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451:. Jamie also joined his brother in Planned Collapse until both brothers left the band. Clay Pigeon, a WFMU DJ who often records conversations with random NYC street people, included a fifteen-minute interview with Jamie on his August 26, 2010, broadcast. In the interview, Jamie revealed that he was living on the streets of New York City and was battling an ongoing drug addiction. Jamie committed suicide in 25: 375:, once again produced by Vern Toulon and released through Restless, and released during that year. This record was considerably more musical than their debut and executed competently with relative cohesion. A music video was released for the song "Pizza Man". A short tour of Japan followed before the act disbanded permanently in 1993. 247:
The original lineup featured J.P. on guitar and Jamie on keyboards and came together after the brothers began playing with their father's instruments. After teaching the boys some basic chords, he added a drum machine and the band was formed. Soon after, ten-year-old Jesse Collins-Davies joined the
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In 1992, the Toulon brothers re-formed Old Skull without Lindsey. J.P. Toulon switched to drums, while Jamie, now known as Spike, handled bass and some lead vocals. The Toulons were joined by brothers Josh and Chris Scott on guitars and vocals respectively. This lineup recorded
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of Manhattan. In early 2010, he served jail time in Madison, Wisconsin, and later moved on to a drug rehab facility where he had apparently managed to overcome his drug addiction. J.P. Toulon died on November 13, 2010, his brother Jamie's birthday. He had been living in
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much, if not all of the band's material. Critics described the album as hilarious, unlistenable, and torturous, though most agreed that it wasn't all that bad for a group of nine-year-olds. The band also began opening for national acts such as
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in the late 1980s. The band was started by ten-year-old J.P. (Jean-Paul) Toulon and his nine-year-old brother, Jamie Toulon, with encouragement from their father Vern Toulon, a longtime member of the Madison punk scene who had spent time in
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in the years before his death. The boys' parents had divorced early in the band's career. Several years after the divorce, the boys' mother died in a train accident.
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band Doomsday Cauldron. Like his brother, he later moved to New York City and played in a punk band named Apox, which released an album titled
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with his son at the time of his death. While the cause of death has never been made public, Toulon had previously been hospitalized for
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band without the input of any of the other former members. The call turned out to be an elaborate comedy sketch set up by
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several times in the months prior to his death. A memorial service was held for Toulon at C-Squat on November 21, 2010.
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scene of Madison. He also has a career as an abstract artist, primarily working in the medium of watercolor on glass.
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Vern Toulon, producer and father to the Toulon brothers, went on to appear in the Madison-based documentary film
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band on drums. Collins-Davies was the stepson of Robin Davies, a member of the Madison-based punk band the
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before his death on May 31, 2001, at the age of 46. Several reports indicate that he had resorted to
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In August 2005, the Toulon brothers, now in their mid-20s, reunited Old Skull for a one time show at
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CD was released at approximately the same time that the real reunion at CBGB's took place.
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Jesse Collins-Davies, using the name DJ Jesse Collins, continued to perform as part of the
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also gave the band some minor airplay. A music video was released for the song "Homeless".
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Months before the 2005 reunion, a person named "P.J." called into the radio station
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J.P. Toulon moved to New York City where he began playing with Planned Collapse, a
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was released in 2014. Four of Lindsey's songs were used in the
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on June 10, 2011, seven months after the death of his brother.
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Digging Up Birds: A Collection of Rarities & Others
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