Meet Rockin’ Cult Horror Film Hero Jonathan Tiersten
Just proclaimed “one of the most talented singer-songwriters in the state” by Denver-based Yellow Scene Magazine, the New York born, Jersey-bred singer-songwriter first gained national notoriety as a child actor, with his infamous role of Ricky in the cult horror film, Sleepaway Camp, and reprised it three years ago in Return to Sleepaway Camp.
He’s now blending his music and acting careers seamlessly as he anticipates the March 2011 release of his latest album, We’ll See. “In the Air,” the driving lead track, is the theme song from one of Tiersten’s current films, The Perfect House, in which he plays a serial killer. Tiersten stars in another independent 2010 release, the psychological thriller Redemption.
Listen to “In the Air” and more from We’ll See here:
www.reverbnation.com/jonathantierstenandtentiers
Tiersten recently wrote the score for another movie, Commitment, a short film about racial profiling, and considers himself a triple threat on the celluloid scene in that he can score films as well as produce and act in them.
On stage, JONATHAN TIERSTEN & TEN TIERS have gained a reputation for kicking it out in concert, with “really big, but really quiet” shows offering a wall of sound in an acoustic band setting with the massive dynamics of Pink Floyd. Borrowing from Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire, Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers are known as much for their stunning effect on live audiences as the songwriting craft and musicianship that goes into their shows.
Hailed by the Denver Post for “imaginative song writing, powerful vocals backed by amazing melodies,” Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers bring “a songwriting quality nearly unparalleled in the Mile High and beyond” (Yellow Scene Magazine). “Ten Tiers’ music can be intoxicating,” noted Westword. And the Colorado Wave radio show called their music, “timely conscious, and right on the money.”
“I’m very, very passionate about my acting,” he says. “But I don’t want to be perceived as an actor who became a musician. Music is an enormous passion for me. Music is not what I do. It’s who I am.”
As the Rocky Mountain News once warned, “If you haven’t heard Jonathan Tiersten sing, you are only cheating yourself.”
More on Jonathan at www.tentiers.com
JONATHAN TIERSTEN & TEN TIERS ON TOUR:
Sat., Jan. 15: Dickens Opera House, Longmont, CO
Sat., Feb. 26: Avogadro’s Number, Ft. Collins, CO
Tue., March 1: Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Thu., March 3: Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ
Sat., March 5: Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA
