Ted Chain Timeline

• 1976
  • Ted starts recording with old cassette deck
  • Gary Carter destroys old cassette deck
  • Ted starts using cheapo reel-to-reel deck (July?)
• August 1977
  • Ted gets Realistic Minisette IV tape recorder
• December 1977
  • Ted gets GTR chord organ
• January 1978
  • Ted records a tape full of organ crap
• July 1978
  • Leaping Lobster records "Crustacean Wagon"
  • Ted and Brian Hershey record double piano concerto
• September 1980
  • Ted gets Sears LXI (Sanyo) stereo system
• October 1980
  • Ted gets another cheap tape deck from Sears to replace Minisette IV
• 1980
  • Minisette IV breaks (prior to October)
• August 1981
  • Ted buys Casio VL-Tone (8/2)
• September 1981
  • J.J. Jammer and "Little" Dick Beater meet at M.I. Evel, HSJD (High School for Juvenile Delinquents).
• January 1982
  • Ted Team records and releases "Premier" (?)
• April 1982
  • First issue of Blue Boo Boo music magazine printed.
• May 1982
  • Blue Boo Boo music magazine #2 printed.
• June 1982
  • Blue Boo Boo music magazine #3 printed.
• September 1982
  • Blue Boo Boo music magazine #4 unfinished.
  • Ted starts High School at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Wheaton, MD.
• February 1983
  • J.J. Jammer is kicked out of music class after composing "Chaos in E flat Minor"
• July 1983
  • Ted Team performs at Capitol Center. J.J. Jammer and "Little" Dick Beater are present.
• August 1983
  • JJJammers formed. J.J. Jammer on Guitar, Vocals, Organ. "Little" Dick Beater on Drums, Vocals, Synth.
  • Jammers release "The Original"
  • Ted Team releases "Ballot of the 7 Flumes"
• September 1983
  • Jammers release "Hey J.J." single.
• October 1983
  • Bath Key Bangers release "Boom Boom BAM"
  • Ted Team releases "Bar-b-q" and "Barbeque Now"
  • Ted Possessed by spirit of Al Buttt.
• November 1983
  • Jammers release Vol I and Vol II.
• December 1983
  • J.J. has his guitar confiscated by school officials after performing "Excommunicated", an original composition, during the M.I.Evel school's Christmas Concert.
  • Ted and J.J. sneak into M.I.Evel school the night before the Butt Festival and repossess his guitar.
  • Butt Festival '83
  • Buttocks III formed. Ted on everything. J.J. Jammer on Lead Guitar. "Little" Dick Beater on Drums.
  • JJJammers release single "Interstellar Distress" with special guest Telly Savalis on Lead Hairdryer.
• January 1984
  • Buttocks' Butt Session cancelled.
  • Jammers LP "Beater's Bolero" mysteriously destroyed.
• February 1984
  • Buttocks' Anal Connection
• March 1984
  • Jammers release "Black Sabbath" and "Soundtrack to Hell"
  • "Little" Dick Beater kicked out of Buttocks
• April 1984
  • Trashed Davenport with J.J. Jammer on Bass release "Meshing of Garbage".
  • Dick Beaters formed.
• May 1984
  • Trashed Davenport dies in encounter with Hacksaw Incision.
  • Vomit formed with J.J. Jammer on Guitar, Rudy on Sax, Telly Savalis on Lead Hairdryer, Jack Anus on Rhythm, and Monica Egghead as Mascot.
• June 1984
  • Vomit releases "Adventure Inside the Dryer".
  • Buttocks II release "Adventure on Uranus".
• July 1984
  • Buttocks II release "Flying Feces on the Fourth".
  • Dick Beaters fold.
• August 1984
  • Dick Beater dies in New Jersey under mysterious circumstances.
  • Buttocks IV "Red Rectum" with Scott Bath Key on Bass, Bryan Frizzbrain on Drums, Ted and J.J..
  • Jammers release "Narrow Escape".
  • Scott Bath Key forms "Hack Band".
• September 1984
  • Jammers release "Greatest Hits" and "Before the Original".
• October 1984
  • John Slut of "40% More" replaces Bryan Frizzbrain as drummer for the Buttocks.
  • John Slut kicked out of Buttocks after trying to sneak in "40% More" guitarist William "Fingerless" Deadpan.
  • Ted Team releases "Hollow Ween".
• November 1984
  • Buttocks II, "Fall on Uranus", "Orbiting Uranus".
• December 1984
  • Butt Festival featuring Buttocks III reunion. "Little" Dick Beater reappears and desecrates stage.
• January 1985
  • Sudden Urgence release Volumes I and II.
• February 1985
  • Iron Fruit Fly release "Iron Fruit Fly Volume I"
  • Sudden Urgence Volume III released.
• April 1985
  • Buttocks II, "Butt Session" recorded.
• September 1985
  • J.J. Jammer ships off to Trashman U.
• December 1985
  • Butt Festival featuring Buttocks II.
• January 1986
  • Bad Display formed with Ted on Guitar, Paul Daigle on Keyboards and Dick Shaver on Drums.
• April 1986
  • Displaced Aggression records first album.
  • J.J. Jammer and other members of Copper Head are arrested after Jake the Snake, their mascot, escapes during a concert and bites seven audience members.
• May 1986
  • Ted plays Guitar with Displaced Aggression at Good Counsel's Battle of the Bands.
• September 1986
  • Ted starts College at St. Mary's College of Maryland where he meets Keith Richmond at the College Radio Station WSMC.
  • Ted Team Studios, SMC is born.
  • Crass Idiocy formed.
• October 1986
  • Crass Idiocy releases "Cockroach Castration".
• January 1987
  • Flailing Five's infamous "Disco Demolition" Concert. Any audience member bringing a disco tape/record/cd is admitted free, and all materials are burned in a giant bonfire during the encore "Saturday Night Fever Medley". Vocalist Urban Shocker is electrocuted when the arena's sprinkler system comes on during the fire.
• May 1987
  • "Best of the Buttocks" compiled by Ted.
• September 1987
  • Tom Moran transfers to SMC from Anne Arundel Community College. Lives off-campus with some drunk woman in St. Inigoes.
  • Darrin Danner arrives at SMC
  • J.J. Jammer re-forms the JJJammers under the name "The Jammers II".
  • Drunk woman vomits in Tom Moran's washer and uses his bathroom to clean herself.
• October 1987
  • Tom Moran moves onto Ted's hall at SMC to escape drunk woman.
• November 1987
  • Tasteless Choice performs at S.M.C.
  • First live performance of Last Supper's "Burn in Hell" by Tasteless Choice.
• 1987
  • Last Supper formed (January-May 1987)
  • Dick Shaver records drum tracks for Last Supper (Summer '87?)
  • Anarchist Women formed (September-November 1987)
  • Glacier (Fall 1987)
• January 1988
  • Ted Team Studios SMC moves into Sean Dawson's corner dorm room on PG 1st left.
• February 1988
  • Anarchist Women record second demo.
• March 1988
  • Ted finishes recording the Boyz first demo. (September-December?)
  • J.J. Jammer drops out of Trashman U..
• April 1988
  • Classical Ugandan Music ties for 3rd place at St. Mary's College of Maryland's Battle of the Bands.
• September 1988
  • The Apathetics arrive at SMC, Keith joins up as drummer
  • Ted gets suspended for a year from the SMC campus radio station (WSMC) for repairing it.
  • Ted gets job as sound man for SMC.
• October 1988
  • The Apathetics record Desert Snow at Ted Team Studios S.M.C.
  • Ted Team releases "Hollow Ween '88"
• November 1988
  • XYZ begins recording at Ted Team Studios SMC
• December 1988
  • Rob Barlowe bugs the hell out of Ted to get Ted to record more XYZ songs. Ted throws him out of the studio.
  • Ted begins solo effort under the working name "Ted On It All" after purchasing a new drum machine.
• 1988
  • After the break up of Anarchist Women, Ted forms a pop-metal group called "The Guise."
  • Anarchist Women break up due to argument between Keith and Max (Spring 1988).
  • Boyz break up after lead vocalist gets married and cuts hair. With new vocalist the group becomes "Dinosaurs Attack!"
• September 1989
  • Ted moves into apartment with Tom Moran, Ted Team Studios, St. Inigoes is born.
• October 1989
  • Absolute Value begins recording "I Can't Dance to Any of These".
  • Ted Team releases "Hollow Ween '89"
• December 1989
  • Ted finishes work on Absolute Value's album
  • Ted and Tom's Christmas released.
• February 1990
  • Natural Log formed. First two albums, "Sides 1 and 2" and "Log Jams 3, 4, and 5" recorded and released.
• April 1990
  • Absolute Value and Big Toe perform live at S.M.C's Open Mic Night. Performance is recorded by Ted.
• June 1990
  • Ted Team Studios, Montgomery Village is born.
  • Ted makes the mistake of purchasing an Ensoniq EPS keyboard.
• October 1990
  • Ted Team releases "Hollow Ween '90"
• November 1990
  • Depression Era formed. Ted records first demo.
  • Ted Team Studios Montgomery Village moves from apt #713 to apt #607 due to water leakage which damages several TFA stacks and keeps Ted up all night.
• July 1991
  • Natural Log reunion. Recorded and released "Natural Clog!".
• August 1991
  • Rancid Oatmeal formed. Records their first album "Mold In My Blastopore".
• December 1991
  • Ted and Tom's Christmas '91 released.
• June 1994
  • Archdiocese begins recording Christmas Album.
• December 1994
  • "Archdiocese Christmas" released.
• March 1995
  • Uranus Rising begins recording "To Be A Butt."
• November 1995
  • Uranus Rising completes "To Be A Butt."
• December 1995
  • The Battle of the Buttocks is held, and many audience casualties occur when the Butt Palace caves in.
• April 1996
  • Ted finds J.J. Jammer on the 'Net and the two begin collaborating on new Ted Chain Web content.
• November 1996
  • Darrin Danner helps break ground, actually "break hearth", on the planned Ted Team Studios, Adamstown.
  • Alasdair and Ted begin work on Alasdair's songs "Less Than Perfect", and "Oh, Carolyn", working group name, "The Car Parks".
• January 1997
  • Ted finishes masters of The Car Parks' first demo.
• February 1997
  • Construction begins on Ted Team Studios, Adamstown.
  • Construction completed.
• March 1997
  • Ted moves Ted Team Studios to its new location in Adamstown. Ted Team Studios, Adamstown is born.
• May 1997
  • Alasdair airs CarParks and Archdiocese on The University of York's radio station URY (5/9).
  • Party at Ted Team Studios, Adamstown to celebrate new studio (5/18).