Tim Barry Tim Barry Based out of Richmond, VA, singer/songwriter
Tim Barry is most well known as the frontman for Avail, an
aggressive hardcore outfit that's been rocking out in the
underground since the early '90s. He largely grew up in Reston,
a suburb just outside of D.C., fueling his teenage restlessness
with 1980s punk, speed metal, and, of course, the nearby
Dischord scene. Later on, he grew to appreciate his parents'
folk, country, and classical collections as well. Fronting Avail
since 1991, the band had released six studio albums as of 2006
and toured exhaustively all over the world, turning themselves
into something of cult favorites in the process.  In the
mid-2000s, the politically conscious Barry began releasing solo
material that abandoned the loud-hard-fast punk rules of Avail
and stripped it all down to Woody Guthrie-inspired folk, the
only thing tying the two projects together being Barry's gruff
voice and brash delivery. Armed with just his guitar, Barry
recorded some demos in 2005 on the si