Tiger Saw

Tiger Saw is a sadcore band from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Formed in 1999, the band currently consists of Dylan Metrano on guitar and vocals, Juliet Nelson on vocals, cello and bass, John Ryan Gallagher on guitar and Andrew Nelson on drums. The band has issued three albums on Kimchee Records and released its first record on its own label in 1999.

Band history

The band was formed in 1999 by songwriter Dylan Metrano and released an album ''How to be Timeless Tonight'' in late 1999 on the band's own label. At that stage, Metrano was the only member of the band and performed concerts solo. In 2000, a single "I Keep My Misfortune" was released on Redwood Records.

He recruited the other members before the group released its first album on Kimchee Records ''Blessed Are the Trials We Will Find''. It developed and performed a live soundtrack for the classic German silent film ''Nosferatu'' in 2003 and performed it in the Boston area. In 2004, Tiger Saw composed a soundtrack for a forthcoming film of the Andre Dubus story ''Voices from the Moon''.

The band also released its second album ''Gimme Danger/Gimme Sweetness'' in the first half of 2004. This album features Jason Anderson on several tracks as well as Mark Gartman, a collaborator of Low on steel guitar, James Reynolds Jr of Milkweed on banjo and Colin Rhinesmith of Skating Club on organ and bass. The band also contributed a track to a tribute album to Will Oldham.

The band has toured extensively since its formation playing with Vanessa Carlton, Songs: Ohia, Ida, Edith Frost, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Microphones, Mary Lou Lord, Scout Niblett, Castanets and others. In 2005, the band performed at North East Sticks Together.

Band members

''Tigers 1999-2009''

Sidney Alexis guitar

Jason Anderson various

Joe Arnold violin, mandolin

Ben Baldwin saxophone

Nat Baldwin bass

Marisa Barnes violin

Chris Barrett trumpet, keyboards

Matt Bauer banjo

Randy Bickford guitar

Nikole Beckwith voice

Dan Blakeslee bass

Todd Booth drums

Buggsy trombone, glockenspiel

Alan Bull drums

Cathy Cathodic rapper

Dylan Clark drums

Lindsay Clark voice

John Cowhie guitar

Shawn Creeden percussion

David Michael Curry viola, saw

Joe DeGeorge saxophone

Angel Deradoorian various

Brett Denesches trumpet

Casey Dienel piano

Brian Dunn various

Tom Eaton trumpet

Mary Fahey voice

Kyle Field bass

Emily Foster percussion

JR Gallagher guitar

Marc Gartman lap steel

Nate Groth vibraphone

Leah Hayes piano

Chris Hearn keyboards

Chris Holt bass, keyboard

Randy Illian voice

Liz Janes voice

Bree Joy voice

Spencer Kingman voice, piano

Matt Kulik drums

Brendon Massei guitar

John McCauley drums

Alex McGregor guitar

Camille McGregor voice

Dylan Metrano various

Trevor Montgomery bass

Andrew Nelson drums

Juliet Nelson cello, bass

Kelly Nyland drums

Brian O’Neil organ

Evan Orfanos drums

Annie Palmer various

Gregg Porter drums

Ray Raposa various

Djim Reynolds various

Colin Rhinesmith various

Brian Michael Roff guitar

Gabe Rollins percussion

Sam Rosen bass

Mandy Sabine drums

Marika Shimkus bassoon

Sean Scanlon various

Tim Showalter guitar, organ

Dave Snider bass

Erik Tans bass

Kenseth Thibideau baritone guitar, keyboard

Jake Trussell bass

Paul Vittum drums

Anna Vogelzang voice

Emily Zeitlyn voice

Discography

Albums

*''How To Be Timeless Tonight'' (1999)
*''Blessed are the Trials We Will Find'' (2002)
*''Gimme Danger/Gimme Sweetness'' (2004)
*''Sing!'' (2005)
*''Tigers On Fire'' (2007)

Singles

*''I Keep My Misfortune'' (2000)

Other contributions

*Track on '' I Am a Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass. A Tribute to the Work of Will Oldham'' (2004) on Tract Records
*Track on ''Eye of the Beholder'' (2000) Compilation on Vorpal Records

References

Tiger Saw web siteKim Chee Records Tiger Saw web page
* Allmusic Tiger Saw articlebr>Tiger Saw collection
at the Internet Archive's live music archive

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Indie rock musical groups from Massachusetts
Musical groups established in 1999
1999 establishments in Massachusetts