It is certainly undeniable that Todd Lilyfox's career as producer is unparalleled, and his diversity remains unchallenged.

Todd takes another in an endless series of "leaps forward."

Everyone remembers his legendary days as artist and haphazard-style producer at his own Barsville Studios, the only known studio in the world with 23 working bars. This historic recording complex was started by Mr. Lilyfox in the early seventies. Oddly located in rural Montana, it has reliably turned out the trademark sound of Todd's cutting edge, over the top, understated, mega-jangle pop (even in his absence). Todd reveals, "We found this abandoned fallout shelter with an incredible stash of liquor inside. It's destiny was clear...each band we recorded had a five bar minimum before anyone at the controls would pay any attention to them. Then I would tell the band what to do, and when they finished I'd make them write on a chalkboard what they would have preferred doing. Then I'd save that list of things for the next band to do."

Who could forget Todd's classically produced international hits of Plaidsinger, Exit Sea, Fallen Coats, and the classic rock anthem tome "Fat Out Of Jail" by Meat Choke. Not to mention Todd's own vanguard LPs, Nothing, In a Thing and Hermit Who Thinks Shallow.

At just eleven years old Todd was discovered sitting in the middle of the crosswalk at Abbey Road Studios by Scurgin' Records executive Ricardo Brandad (who was institutionally committed shortly thereafter when his Splurgin Airlines, the world's first hang-gliding airline, went belly up during a nasty nor'easter). Todd was thinking of clever segues to nursery rhymes as he sat crosslegged and barefoot in the crosswalk eighteen months before the famous fab four photo was shot. Ricardo then put Todd to work at Scurgin's own Le Manners Studio in France.

It all started with a Finnish band. Blobba, already superstars in Finland, needed Todd's feel for that international appeal, and his upbringing made him a natural for that task. He was born Thoddeus Amadeus Lilljefaux in Sahara Heights (a suburb of Casablanca, Morocco) to his Swedish mother, Orelsa, and French father Jean-Pierre-Michel-Franc-Jacques "Al" Lilljefaux. Todd had travelled through 54 countries before age nine, when his parents finally found him and promptly grounded him for almost two years. Their Swedish/French (swench) surname actually translates to "small and artificial."

Unfortunately, Blobba looked like Abba but sounded like Gwar. However, Todd brilliantly turned that to their advantage by selecting twelve extremely catchy Tibetan monk exorcism chants to record which easily brought them their worldwide success.

	Above: Just a small corner in the elaborate and encompassing Barsville Studio.

However, when he produced a Dean Martin tribute album by French artist Jeri Louis, Todd was abolished from France and found himself instead flourishing in the hip-hype L.A. scene. Again he conquered the charts with newfound trusty engineer H. Ed Whacker at his side producing groups like Exit Sea (again!), the Boogerdudes, They Like Defiance, and Broiled George.

Planet Pluto Records is discriminately run by an elusive fellow who refers to himself as Bronson Richards. This seemingly invisible individual spends much private time perched undiscernably atop unnoticable beachfront properties thinking of his next big secret idea.

Once, while vacationing in Miami Beach, Todd rammed his rental car into the back of the Planet Pluto Records executive's limousine. Part of the payback deal was that Todd would produce a new release by Planet Pluto's recently signed Ghostbeat (even though this particular release ended up on Bullsitter/Ichiban Records).

The disagreements between Ghostbeat's Bryan and his displeasure with Todd's heavy handed producing were widely known and reported. Bryan remembers, "We don't really sound like any other band. So why get a producer who wants to make us sound like every other band? That's what they told us he was supposed to do - luckily he failed miserably at it. And whatever he did should never be emulated, although we do hope to sound like any other band soon."

Nevertheless, produce Water for Ghostbeat he did, even if it was over the phone from his motel room during the rest of his vacation (collect).

It has recently been reported that Todd was in Argentina producing a group named Thrrappp, which consists of nine ladies (all of who failed auditions for the Bulgarian Women's Choir) accompanied by three lute players, eight tap dancers, a 21-piece tambourine/maracas ensemble, and a 30-piece theramin orchestra. There is also word that he is finishing work on an interactive CD-ROM release which contains a program that once you enter you can never exit.