The members:
Tin Scribble is Michael Allen Moore from Wyandotte on vocals, guitar, keyboards and synthesizers, Bryan Atterberry from Brownstown Township on guitar and bassist Mark “Dino” Jardine of Lincoln Park. It’s been a rotating cast of drummers (Moore says the band’s luck parallels that of Spinal Tap), and currently filling the chair for recording and shows is local percussionist Clinton Sabon.
The history:
Jardine and Moore first collaborated as House of Usher, but became dissatisfied with being, as Moore describes, a “progressive juggernaut,” and formed Tin Scribble in 2002.
“We worked very hard writing and building our own recording studio,” said Moore. “The goal in mind (was) making not only a very professional recording, but one that qualified as art as well.”
What's up with the name:
Moore says that “Tin Scribble” came from a chance meeting between him and, well, a dictionary.
“The name … came about very simply by myself opening a dictionary randomly at two points,” he said. “I felt the two words together had a certain connotation that fit where I was at the time, personally as an artist — a very disorganized machine.
The style:
“We started Tin Scribble at a point when we were all heavily influenced by A Perfect Circle’s Mer de Noms and Radiohead’s O.K. Computer,” Moore said. “However, our early influence eventually crept through — Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Police and Yes.
“We have been accused at times as being esoteric, but art is subjective, isn’t it?”
Moore also adds that underrated British-progressive group Marillion, who made a name for itself with the classic 1983 work Script for a Jester’s Tear, is one of his main inspirations.
Got anything recorded?
Tin Scribble debut Children of Saturn is available through www.cdbaby.com — aside from growing in momentum in sales, the album recently received a positive review from a Belgian Web site.
To inquire about the disc, visit the band’s official Web site at www.tinscribble.com.
Tell us your future?
“Hopefully CD sales will continue to take-off, and we’ll be able to mount a regional tour,” said Moore. “We have already begun to write new material for a second CD, which is proving to be as dark and disturbing as Children of Saturn.
We have been improving so much as of late, I am quite excited to able to be performing for people.”
Website:
www.tinscribble.com
