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By Jered Scott
BIO:
Mike Herrera -- Songwriter, Lead Vocals, Guitar
Backing Band
Jack Parker - Lead Guitar and BVs
Marshall Trotland - Standup Bass and BVs
Harley Trotland - Drums and Cymbals
Under the influence of great American songwriters and
countless punk rock shows, forged from love songs and
heartbreak, Mike Herrera's Tumbledown was born. Miles and
miles of landscape, experience, and the lonely open road
have been crafted into these songs of love and heartbreak.
While the world-traveling Bremerton musician may be most
well-known as the dynamic bassist and lead singer of the
Left Coast three-piece MxPx, beneath all the tattoos and
piercings, the ranting and stage wrecking, Herrera has
long been an acoustic-wielding songsmith. His
alt/country/pop-punk-a-billy solo project Tumbledown is at
the root and on the flipside of all that (distinctive)
punk rock.
“It's all about the songs,” Herrera says. “What it sounds
like depends on who you are.”
The music carries an old-school country-western swagger,
reminiscent of Hank Williams, Willie Nelson and Johnny
Cash, with Herrera strumming a big dreadnaught acoustic
over a chugging snare drum and stand-up bass. Guitarist
Jack Parker adds to the Americana, with swiftly
meandering, mean lead work.
“I don't claim that we're a country band... we're just a
band...I just like the fact that it's a different sound,”
Herrera says. “Different than a country band, different
than a punk rock band, different than a rockabilly band --
we're somewhere there in the ether, somewhere in between
it all.”
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