Career
Alexander played on recordings from Suck on This to Tales from the Punchbowl, before leaving the band in 1996, only to rejoin in 2003 for the European Parliament Animals Should Not Try to Acting Like People. Alexander is hailed frequently for his "polyrhythmic" playing. Before, Alexander played and recorded with Major Lingo, which at the time was a ska-based rhythm band that featured a lap steel guitar as the lead instrument, played by Tony Bruno.
Alexander got the job with replacing Jay Lane (along with Larry LaLonde who replaced Todd Huth) in 1988, and lasted until 1996.
Alexander"s second stint with was from early 2003 until approximately 2009 when he was replaced by Jay Lane. Les Claypool spoke of Alexander"s playing in an interview with Bass Player: " is a very precise player.
Even when we"re really stretching on something, you can rarely tell that we"re still a band that doesn"t rehearse much. And a huge part of that is because of Tim".
Following Alexander"s departure from, he went on to form his own group,, which released on Claypool"s label Prawn Song Records.
Alexander has also collaborated with experimental bass player Michael Manring and guitarist Alex Skolnick to form the group known as. Alexander was the first drummer of, performing early live shows with the band, and recording drums for the track "The Hollow" on the band"s debut album, Mer de Noms. Alexander joined the theatrical group Blue Manitoba Group, and has occasionally played with the Las Vegas-based improvisational rock band Uberschall.
Despite being primarily known for his drum work Alexander is also a guitarist and singer.
He performed live guitar with the group Born Naked and held the lead vocal duties on "s second album and supporting tour. Alexander was involved throughout 2008-2009 in a project known as into The Presence which features songs by Luis Carlos Maldonado.
Their debut album was released on Razor and Tie Records and includes performances from bassist Paz Lenchantin and cellist Ana Lenchantin. Both into The Presence and the release were recorded and produced at Alexander"s own Ghost Town Studios.
He has toured with them and can be heard on their most recent released recordings.
On September 25, 2013 Rolling Stone announced via an interview with Claypool that Alexander would be rejoining, with a possible recording session taking place as early as November. Previous drummer Jay Lane would be moving on to other projects including his former band Ratdog. On July 18, 2014, Alexander suffered a heart attack, and underwent open heart surgery. updated Alexander"s health status on July 21 with a Facebook post stating, "The Mighty Tim "Herb" Alexander has pulled through surgery, the blockage from his heart has been removed with no complications and all signs point to a glorious and speedy recovery." He rejoined for their " and the Chocolate Factory" tour 3 months later on October 22, 2014.
