Todd Park Mohr is the singer and guitarist

Guitarist

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 for the American

United States

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 rock band

Rock Band

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 Big Head Todd & the Monsters, as well as being the band

Band (music)

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's namesake

Namesake

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 and primary lyricist

Lyricist

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. A founding member of the band, he also occasionally provides keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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 and saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

 in addition to his duties as frontman.

Todd was born in Colorado

Colorado

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 and is of Korean

Korean people

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 and German descent. He attended Columbine High School

Columbine High School

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, then Colorado State University

Colorado State University

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 in Fort Collins and later transferred to University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

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  along with the other members of the band, which achieved some mainstream success in the early to mid-nineties.

Todd helped to form the band Big Head Todd & the Monsters  with his friends from high school

High school

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, while touring the night scene in Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder. Influenced by jazz music from an early age, he has incorporated several elements of it into his music

Music

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, developing his own unique sound

Sound

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. Todd primarily plays old Fender

Fender

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 Stratocasters and Telecasters and is known for his raw, powerful solos

Guitar solo

In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...

 and use of sweep picking.