River City Tanlines Bio

Band: Alicja Trout (vocals, guitar), Terrence Bishop (bass), John Bonds (drums)

Booking: Scott Winland, Blackout Booking (blackoutbooking at gmail dot com)

Record label: Dirtnap Records

Website: www.myspace.com/rivercitytanlines  

The River City Tanlines (the name being a play on the concept of a "farmer tan") is a three piece rock band from Memphis, TN.  Together since late 2004, the band has toured extensively in North America and Europe playing clubs and festivals, and has seven releases on various record labels around the world.   Their last LP, I'm Your Negative, was released by Dirtnap Records out of Portland, OR. (discography here)

Alicja Trout, the River City Tanlines' "frontman" and principle songwriter, is a veteran of countless noteworthy punk/indie bands over the years, including The Clears (Smells Like Records), The Lost Sounds (Empty Records, In the Red) and her other current projects, Mouserocket and Black Sunday.  Likewise, the powerful rhythm section of Terrence Bishop and John Bonds are no strangers to success, having played together behind such names as Jack Oblivian, R.L. Burnside, Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, and T Model Ford. 

The Tanlines appeared in Craig Brewer's (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan)  web-series and soundtrack for MTV, Five Dollar Cover.   They have a song  "Black Knight," a crowd favorite at live shows, featured in the EA Sports video game Skate.  They also won a battle of the bands organized for an episode of Samantha Brown's Great Weekends  when the show was filmed in Memphis.  The Tanlines were presented a trophy in the episode.

Currently the band is preparing for a tour of the west coast, July 15-24, 2010, and they are about the release a new 7".