Fred Thomas

Fred Thomas (born August 6, 1976) is an American indie rock singer and multi-instrumentalist who was described by Mark Deming of AllMusic as "[o]ne of the most influential figures on Michigan's indie rock scene". Thomas founded the math rock band Chore in 1994. After this band broke up in 1996, he joined His Name Is Alive in addition to serving as a member of Lovesick and Flashpapr. He founded the band Saturday Looks Good to Me in 1999, and it released four studio albums before going on hiatus in 2008.

Thomas has also released music as a solo artist, beginning with the 2002 album Everything Is Pretty Much Totally Fucked Up. Over the following 20 years or more, Fred has remained active in the Michigan experimental music scene and is currently fronting a three-piece guitar rock project, Idle Ray, while continuing to release albums of instrumental electronic music under his own name.. Thomas released a trilogy of acclaimed indie rock albums through the mid 10s, All Are Saved (2015), Changer (2017) and 2018's Aftering, which featured contributions from Anna Burch and Elliot Bergman. He returned to a similar style in 2024 on his most recent song based solo release, Window in the Rhythm