Tiger Army

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Tiger Army
Background information
Genre(s) Psychobilly, Alternative Rock, Neo-Rockabilly, Emocore, Punkrock
Label(s) Chapter Eleven Records
Hellcat Records
Website www.tigerarmy.com
Members
Nick 13 - Vocals, guitar (1995-Present)
Jeff Roffredo - Upright bass (2004-Present)
'Wasted' James Meza - Drums (2004-Present)
Former members
Joel Day - Stand-up bass (1995-1997)
Geoff Kresge - Stand-up bass (1999-2004)
Adam Carson - Drums (1995-2000)
London May - Drums (2000-2002)
Fred Hell - Drums (2002-2004)

Tiger Army is a psychobilly band that was formed in 1995 in Berkeley, California.

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The band played their first show at legendary venue 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, with AFI on March 29, 1996. After making a name for themselves playing shows throughout the California area alongside AFI and English psychobilly pioneers The Meteors, they were signed to Chapter Eleven Records.

Tiger Army first entered the studio in the summer of 1996 to record a self-titled vinyl record EP, now referred to as the Temptation EP. This EP caught the attention of Tim Armstrong, owner of Hellcat Records, who signed the band. Tiger Army recorded their first full-length, the self-titled Tiger Army, in January of 1999. It was released that October. Stand-up bassist Joel Day left Tiger Army before the band was signed, so the Quakes stand-up bassist Rob Peltier was hired to play on the album.

During the ensuing California mini-tour promoting the album, Nick 13 asked Geoff Kresge, one of his former bandmates from his first band, Influence 13, to join the band. Kresge accepted, and joined as a permanent member a few months later. The band was asked to play on the Danzig and Samhain tour in 2000, where they befriended Samhain drummer London May. He joined the band when Adam Carson left.

The band recorded a second album, Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite in 2001. London May left shortly after the recording, and was replaced with Fred Hell.

On March 10, 2003, Fred Hell was shot four times in the head by armed robbers who broke into his friend's apartment in Chino, California. A bullet became lodged in his brain, making it necessary for him to go through physical therapy before he could play drums again. At the time, the band was in the process of recording the album Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise. At first, the record was repeatedly delayed to make time for him to recover enough to perform, but his injuries proved serious enough for the band to hire a studio drummer, Mike Fasano, drum tech for both Rancid and Tiger Army, to play on the album. Hell attempted to play on the tour supporting the album's release, but he was again forced to stay and recover while Fasano joined the band on the road. In July 2004, Hell decided to depart from the band in light of his injuries.

Only months later, in September 2004, Geoff Kresge departed the band to focus his efforts on his new record label, Dead Body Records and began recruiting members for a new band called Viva Hate. He would join his wife Kamilla with Horrorpops as a guitarist a month later. Nick 13 quickly announced a new line-up for Tiger Army, featuring drummer "Wasted" James Meza (formerly of numerous other small Los Angeles psychobilly bands, and a former touring drummer for the Nekromantix) and stand-up bassist Jeff Roffredo (formerly of Cosmic Voodoo and Calavera), who are now full-time members of Tiger Army.

Tiger Army's fourth album, entitled Music From Regions Beyond, will be released on June 5, 2007[1] and will be produced by Jerry Finn.[2]

Tiger Army will be featured on the main stage for the entire 2007 Vans Warped Tour.[3]

Title Release date Notes Label
Tiger Army October 26, 1999 Hellcat Records
Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite July 24, 2001 Hellcat Records
Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise June 29, 2004 Hellcat Records
Music From Regions Beyond June 5, 2007 Hellcat Records

Title Release date Notes Label
Temptation EP January, 1997 Chapter Eleven Records
Early Years EP October 8, 2002 Hellcat Records
Ghost Tigers EP June 8, 2004 Hellcat Records

  1. ^ http://www.tigerarmy.com/disc.html
  2. ^ http://www.tigerarmy.com/news.html
  3. ^ http://www.warpedtour.net/banddetail.asp?bandID=207

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