Formed in the East Bay in the dying embers of 1995, Tiger Army played their first show in March 1996 at the legendary 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley with AFI. More shows throughout Northern California that year saw them on bills with various touring and local punk rock'n'roll bands, even playing a gig with English psychobilly legends The Meteors. 1997 saw a little more playing and recording, as well as the band's first release, a 3-song vinyl ep.
A period of unwelcome dormancy followed, at least as far as most knew-- but behind the scenes frontman Nick 13 never stopped writing songs or working to make the band's first full-length album a reality. With the belief and help of Rancid's Tim Armstrong who'd signed the band to his label Hellcat Records, the perseverance was not in vain.
Days before Halloween '99, the band's self-titled debut CD/LP Tiger Army finally hit the stores and the band returned with a vengeance. The first album's lineup was led by Nick 13 on guitar and vocals, with Rob Peltier of the Quakes on stand-up bass and Adam Carson of AFI on drums. Dark, melodic and aggressive, the songs were a hybrid of modern psychobilly, hardcore punk and 1950's rockabilly/rock'n'roll that the band simply dubbed "American Psychobilly."
After the first album's release, Nick 13 joined forces with longtime friend Geoff Kresge (stand-up bass). A few months after they did a California mini-tour to promote the first record, Geoff moved to Tiger Army's new home of Los Angeles where he joined the band full-time as did London May (drums). After the move, the band continued to make a name for themselves, establishing a reputation for fiery live sets that hit as hard as the record if not harder. As the band's loyal following of psychobillies, punk rockers, skinheads, greasers, hardcore kids, deathrockers and other misfits continued to grow, Tiger Army began headlining various sold-out shows at Southern California venues like the Troubadour and Galaxy Theatre, as well as playing with such renowned bands as Social Distortion, X, The Polecats, TSOL, Nekromantix and AFI. 
In early 2001, the band entered the studio to begin work on their second album for Hellcat. Entitled Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite, the new album takes the American Psychobilly sound even farther-- nocturnal energy, aggressive stand-up bass and spine-chilling melody weave throughout the 13 new tracks.
Since recording, the band has hit the road-- a tour in the Western U.S. with the Amazing Crowns, a Japanese tour which included a headlining slot at the Tokyo Big Rumble psychobilly festival and a trip to the East Coast with punk legends TSOL. May has left the band and now drumming is Fred Telles (Union of the Dead). More touring is in the works-- the band will be opening for Dropkick Murphys and Sick Of It All on a month-long U.S. tour this October.
If you're with us, you are one of us-- TIGER ARMY NEVER DIE!!!
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