:: Tigerella

Tigerella was another band I discovered through Shelflife CD-R series. Their self-titled EP was the fifth release on that very important series of releases our friend Ed released back in the early 2000s. The EP was released in 2003, in January I believe, it included just three tracks by the Los Angeles five-piece. These songs were “Existential War”, “Rid of You” and “E-Ticket Ride”. The songs were bright. The guitars chimed. Very nice! The band was formed by Bryan Yoshida and Gilber Chinn on guitar and vocals, Seiji Morioka on drums, Felix Lau on bass and Yvonne Ng on vocals. I believe on the recording Linda Yoshida also contributed with vocals and later on Felix would be replaced by Steve (don’t know the last name) for their 2nd release. The Shelflife EP was actually recorded in the year 2000. It waited a bit to be released. It was recorded by David Nolte. The band released their self-titled album on Shmat Records with the catalog number (SHMAT04). I see a bit of a different sound in…