still remains on site, I'd be happy to pay you for it!Found this on google earth and then went out to find it!Rather disappointed to find it abandoned.It's really cool that you all like abandoned pools!Well, at least the ones with transitions (curved bottoms).The text there says that after the 2003 fires in San Bernadino these are the empty lots with their pools.This is what remains of the swimming pool at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas.Its dark water was eerie and lifeless on this winter day.It is made of rough concrete and was obviously created by the followers of David Koresh and not a pool company.It was only a dozen or so yards away from here that many of the children that had played in the pool were hidden in a bunker and consumed by fire when the FBI retook the compound.Will the people of Enschede ever be able to swim again in the Aquadrome?Originally posted 2 months ago.The eye of the hurricane went right over Buras, and more or less leveled the town.Glad to see this thread is still going.I'll try to upload a few if I can figure out how to do it.Using Flickr's new photo stats function, I see that the photo I posted in this discussion, and many others, have been used by a Japanese magazine called gigazine.Anyone else who reserved all rights to their shot feel annoyed about this??Would you like to comment?Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member).Background color has been set to '+this.Are you a fan site webmaster?Add a link to your "Abandoned Pools" fan site on VH1.Tommy Walter goes by the alias of Abandoned Pools.On his own again, Walter holed up in his apartment and began writing and recording original material.Those tracks were the genesis of Abandoned Pools, which debuted with the Humanistic LP in September 2001.Universal entitled Armed to the Teeth.Download Abandoned Pools Ringtones Instantly to your Cell.Tommy Walter goes by the alias of Abandoned Pools.Growing up as the son of a former World War II bomber pilot for the Canadian Air Force, Walter picked up a bass guitar in grade school and was classically trained on the French horn shortly after high school.Abandoned Pool at Amazon.Download Abandoned Pools Ringtones Instantly to your Cell.Download Ringtones from ABANDONED POOLS.All the latest Abandoned Pools Real Music Ringtones in 30 seconds.Buy MusicWant to see your products in Yahoo!Build your own online store or Advertise with us.View RSS FeedMake money with Yahoo!Shopping APIs, now powering Yahoo!Learn more about our paid syndication program.Information about prices, products, services and merchants is provided by third parties and is for informational purposes only."The music can be as offensive or as pretty as you want.It covers the entire spectrum of rock.The possibilities are endless.There's a meaning and purpose to it, as well as a system behind it which makes it more of a challenge to play."The band's songs include "Armed to the Teeth," about "the way people wield their power by how they consume and spend their money," whose slashing guitars and dance rhythms evoke the likes of U2 and Joy Division.Abandoned Pools hasn't posted a blog yet.Abandoned Pools hasn't posted any shows yet. |
