Timmy the Terror and the Winter Coats is a band on the Gnar Tapes & Shit label, a local, cassette tape-only outfit founded by president Erik Gage. As much an internet meme as it is a band, Timmy the Terror emerged early from the tide pool of young punk and metal fans in White Fang, another local group known for their riotous live shows.
The band is made up of Jimmy Leslie and Tyler Bristow, but friend Thaddeus Pedisich said he has played with them once. A common story for the group, their line up draws from a rotating group of members, keeping the feel of the group loose and ambiguous. Leslie’s characteristic Microsoft Paint collages and weird pictures of old people fill the pages of the “pictures” section of their MySpace page. A highlight reel of government stock footage is repossessed as a music video. The quirk of their image and marketing style is equally reflected in their musical stylings as well.
Timmy the Terror is a mixture of thrashy metal and punk, droning a bit and sampling from old-school video games at times. Their vocals are more yelling than singing, complimenting the lo-fi sound quality on their recordings. Walking the line between Suicidal Tendencies and live Black Flag recordings, energy is the key feature for this band and an irrefutable youth is projected through their sound. Their overall sound is that of young, undirected rage, effectively non sequitur enough to distance itself from proper content or rather, all that noise is the content.