All Alone

All Alone

Nick 13

In an interview from Tiffany Star’s website:
Why Tiger Army? What does it mean?

”The words came to me one night on an overseas trip in 1995 and I knew that’s what the band was meant to be called. The name has many meanings, some of which have multiple layers, but in a way, it just kind of means what it sounds like (if that makes any sense). I’ll try and explain further– tigers in the wild are hunted and close to extinction. The rest are in cages, but they can never be entirely tamed. They’re not herd animals and spend much of their lives alone. The primary characteristic that people born under the sign of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac are believed to exhibit is courageousness; the Tiger represents the dark side of the world in Taoism (the animalistic representation of one half of the yin-yang symbol). Some of these facts are about Tigers themselves, some are about how they have been perceived by humans, but they all relate in some way to what the band is about. Some people will never buy into the herd mentality so frequently exhibited by humans who consider themselves so far above the animal (but are in some cases much lower). Society will tell you that thinking and acting by your own standards is a weakness, but it’s a strength. Tiger Army’s music is for the people who have the courage to live their own way. The price of this courage is often loneliness, or being misunderstood. If you can relate to that, you might relate to where we’re coming from. Tiger Army is me, the band and anyone who believes in this music– the people who come to the shows, the people who give their support whether that’s going off in the front row, taking pictures, or just enjoying what we do.”