Tiger Army

Tiger Army is a psychobilly band from San Francisco, California.

History

The band came together at the beginning of 1996, when they had their first gig as the opening act of the friendly band AFI. For this " borrowed" it is their drummer Adam Carson, who eventually collaborated to 2000 in the band.

Rancid frontman and Hellcat Records founder Tim Armstrong took notice of the band by local appearances and self-recorded demo tapes. He got in contact with singer and guitarist Nick 13 (Kearney Jones) and offered him to record an album. Overjoyed, but also angry, Nick 13 Armstrong had to inform you that there is no fixed occupation. Armstrong beat him anyway to make before a studio recording. The result was an album that was released in 1999 and stylistically quite conventional Psychobilly included. 2000 he moved to Los Angeles 13 Nick to find a solid cast for a tour.

With the release of their second album II: Power of Moonlite in the summer of 2001 the band went on a 18- month tour. They toured several times by some states of the USA, but also gave concerts in Japan and Europe. Geoff Kresge, Nick 13 Fred Bright and toured with bands such as Dropkick Murphys, Reverend Horton Heat and The Damned, Tiger Army also has performed at several festivals.

While the band in early 2003 the third album III: Ghost Tigers Rise grossed, drummer Fred Hell was shot four times during a burglary. Even after several months, he was not able to record the album with the band; Mike pheasant, a friend of the band jumped in and played the missing drum parts a. For health reasons, it was bright no longer possible to continue playing in the band. In June 2007 she released a new album called " Music from regions beyond". Nick 13 announced in February 2009 that Tiger Army will take a break and he wants to record a country - oriented solo album.

Style

Starting from Psychobilly to the sound of the band changed already at the second drive. One can see influences of country musicians like Johnny Cash, the instrumentation is diverse (among other things, a Hawaiian guitar used). This impact is even more noticeable on the third album released in 2004, while on the fourth album, Music from Regions Beyond, a variety of different styles of relatively conventional punk to neo- rockabilly, alt-country, melodic hardcore, alternative rock and new wave through are to listen to Flamencopop.

Discography

  • Temptation ( Chapter Eleven Records, 1997 EP)
  • Tiger Army ( Hellcat Records, 1999)
  • II Power of Moonlite ( Hellcat Records, 2001)
  • Early Years ( Hellcat Records, 2002 EP)
  • III Ghost Tigers Rise ( Hellcat Records, 2004)
  • Music from Regions Beyond ( Hellcat Records, 2007)
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