TIGHT BRO'S FROM WAY BACK WHEN are a satanic bunch who play raw, fast, loud garage-rock. They found a common ground between AC/DC and MC5 with their debut EP, "Take You Higher" (Kill Rock Stars, 1998), that coupled the monster metal grooves of "Take You Higher" and "Chicken Little Lied" with the blues-rock excrements "Runnin Thru My Bones" and "I'm In LucK". Only the Hellacopters, at the other side of the world, can match this reckless fury. THE TIGHT BRO'S do indeed enjoy AC/DC, to whom they are often compared, but feel the resemblance is accidental and the comparison lazy! For true inspiration is derived from the other obvious inspirations: the MC5, Little Richard, Slade, the Stooges, Black Flag. THE TIGHT BRO'S hate assumptions that they play Ironic Butt-Rock, retro-metal, or some-such- they realize that rock'n roll seems dated and funny to people and that their music in particular seems comically macho especially when played by a bunch of nerds, but in their way are completely sincere. In the face of a northwest wave "Issa not punk, issa rockaroll, baby!," They just don't care who knows they're punk rock. Cuz they are. No one else seems to think so.

There was a time when TIGHT BRO'S were perceived by some as a joke-y take by indie hipsters on the days when rock 'n' roll really was radical without trying (New York Dolls, early AC/DC, etc.), a style of music that was coming of age back then and now seems camp and retro. And though the parallels to the music itself are there, the group is beyond making excuses explanations to those who don't see a true love of rock behind the sound.
And truthfully, a lot of the strength in the music does come from the heavy rock 'n' roll rhythms and the squeezed guitar solos, the arpeggio guitar accents and the drum-and-bass interludes. It's an undeniable facet of the music.
The members of TIGHT BROS have all been involved in other projects: Quitty was a member of the Northwest hardcore outfit Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live; Sean is in Gene Defcon; and Jared, who used to be a member of the now-defunct indie power trio Karp, has a couple of other projects on the side. And though the music of those other projects doesn't really find a place in the sound of TIGHT BROS, there is an element of it there because through the players, the same well-spring of musical creativity and energy is tapped.

Given the ball-to-the-walls nature of TIGHT BROS' music and it's more-often-than-not universal appeal to fans of punk rock and revved up rock 'n' roll, it's not that far of a stretch to imagine the band getting spins on big rock radio or even airplay on MTV, if they ever decided that it was worthwhile to spend the money making a video, but that's not in the cards anytime soon. The band's just not interested! "It's not that we're against any of that, but why even deal with any of it?" questions Quitty, whose day job is as at K Records, one of the most well-known indie labels on the West Coast. "We play music because we love music, not because we're ambitious. We - or I guess I can only speak for myself - I've got nothing against radio, nothing against people who do this primarily as a business, but I'm more interested in longevity and making things that people can respect in a number of years than I am in short-term commercial anything, and having to play all those games. You know, 'cause I work in the record business too, and having to think about the business as much as I do already can kind of kill your appreciation of music. It just doesn't really interest me. I don't think we need to work it. I think if you've got something that people like - and it may take little time and there may be a little effort involved - you don't have to work it. People will eventually come around."
It's a sight to behold, an interactive rock show at which the band encourages the fans to get involved, mover close to the stage and rock the fuck out. It's pure, unadulterated rock 'n' roll, and that's where the fire really lies...