Tommy Guerrero Perpetual

Tommy Guerrero continues to expand his horizons while upholding his San Francisco Bay heritage.
Starting from the Bones Brigade skate team in the 80’s, he has gone on to make movie appearances,
design for Levi’s in Japan, Vans shoes worldwide, Sutro eyewear (among others), sign a skateboard
contract with Converse, co-found Real Skateboards and 40’s Clothing and become art director for
Krooked Skateboarding, along with maintaining a prolific recording schedule.
Tommy’s concerts have packed houses across the country from Café Du Nord in SF to The Knitting
Factory in N.Y.C. and continue across the globe from The Underworld in London to the Fujirock
Festival in his yearly tours in Japan. In 2014, Tommy performed a 15-city tour of Europe sponsored
by Levi’s and plans to return again to support this new release - Perpetual.
A continuation to Perpetuum, an album exclusively released in Japan in 2014, Tommy’s intent for
Perpetual is “to strip the tunes down and create more of an atmosphere than being concerned with
writing ‘songs’... The other idea [is] to abandon the damn computron and record everything on my
Tascam 388 1/4" 8 track tape machine. The limitations with an old tape deck were welcomed with
open arms - … I gotta say this is one of my faves and hope people will connect with what I [am]
trying to convey. Music is all about an emotional response for me... I hope it resonates with you in a
positive way.”
From Mission District punkers to Shibuya-ku hipsters- Tommy’s music does resonate in a positive
way. His melodies dance lightly around your head while the rhythms build under your feet and move
your hips. His is SOUL music, made by a street kid raised on Santana and Bill Withers (with more
than a little nod to the Clash and Public Enemy in there, too) who – through Perpetual – continues to
share that life is “about the journey not the destination.”