Trevor Tanner is a British musician and composer, best known as the singer and guitarist of post-punk/gothic rock band The Bolshoi during the 1980s. He is currently a member of American celtic rock band Rathkeltaír and also has a solo career.
Trevor Tanner, working closely with Emperor Penguin Recordings' ( EPR ) Creative Director, David Paul Wyatt Perko, has been slowly releasing solo recordings. Tanner's first release on Emperor Penguin Recordings was an elaborate 3-CD boxed-set ( the three volumes are also available individually ) entitled: Bullish, Bellyache & Belch, which was released in 2004. The set consists of 41 songs in total, which were hand-picked by Perko out of a pool of well over a hundred Tanner works-in-progress. The 3-CD boxed-set ( as well as the three individual CDs ) is available at Amazon.com as well as from the label directly: Emperor Penguin Recordings. Digital downloads are available via Apple iTunes.
Tanner's fourth release on Emperor Penguin Recordings, a 16 track work entitled, Eaten By The Sea, became available for digital download at Apple iTunes on 11 March 2008. The CD was released on May 20th, 2008.
Trevor Tanner, via Emperor Penguin Recordings, released an Apple iTunes, Digital 45, entitled "The Ballad Of Edgar Allan Poe" on July 13, 2011. Tanner periodically performs the song live at Poe's Tavern, located in Jacksonville, FL.