Toby Morse

Toby Morse (born April 8, 1970) is an American musician and motivational speaker who is best known as the vocalist for punk rock band H2O. He is also one of the vocalists for hardcore punk group Hazen Street. Toby Morse was born on April 8, 1970 in Taunton, Massachusetts as the youngest of three siblings. When he was three years old, his father died of a rare heart condition, and he was raised with the help of his brothers and grandparents because his mother started to work on multiple jobs. Morse and his family moved to Newport, Rhode Island and later in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Around the age of twelve, Morse's siblings turned him on to skateboarding and punk music, taking him out to shows of bands such as Descendents and The F.U.'s.[3] They also were having parties at the house, but "seeing the way they acted when they were high or drunk really scared" him.[2] By age thirteen he discovered the song "Straight Edge" of Minor Threat and claimed edge, having never drunk before. Morse graduated from Great Mills High School in 1988.