![]() ![]() Their high school alma mater would go on to make tragic headlines for the massacre of students and teachers several years later, an event that the band members keep close to their hearts, even today. It was in the mid-1980s that Mohr, Squires and Niven formed Big Head Todd and the Monsters, at the University of Colorado. ![]() I’ve always been really concerned about doing things that are sincere and new for me.” I’ve always felt strongly about not writing the same song twice and never making the same album twice. When you have a great friendship, just like a great marriage, there’s not a lot that you can’t achieve. “Plus, our friendship is our basis for being a band. Basically, I’m a guitar-playing singer-songwriter, and my bag is being a songwriter. We have all kinds of material from all kinds of genres. “We have eight albums out, so we have a lot to draw from. “I just think that we’re a great rock ‘n’ roll band,” Mohr told The Daily Times during a recent interview. After all, Mohr and his two bandmates, bassist Rob Squires and drummer Brian Nevin, have been functioning just fine under the unusual nomenclature since they were students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. In fact, it might be more apropos to call the band Big Loud Todd and the Monsters, given the band’s monstrous guitar chords and blues-rock foundation.īut Big Head Todd and the Monsters has worked for almost 20 years, so there’s no point in changing the name now. It’s not a stretch to make that assumption, given the band’s sideshow-like nom de guerre. Todd Park Mohr has neither an oversized cranium nor a gigantic ego. Be sure to check out the video below where you listen to the full show from the 2006 performance!īig Head Todd and the Monsters help Harley Dealership Celebrate One Yearīy Steve Wildsmith (Originally published in The Maryville Daily Times) This week’s Shed Archive celebrates Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson’s NOT So Sweet 16 Birthday Bash (which is taking place this Thursday through Sunday complete with awesome food and drink specials, vendors on site, and tons of great riding), by looking back at the first ever Birthday Bashes which both featured one of The Shed’s favorite bands! You can see that even in 2005, Big Head Todd were very well aware of where the music business was heading and correctly predicted the future. ![]()
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