T.C. Tolliver joined Asbury Park, NJ-based heavy rock act Hat Trick Of Misery in Febreaury 2005. Previously Tolliver played on the Plasmatics Capitol Records release "Coup d'Etat", produced by Dieter Dirks and engineered by Michael Wagener. Tolliver later went on to become the drummer in The Wendy O. Williams Band, playing on all the singles, the "W.O.W" LP, produced by Gene Simmons, and the "Kommander of Kaos" LP.
Hat Trick Of Misery is a local unsigned band that has spent the last two and a half years playing out and cultivating a fan base. The group opened for Motörhead and Corrosion Of Conformity in March 2005.