Considered by many to be the 'Ultimate Rock Cult Hero', Rundgren has maintained a legion of fans thru four decades-rivaled only by the greatfull Dead. Raised in the Philly area, Todd's first professional bands - Money and Woddy's Truckstop achieved much regional success. But it was in the late 1960s that Todd's searing guitar work reached a nation-wide audience as he appeared as lead guitarist for the blues-psychedilic band Nazz. Todd wrote and arranged almost all of the work that went into the three albums the group produced. Their music ranged between southern blues to hard rock to heavily orchestrated symphonies. Nazz broke up in the early 70s and Todd released two solo albums under the name of Runt. Rundgren's first big solo success was in 1971 with "We Gotta Get You a Woman" and in 1973 from the double album "Something/Anything?" he scored big on the charts with "I Saw the Light" and a revision of a Nazz song "Hello, It's Me." Perhaps the super-stardom that seemed emminent at this time eluded Rundgren, due to his reluctance to be 'pigeon-holed' into any single type of rock music. He still released albums with great love ballads, but they were also laced with heavy guitar rock, and occasionaly mini rock operas. Rundgren has scored huge as a music producer, most notably as the producer of Meatloaf's, "Bat Out of Hell" opus. In the late 70s and thru the 80s Todd formed the group Utopia, each member an accomplished musician and vocalist. In recent years, Todd has become a computer enthusiast, marketing many new innovations, some in conjunction with his music. He has also been called upon by movies and TV for his musical scores. Todd also maintains his own website on the internet.


Liv Tyler's stepfather. Co-inventor of the Flowfazer, a computer program that generates visual effects. Recorded and produced an album entitled "Acapella", which featured only his voice, processed through various electronic devices, to emulate various musical instruments. Incorporates the song "Bang the Drum All Day" into his concerts, often when the audience is least expecting it. His album "No World Order" has the songs linked together as two long mixes. Because many disk jockeys requested, he released an alternative version of the album, "No World Order - Lite", which has the same songs but mixed as seperate tracks. Season 1, Episode 1 of "That '70s Show" (1998) known as "The '70s Pilot" AKA "Teenage Wasteland," features a plot revolving around Eric going to see a Todd Rundgren concert in Milwaukee. Two of Rundgren's songs are also featured in the episode, "I Saw The Light" and "Hello It's Me". His 1981 "Time Heals," video was the first music video to utilize state-of-the-art compositing of live action and computer graphics. Produced and directed by Rundgren, it became the second video to be played on MTV (after The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"). His creation of the first color graphics tablet in 1980 was licensed to Apple Computers and released as "The Utopia Graphics Tablet." In 1979 he opened Utopia Video Studios, a multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art facility. The first project produced by Todd there was Gustav Holst's "The Planets", commissioned by RCA SelectaVision as the first demonstration software for its new videodisc format. BMI Million-Air Awards were also awarded to Rundgren for his other two Top 10 hit records, "I Saw The Light" and "Love Is The Answer". Best Composition Arrangment for "No World Order" from the Interactive Academy in 1994.