Introduction
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.
On the albums Tiger Lou is a solo project with Kellerman writing lyrics and playing nearly every instrumental part himself. Live, however, he is backed up by Erik Welén (bass), Mathias Johansson(Guitar) and Pontus Levahn (Drums).
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. 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.
Rasmus Kellerman is married to Swedish singer-songwriter Andrea Kellerman, better known as Firefox AK. They have had multiple collaborations.
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.
Discography
Albums
- Is My Head Still On? (March 2004) - Startracks
- The Loyal (October 2005) - Startracks
- A Partial Print (October 2008) - Startracks
- The Wound Dresser (September 2016) - Startracks
EPs
- Second Time Around (2001)
- Trouble and Desire (2003)
- Last Night ... (2004)
- Gone Drifting (2008)
- California Hauling (2015)
Singles
- Oh Horatio (2004)
- Sell Out (2004)
- The War Between Us (2004)
- The Loyal (2005)
- Nixon (2006)
- Until I'm There (2006)
- Coalitions (2008)
- Crushed By A Crowd (2008)
- December (2008)
- Homecoming #2 (2014)
Reboot
On October 15, 2013, Kellerman announced on his website,
I guess – to make a four year long story very short - all I can say is that Tiger Lou is alive and well... Life is too short and if you find something you like doing, best keep doing it till you can’t do it no more... We have begun recording some stuff, and it will probably take forever until anything is finished. Just thought I’d put the word out there.
Tiger Lou then went to on play multiple shows live later that year.
On the 30th of October 2014, Tiger Lou released a single named, "Homecoming #2" accompanied by a music video directed by Peder Bergstrand from the band, I ARE DROID. Along with the "Homecoming #2" single, a new album is planned for release in 2015 and a tour where they'll be playing live in,
- Hamburg, Germany: March 6, 2015
- Leipzig, Germany: March 7, 2015
- Berlin, Germany: March 8, 2015.
October 16, 2015, Tiger Lou Released a 5 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.
April 2016, Startracks has begun re-releasing Tiger Lou, Araki, and Las Puertas albums on multiple mediums. Following the re-releases, Startracks has announced the first single from the upcoming album, "The Wound Dresser" by May 20, 2016 called, "Leap of Love."