Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon was the frontman and vocalist for the New Jersey straight edge hardcore punk band Mouthpiece from 1991 to 1996. Following that band's demise, he went on to sing for Hands Tied and Face the Enemy, and has been with Triple Threat since 2004.

according to Tim:Here's an extremely condensed version. I started skateboarding in 1985. Late 1985, early 1986 I discovered punk / hardcore. June 27th, 1987 I went to my first show, Descendents, Rollins Band and MIA at City Gardens, soon after followed by Dag Nasty and Agent Orange at City Gardens. Late 1987, early 1988 introduced me to straight edge hardcore. Some of my earliest memories involving straight edge hardcore shows focus around live sets by bands like: Bold, Insted, Judge, Gorilla Biscuits, Chain Of Strength and Turning Point. In 1988 I started a fanzine called Slew, that lasted three issues. Late 1988 I started Common Sense Fanzine with my friend Tony. By late 1989, early 1990 I started a hardcore band. Originally known as Control, we played about two shows under that name, then changed our name to Mouthpiece. Mouthpiece existed from 1990 to 1996. In that time period we released two 7"s and one full length, all on New Age Records. Mouthpiece played the east coast consistently, occasionally played the mid west and quite a few times played the west coast. We toured in 1995 and broke up in 1996. 1996 brought forth a new band, Hands Tied. Hands Tied recorded a record for Equal Vision Records, played the east coast here and there, then toured Euorpe in 1998. Hands Tied broke up in 1999. From 1999 to 2001 I remained bandless. Aside from a small group of Mouthpiece reunion shows in 2000, I didn't find myself getting involved with a new band until 2001. 2001 brought me into the position of working on a project with an old friend, Ken Olden from DC. We called the band Face The Enemy, recorded a full length album and a 7". Face The Enemy played a small handful of shows, did a short tour with Impact (now Stand & Fight), then took the back seat to our personal lives. In 2002 I got married to my long time girlfriend and all around best friend, Traci. May 2003 brought forth the birth of our first child, Trevor Jordan McMahon. By 2004, I started a new band, Triple Threat. This brings us to the present. Triple Threat played our first show in June of 2004 with Insted. We recorded for a 5 song 7" on Livewire Records, which was released in November of 2005. Following the release of the 7", we played a string of shows up and down the East Coast. In March of 2006, Triple Threat recorded a 13 song full length album for Bridge 9 Records called "Into The Darkness". July 25, 2006, "Into The Darkness" was released, followed by shows on the Warped Tour, the GB reunion, the 2006 This Is Hardcore fest and the infamous CBGB's. Triple Threat will continue to play out as much as possible and plan on recording a future EP. Aside from Triple Threat, most of my time goes to my family, my work (graphic design) and my hobbies (Apple Computers, following sports, horror movies, Volkswagens etc...). February of 2007 brought forth the birth of one more little McMahon, this time a girl, Taryn.

Discography

with Mouthpiece
* "Words to Live By, Words to Die For" compilation (1991)
* "mouthpiece" (1991)
* "It's For Life" (1992)
* "What Was Said" (1994)
* "Face Tomorrow" (1995)
* "Anti-Matter" (1996)with Hands Tied
* "Hands Tied" (1996)
* "The Time Is Now" (1996)with Face the Enemy
* "Through It All" (2003)
* "These Two Words" (2003)with Triple Threat
* "A New Chapter" (2004)
* "Into The Darkness" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&ArtistId=498 Tim McMahon] on bandtoband.com