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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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