In addition to his additional original music pursuits, such as punk rock outfit Johnny Black, produced by Daniel Rey, (Ramones, Misfits, White Zombie) and an 8-year residency with New Jersey’s own American Angel, Sean worked for a number of years in the late 90’s with producer Lez Warner, former drummer of The Cult as US-UK Music Productions primary session guitarist. An acoustic pop/rock duo produced by Rainer Preuss, McDowell-Tarr released two maxi-singles on the RMG/EMI-Germany label. In the mid 90’s, Sean teamed up with Todd McDowell to form McDowell-Tarr. After a TNA reunion and subsequent signing to Kivel Records in 2000, TNA released their first album, Finger on the Trigger, in 2001, followed by the much acclaimed Branded, in 2004. Based in NYC, his band TNA made a lasting impression in the late 80’s and early 90’s with their infectious brand of heavy melodic rock/metal. Sean Tarr has been writing, recording and performing professionally for the last three decades. While Chandler’s song, American Boss, was considered in two categories, Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance. Later on, Chandler became the lead vocalist for the Punky Meadows Band (guitar player from the 70’s rock band ANGEL), releasing a debut album that came in at #7 on the iTunes Rock Chart, #6 on Billboard’s New Artist Chart, and #136 on the Top 200, in June of 2016, and was followed by a successful US tour.įeatured on the homepage of ReverbNation and named Best Unsigned Artist by Starcentral Magazine/Australia, Chandler’s album Road Not Taken, with NJ-based group Iron Bridge Band, received a Grammy consideration for Best Rock Album for 2013, and again in 2016 with their sophomore album Against the Grain, this time in two categories, Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album/Production. Since then, the band has had multiple album licensing deals and countless accolades, in both Europe and Japan. Signing with Frontiers Records, touring in Europe, and appearing on Greece’s national TV and twice on the cover of Metal Hammer magazine, the country’s largest rock publication. During 2009, Chandler achieved success with his own rock band, OUTLOUD, in the country of Greece. In 2008, Chandler performed with AJ Pero’s (TWISTED SISTER) band, CITIES, and was offered a deal with Kivel Records out of NY, singing on the new TALON record, a melodic rock band out of California. As a rock singer at high-society private events in the NYC area, Chandler has appeared in over 600 shows. One of the most prolific and dynamic singers in the Rock world today, Chandler works primarily as a studio singer, having performed vocals on upwards of 400 songs and showing up on over 25 albums.
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