Tiara is one of my favoriete bands. When I moved to Columbus, it took me a few years until I found them, but once I did, I was hooked. I saw them as much as I could, and really tried to promote the hell out of them to new and old fans alike. I even released a vinyl record with them two years ago, Donewaiting.com, Volume One: Tiara vs. Miranda Sound.
News came to me yesterday that, after 12 years, Tiara is finally calling it quits. I love every single person in the band, so I was sorry to hear it. Fortunately, everyone is involved in other projects so I’ll be able to support them in one way or another, and there’s always hope for the occasional reunion show (maybe? we’ll see…)
Here’s the note posted on their website:
11 Years of Tiara
We’d like to thank all of our friends, family, fans and supporters who have made this all worth doing. We’ve decided to pack it in and retire TIARA. This was an amicable decision agreed upon by all current members of the band and we are obviously all remaining good pals, we’ve just come to an end. We’re all continuing to make music in our other projects, Brian Moore in Brainbow & Jon Chinn & 1803 with Brian Freshour, Jess Faller in The Celebrity Pilots & Chris McCoy & The Gospel, Erik Kang in The Cabdrivers & with me, Eric Rottmayer in my solo project, eric Metronome.
We wish to invite you all to our final 3 shows:
Sunday, June 25th at COMFEST: 5pm at The Off-Ramp Stage
Saturday, July 1st at The Surly Girl (outside) for a Columbus Music Co-Op Benefit (in the afternoon, more details to come)
Saturday, July 1st at Little Brothers with The Sun, The Kyle Sowashes, & Wussy. Doors at 9pm, $5. We are playing first.
Thanks again to everyone who helped us along the way, let us sleep on their floor, gave us hugs and listened to our music. We will always remember this.
Here’s a few Tiara MP3s to get you through the weekend:
MP3: Drawings
MP3: Holes in the Brain of a Man
MP3: No Better For It
MP3: The Night Air
