| Tiger Lou | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Nyköping, Sweden |
| Genre: | Indie rock, Alternative pop |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Label: | Blackstar Foundation (Europe) Startracks (Europe) Riptide Recordings (Europe) Eyeball Records (United States) |
| Current Members: | Rasmus Kellerman (Vocals/Guitar) Erik Welén (Bass/Vocals) Mathias Johansson (Guitar) Pontus Levahn (Drums/Vocals) |
Swedish band Tiger Lou was formed in Nyköping 2001 by Rasmus Kellerman. After several EPs, the first full-length album Is My Head Still On? was released in 2004 and was followed in 2005 with The Loyal. Rasmus Kellerman is also known as Araki.[1]
On the albums Tiger Lou is a solo project with Kellerman writing lyrics and playing nearly every instrumental part himself.[2] Live, however, he is backed up by Erik Welén (bass), Mathias Johansson(Guitar) and Pontus Levahn (Drums).[3]
According to Kellerman, the name Tiger Lou is taken from a character called Tiger Lu in Corey Yuen's 1993 movie Fong Sai-yuk, although he says that "no one knows where the extra O came from" on the band's official site.[4] Kellerman has said he even considered "Ben Parker," "Karl Kellerman," and "Boy Loves Boy," for band names, however, finally deciding on Tiger Lou after watching the film Fong Sai-yuk.[5]
Rasmus Kellerman was married to Swedish singer-songwriter Andrea Kellerman, better known as Firefox AK. They have had multiple collaborations and two children. Amicably, they divorced in 2018.[6]
In 2004, Tiger Lou was nominated "Newcomer of the Year" at the Swedish Alternative Music Awards manifest. Their music video for "Oh Horatio", directed by Magnus Renfors, was nominated for a Swedish Grammi in the "Best Video" category.[7] [8]
On October 15, 2013, Kellerman announced on his website, Tiger Lou then went to on play multiple shows live later that year.[9]
On October 30, 2014, Tiger Lou released a single named, "Homecoming #2" accompanied by a music video directed by Peder Bergstrand from the band, I ARE DROID.[10] [11] Along with the "Homecoming #2" single, a new EP was planned for release towards the end of 2015[12] They then played live in, Hamburg, Leipzig and Berlin March 2015.[13]
On October 16, 2015, Tiger Lou released their five track EP called, "California Hauling"; Limited to 700 copies on 12" Gatefold vinyl, and 700 copies on CD. They called it a, "wee pit stop" on the way to a full album.[14] April 2016, Startracks began to re-release Tiger Lou, Araki, and Las Puertas albums on multiple mediums. Following the re-releases, Startracks announced the first single from their album, "The Wound Dresser" May 20, 2016 called, "Leap of Love."[5]
On September 23, 2016 Tiger Lou released their fourth studio album titled, "The Wound Dresser". Stating in a Q&A video February 23, 2017 Rasmus Kellerman stated,
The band is set to release the single, "Every Battle Alike" April 22, 2017.[15]