# 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