{{Short description|American rock band}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} thumb|250px|Dylan Metrano and Juliet Nelson of 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''. They 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'''''
<br /> '''Sidney Alexis''' guitar<br /> '''Jason Anderson''' various<br /> '''Joe Arnold''' violin, mandolin<br /> '''Ben Baldwin''' saxophone<br /> '''Nat Baldwin''' bass<br /> '''Marisa Barnes''' violin<br /> '''Chris Barrett''' trumpet, keyboards<br /> '''Matt Bauer''' banjo<br /> '''Randy Bickford''' guitar<br /> '''Nikole Beckwith''' voice<br /> '''Dan Blakeslee''' bass<br /> '''Todd Booth''' drums<br /> '''Buggsy''' trombone, glockenspiel<br /> '''Alan Bull''' drums<br /> '''Cathy Cathodic''' rapper<br /> '''Dylan Clark''' drums<br /> '''Lindsay Clark''' voice<br /> '''John Cowhie''' guitar<br /> '''Shawn Creeden''' percussion<br /> '''David Michael Curry''' viola, saw<br /> '''Joe DeGeorge''' saxophone<br /> '''Angel Deradoorian''' various<br /> '''Brett Denesches''' trumpet<br /> '''Casey Dienel''' piano<br /> '''Brian Dunn''' various<br /> '''Tom Eaton''' trumpet<br /> '''Mary Fahey''' voice<br /> '''Kyle Field''' bass<br /> '''Emily Foster''' percussion<br /> '''JR Gallagher''' guitar<br /> '''Marc Gartman''' lap steel<br /> '''Nate Groth''' vibraphone<br /> '''Leah Hayes''' piano<br /> '''Chris Hearn''' keyboards<br /> '''Chris Holt''' bass, keyboard<br /> '''Randy Illian''' voice<br /> '''Liz Janes''' voice<br /> '''Bree Joy''' voice<br /> '''Spencer Kingman''' voice, piano<br /> '''Matt Kulik''' drums<br /> '''Brendon Massei''' guitar<br /> '''John McCauley''' drums<br /> '''Alex McGregor''' guitar<br /> '''Camille McGregor''' voice<br /> '''Dylan Metrano''' various<br /> '''Trevor Montgomery''' bass<br /> '''Andrew Nelson''' drums<br /> '''Juliet Nelson''' cello, bass<br /> '''Kelly Nyland''' drums<br /> '''Brian O’Neil''' organ<br /> '''Evan Orfanos''' drums<br /> '''Annie Palmer''' various<br /> '''Gregg Porter''' drums<br /> '''Ray Raposa''' various<br /> '''Djim Reynolds''' various<br /> '''Colin Rhinesmith''' various<br /> '''Brian Michael Roff''' guitar<br /> '''Gabe Rollins''' percussion<br /> '''Sam Rosen''' bass<br /> '''Mandy Sabine''' drums<br /> '''Marika Shimkus''' bassoon<br /> '''Sean Scanlon''' various<br /> '''Tim Showalter''' guitar, organ<br /> '''Dave Snider''' bass<br /> '''Erik Tans''' bass<br /> '''Kenseth Thibideau''' baritone guitar, keyboard<br /> '''Jake Trussell''' bass<br /> '''Paul Vittum''' drums<br /> '''Anna Vogelzang''' voice<br /> '''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== *[http://www.tigersaw.com/ Tiger Saw web site] *[http://www.kimcheerecords.com/bands/tigersaw/ Kim Chee Records Tiger Saw web page] *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p524620|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Tiger Saw article] *[https://archive.org/details/TigerSaw Tiger Saw collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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Category:Indie rock musical groups from Massachusetts Category:Musical groups established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in Massachusetts