Tigerdog

Tigerdog is guitarist/vocalist Daniel C. Hodges, bassist Ryan Southwell, and drummer David Z. Cox. Though the band itself is a newborn project, its foundations are rooted deeply in over ten years of friendship and musical collaboration. The North Carolina natives create a distinct contemporary rock sound that is raw and emotionally honest.  

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Before Tigerdog, Hodges, Southwell, and Cox played and toured together as well separately in a number of other bands, including This Waking Moment, Swell Friends, and mega dope doom metal band White Plains. Hodges comes from a extensive touring background, having done a five-year stint of front of house work with widely-known bands Steel Train, FUN. and others. 

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After Daniel and David both quit fairly lucrative yet creatively unfulfilling full-time jobs in order to pursue music, the fruition of Tigerdog holds even more weight. Bassist Ryan Southwell said it best: "We all just wanna quit our lives and be Tigerdog forever."

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It doesn’t take knowing Tigerdog’s background to hear that their songs offer up an honesty that says “the world isn’t perfect, but here’s my story, and yours is important too,” a method akin to artists like Pavement, Built to Spill, and David Bazan. What Tigerdog hearkens most is a golden era of honest indie rock.