{"id":9,"date":"2011-10-23T01:38:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bltierney.com\/\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:35:35","slug":"bands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bltierney.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Drummer: Brian Tierney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bio: Brian Tierney (aka: Brain Tyranny, aka ‘Stop Sign’) has been playing drums since age 16, starting with rock’n’roll, then punk rock, then everything from jazz to country to a Tom Jones cover band. He has played on almost every stage in San Francisco during the 30 years he lived there. His most successful band was Gargoyles<\/a>, a popular 77-style punk band in the early 90s that released several records and CDs<\/a>. The country band Big Mistake<\/a> also did well, and has a great CD<\/a>. He sometimes played a ‘bucket kit’ with band like Imperial Pints<\/a>, and also played jazz standards with bands like Layette Prime Rib<\/a>. The most recent CD he plays on is by The Unfortunate Bastard <\/a>on Die Laughing Records<\/a> (listen on Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently ‘Brian \/ Stop Sign’ is based in New Orleans, LA, and plays regularly with John Lisi & Delta Funk<\/a> and Them Jaywalkers<\/a>. He also drums for Busted on Bourbon<\/a>, a popular NOLA-based Grateful Dead tribute band. He a regular substitute drummer in several other NOLA bands as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formerly he played in NOLA with Callie and the Midnight Funkbois<\/a>, Danny Ray and the Electric Barrelhouse<\/a>, and the John Krupa Project<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Brian at bltierney@gmail.com for gigs or session work anytime!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some recent videos of Brian drumming, see his Youtube channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of Brian’s more successful bands from the past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n