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TED AXE-Canadian music icon Ted Axe was the notorious frontman in The Action-Canada's fist punk band. The Action was formed in 1976 in Ottawa,Canada and signed to Montreco out of Montreal in 1978 releasing a now legendary EP with their hit TV's on the Blink. Opening for The North American debut of the Stranglers and touring with The Ramones, The Action rode the Punk wave but disbanded in 1980. Ted moved from Ottawa to Toronto and formed Khroma-Key which was a mix of dark funk/soul art-rock and punk. Khroma Key's image was too cool for sedated Toronto but they found a home playing the 80's dance clubs there. Bad management finally forced the band's decision to move to Montreal, Quebec but Khroma- Key disbanded shortly after leaving Ted free to move back to Toronto in 1987 to form Ted Axe and The Zoo and soon he made the obligatory move to LA where he played The Whiskey and The Roxy opening for the likes of The Who's John Entwistle and The LA Guns. He had demos produced by Chris Spedding (Roxy Music)and Syl Sylvain (The NY Dolls) but after 12 years of spinning his wheels, he moved to Vancouver BC and then to Seattle to start Sister Hyde and signed with Italian label Heart of Steel. While in Seattle, Ted received a call from his old band The Action who were reuniting and he moved back to Ottawa to showcase and tour. The Action were signed to Sudden Death Records (DOA's label in Vancouver) as well as Rave Up in Europe releasing their compilation live and studio album. Having come full circle, Ted decided to leave Ottawa again for Toronto to continue Sister Hyde and eventually recorded his first solo album in 2018 produced by Rob anzo (Sum 41,Dee Dee Ramone,Danko Jones). Since then, he has been performing and recording in Toronto and his new EP is soon to be released. Ted Axe was born Edward Schwarzmann in Ottawa, Canada. His father was the Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce in the Canadian government and the family lived in Ottawa's Rockcliffe Park. His father became the Canadian ambassador to Mexico and Guatemala and Ted attended university majoring in Art. After two years in Mexico, he was bitten by the rock 'n Roll bug and visited London, England before returning to Ottawa to form The Action. The rest is history.