Tiger Lou
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Tiger Lou | |
|---|---|
 Rasmus Kellerman (l.) and Mathias Johansson (r.) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Indie rock, Alternative pop |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Blackstar Foundation (Europe) Startracks (Europe) Riptide Recordings (Europe) |
| Members | Rasmus Kellerman (Vocals/Guitar) Erik Welén (Bass/Vocals) Mathias Johansson (Guitar) Pontus Levahn (Drums/Vocals) |
Swedish band Tiger Lou was formed in Nyköping 2001 by Rasmus Kellerman. After several EPs, the first full-length album Is My Head Still On? was released in 2004 and was followed in 2005 with The Loyal. Rasmus Kellerman is also known as Araki. [1]
On the albums Tiger Lou is a solo project with Kellerman writing lyrics and playing nearly every instrumental part himself. [2] Live, however, he is backed up by Erik Welén (bass), Mathias Johansson(Guitar) and Pontus Levahn (Drums). [3]
According to Kellerman, the name Tiger Lou is taken from a character called Tiger Lu in Corey Yuen's 1993 movie Fong Sai-yuk, although he says that "no one knows where the extra O came from" on the band's official site. [4]
Rasmus Kellerman is married to Swedish singer-songwriter Andrea Kellerman, better known as Firefox AK.
In 2004, Tiger Lou was nominated "Newcomer of the Year" at the Swedish Alternative Music Awards manifest. Their music video for "Oh Horatio", directed by Magnus Renfors, was nominated for a Swedish Grammi in the "Best Video" category. [5][6]
Discography
Albums
- Is My Head Still On? (March 2004) - Startracks
- The Loyal (October 2005) - Startracks
- A Partial Print (October 2008) - Startracks
EPs
- Second Time Around (2001)
- Trouble and Desire (2003)
- Last Night ... (2004)
- Gone Drifting (2008)
Singles
- Oh Horatio (2004)
- Sell Out (2004)
- The War Between Us (2004)
- The Loyal (2005)
- Nixon (2006)
- Until I'm There (2006)
- Coalitions (2008)
- Crushed By A Crowd (2008)
"December (2008)
- Homecoming #2 (2014)
Reboot
On October 15th 2013, Rasmus Kellerman of Tiger Lou announced on his website,
I guess – to make a four year long story very short - all I can say is that Tiger Lou is alive and well... Life is too short and if you find something you like doing, best keep doing it till you can’t do it no more... We have begun recording some stuff, and it will probably take forever until anything is finished. Just thought I’d put the word out there.[7]
Tiger Lou then went to on play multiple shows live later that year. [8]
On the 30th of October 2014, Tiger Lou released a single named, "Homecoming #2" accompanied by a music video directed by Peder Bergstrand from the band, I ARE DROID.[9] [10] Along with the "Homecoming #2" single, Tiger Lou announced that they'd be playing live in,
- Hamburg, Germany: June 3rd 2015
- Lipzig, Germany: July 3rd 2015
- Berlin, Germany: August 3rd 2015. [11]
External links
- Official website
- Template:MySpace
- Videointerview, "Nixon" and "The Loyal" live
- www.RasmusKellerman.com
- [1]
- [2]
- [3]
- ^ http://rasmuskellerman.com/interview/
- ^ http://rasmuskellerman.com/music/
- ^ http://www.startracks.se/artists/tiger-lou
- ^ http://solidpr.blogspot.com/2008/02/out-today-paint-it-black-5ive-hayaino.html
- ^ Tiger Lou was nominated “Newcomer of the Year” at the Swedish alternative music awards Manifest and the video for “Oh Horatio”, again directed by Magnus Renfors, was nominated for a Swedish Grammi in the “Best Video” category.
- ^ http://www.startracks.se/artists/tiger-lou
- ^ http://rasmuskellerman.com/tiger-lou-2013/
- ^ http://nbhap.com/music/reviews/show-reviews/tiger-lou-debaser-medis/
- ^ http://tigerlou.net/post/102947827635
- ^ http://tigerlou.net/post/102817529915/check-out-the-video-for-homecoming-2-directed-by
- ^ http://www.startracks.se/tiger-lou-confirms-tourdates-for-2015/