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The Sexy Tigers

About Me

After a string of critically lauded lowfi albums (tapes actually) funded through an uncanny run of successful TAB sports betting, late 80s and early 90s wondergoup "Red Gold Cirrus" dissolved under the pressure of a sparse touring schedule and family commitments.Out of the pain and acrimony of their split emerged a brave new band, acting (or soon to act) as a beacon for the kids of tommorrow - The Sexy Tigers.
When not keeping it real in The Sexy Tigers root2 and tiger 1 are pushing the boundaries of alternative alternative in Candida Spread.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/09/2006
Band Members: Root2 (come on Myspace, give us some Maths symbols), Tiger 1, and Mad Dog
Influences: Major influences include mainstream television and the EPL. The direction of the Sexy Tigers has been influenced less by the music that each member likes, than by other bandmate's favourite music that each member hates. A common strategic milestone has been "we don't want to sound like that shit!".Tiger 1 claims to be influenced by Proust, but anyone who takes 3 years to read a book can't be too enamoured with it.
Sounds Like: The Sexy Tiger are really a high(er)-fi version of the lowfi pioneers Red Gold Cirrus. Production values are much higher (although still woefully short of what is generally acceptable to society), and songwriting + musicianship have gone up a notch, but the philosophy behind the song remains the same.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Jay Farrar - music to die for?

In 2004 I convinced my wife to accompany me to Jay Farrar's concert at the King's Arms. It was one of a number of foolish mistakes I made that year due to the intoxication of nostalgia (a sickly indul...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:13:00 GMT

You're Living All Over Me

In the early days of Red Gold Cirrus the main argument root2 and I constantly returned to involved the eternal question, who is better: Led Zeppelin or Husker Du? Root2's star witness was Physical Gra...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:45:00 GMT

Cody Chesnutt - Serve this Royalty

Gareth, as my only reader I am addressing you directly: here's a new post to keep you visiting (actually, someone has visited from the US according to the map I added on our profile - is that you Cod...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:40:00 GMT

Husker Du - Zen Arcade

For those of you who never subscribed to Evasion...-Tiger 1 Hüsker Dü  Zen Arcade   I was working in Lisbon for Diário de Coimbra when I first discovered hardcore. Employed as a music critic,...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:17:00 GMT

The End of Royal Trux

At the time of Royal Trux demise I was writing music reviews for Evasion, a political rag catering to the disenfranchised kids of Aoteoroa. Included here is an article I wrote commemorating their cont...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:50:00 GMT