While in high school, Todd honed his musical (and nerdical) chops in the Starkville High School band. This song from 1983 must surely have struck a chord, er, beat:

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During this time he was also collecting LPs for the future "Box of Shame"&mdash;fine offerings from such artists as Kansas, Boston, Van Halen, Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger, Scorpions and M&ouml;tley Cru&euml;. Todd will surely deny some of these artists, but he's just being defensive&mdash;he did dub this particular milk crate full of records the Box of Shame, after all.

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