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====== Ted Worthless ======

Alternative Rock / Gothic Rock\\
Mesa, Arizona, USA

Ted Worthless was a member of [[No Laughing Matter]], as well as starting and running [[Worthless Records]]. He also frequently worked with [[Scott Roman]]. His other bands include [[Jet Jaguar]] and [[Skin Deep]].

===== Discography =====

| 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/ted-worthless-so-youre-skeptical/|So, You’re Skeptical?]] (#1) | [[Worthless Records]] |
| 1988 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/12/14/ted-worthless-serpents-and-bones/|Serpents and Bones]] (#2) | [[Worthless Records]] |
| 1988 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/ted-worthless-a-time-for-fear/|A Time for Fear]] (#3) | [[Worthless Records]] |
| 1988 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/ted-worthless-pieces-of-other-peoples-lives/|Pieces of Other Peoples Lives]] (#4) | [[Worthless Records]] |
| 1989 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/ted-worthless-voice-of-anger/|Voice of Anger]] (#5) | [[Worthless Records]] |

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==== So You're Skeptical? ====

1986 [[Worthless Records]]\\
Ted Worthless #1

Ted Worthless – Vocals, most (if not all) instruments

  - Flying/Sleeping/Thinking
  - Derob
  - Grave Yard Party
  - Something I Heard on T.V.
  - Carting Fan Two
  - I Wonder What a Soul Tastes Like
  - Bored
  - Small Bottle of Courage
  - Beggarman
  - Me and the World
  - Angry Past
  - The Grass is Green
  - In This House
  - Holier Than Thou
  - Statement
  - The Cross is the Touchstone of Faith

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==== Serpents and Bones ====

1987 [[Worthless Records]]\\
Ted Worthless #2

All songs written and performed by Ted Worthless

  - Where the Moon Rises (2:25)
  - Serpents and Bones (2:59)
  - Hard Rocks at Pier 3 (3:56)
  - Ceiling Fan 4 (1:25)
  - Naomi's Song (2:31)
  - Marital Strife (2:40)
  - A Medley of Many Poems (5:13)
  - Pain #1 (3:04)
  - Attention! (4:12)
  - Attention? (0:47)
  - Surf Death (2:15)
  - All Gods' Children (3:06)
  - You Can't Sleep in the Grass, The Snails Will Crawl on Your Face (3:45)
  - Calling (3:14)
  - Vapours (1:17)
  - Created Equal (2:46)
  - Thirteen (4:33)
  - The Man with the Patent Leather Soul (2:44)
  - Isa. 8:11-18 (2:20)
  - I Don't Want to Be Rich (2:25)

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==== A Time to Fear ====

1988 [[Worthless Records]] (WR-070)\\
Ted Worthless #3

Ted Worthless – All music, lyrics, vocals, drums, guitars, bass, keys – except:\\
Echo – Drums on “Tuesday’s Child Awakened”\\
Scott Roman – Lyrics on “The Pain Can Sometimes Kill”\\

  - The Pain Can Sometimes Kill
  - Trauma
  - Tuesday’s Child Awakened
  - Theme of the Red Lion Inn
  - Tea & Cookies
  - Tranquiliser
  - Trinidad
  - CF7 (Tricks I Can’t Explain)
  - The Mary’s Song

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==== Pieces of Other Peoples Lives ====

1988 [[Worthless Records]]\\
Ted Worthless #4

Ted Worthless - Voice, drums, guitar, bass, synthesizer\\
All songs by Ted Worthless

  - Tense Party One (3:14)
  - The Story of Second Avenue (1:26)
  - Twist (CFB) (3:45)
  - Roomful of Meathooks (2:23)
  - Father God-Mother Nature (1:36)
  - Last Night the Christ Came (1:21)
  - Tense Party Two (1:43)
  - Home Sweet Home (2:11)
  - Twenty Groovy Colours Club (2:54)
  - Have a Punk Christmas!! (1:36)
  - Death Has Always Been a Celebrity (3:48)
  - Annihilation (0:55)

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==== Voice of Anger ====

1989 [[Worthless Records]]\\
Ted Worthless #5

Ted Worthless – Vocals, most (if not all) instruments

  - 100 Mile House
  - Tense Party 3
  - I Don't Want to be Rich
  - Serpents and Bones
  - Father God - Mother Nature
  - Last Night The Christ Came
  - Home Sweet Home
  - 7 Seals
  - Every Single Morning
  - Beggerman...

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===== Links =====

  * [[http://www.munk.org/|Current website of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk (aka Ted Wortless)]]
  * [[https://munk.org/Ted_Worthless/|Downbload all of Ted Worthless' demos]]