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{{Short description|American musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Tim DeLaughter
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|18}}
| birth_place      = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| genre            = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| occupation       = [[Musician]]
| instrument       = Vocals, guitar, keyboards
| years_active     = 1990–present
| label            = [[Good Records]]
| associated_acts  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tripping Daisy]]
* [[The Polyphonic Spree]]
* [[Preteen Zenith]]
}}
}}

'''Tim DeLaughter''' (born November 18, 1965) is an American rock musician. He is the [[Lead vocalist|frontman]] of the bands [[Tripping Daisy]], [[The Polyphonic Spree]], and [[Preteen Zenith]].

At the [[61st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards]], DeLaughter was nominated for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]] for his work on the television series ''[[United States of Tara]]''.

==Music career==
As a teenager, DeLaughter played in various [[Duncanville, Texas|Duncanville]] bands as a drummer. However, he was poor at the instrument and began teaching himself to sing and play guitar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Munson |first1=Kyle |title=Tripping Daisy grows after getting a girl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91831119/tripping-daisy-grows-after-getting-a/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=September 24, 1998 |page=15DB}}</ref>

He formed [[Tripping Daisy]] in 1990, which disbanded in 1999 following the death of guitarist [[Wes Berggren]].<ref name=DickinsonNov2015>{{cite news |last1=Dickinson |first1=Chrissie |title=Polyphonic Spree celebrates 15 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91831410/polyphonic-spree-celebrates-15/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=6 November 2015 |page=5}}</ref> The next year, DeLaughter formed [[The Polyphonic Spree]].<ref name=DickinsonNov2015/> He and other members of Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree formed [[Preteen Zenith]] in 2011.

===Musical style===
Music critic [[Mike Boehm]] described DeLaughter's singing style as a "nasally vocal blend of [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and [[Perry Farrell]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehm |first1=Mike |author1-link=Mike Boehm |title=Def Leppard: Twilight of the Not-Quite-Demigods |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91830140/def-leppard-twilight-of-the/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=August 30, 1996 |page=F28}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'''s Joan Anderman described him as "sounding like [[Wayne Coyne]] of [[the Flaming Lips]] starring in a stoner production of ''[[Godspell]]''".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderman |first1=Joan |title=The Spree weaves it magic with glee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91832188/the-spree-weaves-it-magic-with-glee/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 9, 2003 |page=B8}}</ref>

==Personal life==
DeLaughter has no siblings and his parents divorced when he was a child.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |author1-link=Greg Kot |title=A blissful, musical spree |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91830434/a-blissful-musical-spree/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 4, 2003 |page=7-3}}</ref> His grandfather was a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] preacher.<ref name=DickinsonNov2015/>

DeLaughter and his wife, Julie Doyle, met while they were students at [[Duncanville High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehlert |first1=Eric |title=The Modern Age |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQsEAAAAMBAJ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |date=July 29, 1995 |page=115 |language=en}}</ref> Their fourth child was born in December 2006. Doyle is also a member of The Polyphonic Spree.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Chris |title=Another Spree Begins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91829685/another-spree-begins/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=September 3, 2006 |page=E37}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/TimDeLaughter Tim DeLaughter's Twitter]
*[http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/ The Polyphonic Spree]
*[https://trippingdaisy.com/ Tripping Daisy]
*[http://www.goodrecordsrecordings.com Good Records Recordings]
*[http://goodrecords.com Good Records]

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas]]
[[Category:Musicians from Dallas]]
[[Category:People from Duncanville, Texas]]
[[Category:Duncanville High School alumni]]
[[Category:The Polyphonic Spree members]]