1. The indie rock band from Philadelphia who released the albums Carry the Wood (2005) and You're My Lover Now (2007) on Park the Van Records. The band broke up in April of 2008.
2. The now-defunct punk band from Ann Arbor, MI. The latter produced an LP titled "More Songs About Money and Animals" and a posthumous EP called "4 Lost Tracks" They can be found at http://myspace.com/theteeth
3. A post-punk band from Louisville, Kentucky. Check here: http://www.myspace.com/theteeth0
4. The Teeth is an Pop / Electro / Surf indie band at the Death Pop Records (deathpop.co.uk).
Influences: * The Ting Tings * Art Brut * Flight of the Conchords * Lee 'Scratch' Perry * La Roux * Girls Aloud * Spacemen 3 * On-U- Sound * Dr Octagon * P.I.L. * New Order * Bonde do Role * The Fall * Daft Punk * The Happy Mondays * Kraftwerk * Os Mutantes * Suicide * The Scientist * The Notorious B.I.G. * Junior Senior *
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From Wikipedia:The Teeth is an indie rock band from Philadelphia consisting of twin brothers Aaron MoDavis on rhythm guitar and Peter MoDavis on bass guitar. Other members include Brian Ashby on lead guitar and Jonas Oesterle on drums. They were created in 2001 when the MoDavis brothers moved to Philadelphia, and they have since risen to prominence in the Philadelphia area and have reached a cult status throughout the rest of the United States.
Aaron, Peter, and Brian first played together while they were students at Freedom High School in Bethlehem, PA. Initially, Brian, Peter, and their drummer friend Greg Kulik briefly were part of a band called "The Salty Dogs." Later, these same three, along with Brian's brother Doug Ashby, formed the blues band Hurry Down Sunshine, which cut two CDs, the best of which, "Raw in Memphis" (recorded at Sun Studios and still available from Amazon), didn't feature Peter or Greg but did include some guitar solos by Brian Ashby.
Often appearing at Open-Mike Nights sponsored by Freedom High's literary-and-arts magazine PEN AND INK, Brian, Peter, and Aaron performed together in various combinations, sometimes covering Bowie tunes and sometimes (as "The Pants") featuring original songs often heavily influenced by Brian Wilson, Talking Heads, Bowie, and the Beatles. (In these early days, Mark Cunningham, their eighth-grade English teacher at East Hills Middle School, helped initiate their love of the above masters.)
In 2005, the band performed at North East Sticks Together.
As of March 2008, The Teeth disbanded after their last tour with The Dead Trees, just after their performance at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. They have since formed another band called The Purples.