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| Years_active = 1998-2011
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| Status = split
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| Label = [[Butchered Records]], Roid Rage Recordings, 87811
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'''S.A. Sanctuary''' (or SA Sanctuary) is a metal band from [[San Antonio Texas]].
 
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==S.A. Sanctuary Biography==
 
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The band has gone through many members since it's inception. When the band started out in the early-mid 1980's, they were under the name Sanctuary. Later, a band from Washington State would use the name as well and get signed, so rather than feud over the name, former guitarist Velasquez opted to alter the band name from Sanctuary to S.A. Sanctuary to avoid confusion.
 
  
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When the band started out, it was more of a metal / hard rock band, similar to [[Iron Maiden]].  
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'''S.A. Sanctuary''' (San Antonio Sanctuary) was a metal band from [[San Antonio Texas]].
  
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Through out time as members changed, so did the musical style of the band. Today they are mainly considered Thrash, with some material stemming into Death Metal.
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==Biography==
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The band has gone through many members since it's inception. When the band started out in the early-mid 1980's, they were under the name Sanctuary. Later, a band from Washington State would use the name as well and get signed, founder Orrie V. opted to alter the band name to S.A. Sanctuary to avoid confusion. When the band started out, it was more of a metal / hard rock band, similar to Iron Maiden.  
  
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The band has recently signed to [[Butchered Records]].<ref>S.A. Sanctuary sign to Butchered Records - http://www.pr.com/press-release/352642</ref>
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Through out time as members changed, so did the musical style of the band. From 2000 onward, they were mainly considered Thrash, with some material stemming into Death Metal.
  
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==Discography==
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The band had 1 cd released by Butchered Records <small>''(05/2011)''</small><ref>S.A. Sanctuary sign to Butchered Records - http://www.pr.com/press-release/352642</ref><ref>http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/22518/S.A.-Sanctuary-signed-to-Butchered-Records.html#.UPKldOKSyxQ</ref><ref>http://www.pr.com/press-release/352642</ref> <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/ButchereRecords6/posts/722120864464792 Butchered Records facebook post from 1/21/2014]</ref>
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#[[The Battle]] - demo from 1998
 
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#[[Rehearsal in Place]] 2000
 
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#[[Abandon In Place 2000|Abandon in Place (Demo)]] - original release from 2000
 
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#[[Promises CD Single|Promises CD Single]] - released in 2002 ''(sources state '''Promises''' cd single will be re-released)''
 
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#[[Shred Your Head]] ''(live tour cd from 2009) Release TBA''
 
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#[[Abandon In Place|Abandon In Place]] - released on [[Butchered Records]] 2011
 
  
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<small>* It is said that an 8 - 10 song album titled, [[Download Humanity]] was partially recorded in 2003, but never finished. Rumored reasons were difficulties with former musicians and their unwillingness to get it finished.</small>
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S.A. Sanctuary disbanded during 2011 and is no longer together, although they played 1 final show on January 8th 2013 at Korova.<ref>[S.A. Sanctuary officially quits]</ref>
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===DVD / video===
 
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'''''<small>Most of these are bootleged shows. Official releases are indicated as such.</small>'''''
 
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*[[Live at Mustang Sally's]] - Jul 4, 2001 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Graffiti's Rock Room]] - Apr 13, 2002 ''(Dallas, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Sunken Garden Theater]] - Aug 2, 2002 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Sunset Saloon - 2002]] - ?/?/2002 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Medieval Knights - 2002]] - Feb 2, 2002 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Club Blaze]] - June ?, 2002 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Cheerleaders Sports Bar]] March ?. 2002
 
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*[[Live at Railhead Saloon]] - March ?, 2002 ''(Lawton, OK)''
 
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*[[Live at Medieval Knights - 2003]] - March ?, 2003 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Sunset Station - 2003]] Jun ?, 2003 ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at The Venue]] - Oct ?, 2005 - ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
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*[[Live at Klub Krystal]] - ?/?/2006 - ''(San Antonio)''
 
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*[[Shred Your Head]] - May, 23, 2009 - ''(San Antonio, TX)''
 
  
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==Current Members==
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==last known line-up==
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*[[Angel Fuentes|'''Angel Fuentes''']] - lead guitar and main voice
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*[[Orrie V.]] - founder / rhythm guitar / vocals
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*[[Mike Reykjavik]] - drums
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===Past Members ===  
 
===Past Members ===  
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*'''Orrie Velasquez''' - guitar and secondary voice
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*[[Angel Fuentes|Angel C. Fuentes]] - vocals (1998-2000) / vocals and guitar (2000 - end)
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*[[Romeo CK Vallejo|'''Romeo CK Vallejo''']] - bass ''(temporarily unavailable)''
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*Eddie Correa - keyboards (1998, 2000, 2002, 2009 ''live only'')
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*'''[[Ted Wawrzyniak ]]''' - bass  
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*Myke the Drummer - drums (2000 - end)
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*'''[[Raul Gomez]]''' - drums ''(also past member of '''[[Redzer]]''')''
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*John St. John - bass (2011)
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*'''[[Jerry Casterlano]]''' - lead guitar and then bass ''(parts of 2002 only, also past member of '''[[Redzer]]''')''
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*Romeo CK. - keyboards (2004-2006) / bass (2009) / drums (2010)
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*'''Tony Ramirez''' - bass  
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*Jerry C. - lead guitar (1998-2000) / bass (2001)
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*'''[[Rick Flores]]''' - bass
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*Tony R. - bass (1998 - 2001)
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*'''[[Robert Esquivel]]''' - bass
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*Raul "stixx" - drums (1998-2000)
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*'''[[Danny Jimenez]]''' - bass
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*Ted Wawrzyniak - bass (2000, 2002)
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*'''[[Albert Solis]]''' - temp bassist
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*Danny J. - bass (2003)
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*[[Eddie Correa|'''Edward 'Eddie' Correa''']] - keyboards (live only)
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==Discography==
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* Demo 2000 (2000)
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*[[Abandon In Place|Abandon In Place]] - released on Butchered Records 2011<ref>https://www.discogs.com/label/148024-Butchered-Records</ref>
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* Download Humanity - (recorded 2002 / never released)
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*Prisoner of Hope -single (2919)<ref>from S.A. Sanctuary official bandcamp  https://sasanctuary.bandcamp.com/album/prisoner-of-hope</ref>
  
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==Notable Past Shows==
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'''''See [[S.A. Sanctuary tour dates]]'''''
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'''''<small>Most of these are bootlegged shows. Official releases are indicated as such.</small>'''''
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*[[6/23/2000]]
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==notes==
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary - PharmaceutiKillers]] - Jul 4, 2001 ''()''
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*The S.A. in S.A. Sanctuary, is an abbreviation for San Antonio (Texas), where the band started.
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*[[Live in Dallas|Live at Graffiti's Rock Room]] - Apr 13, 2002 ''(Dallas, TX)''
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*Romeo Vallejo is their permanent bassist, but is currently unavailable for shows.''(unknown reasons)''
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*[[Live at Sunken Garden Theater]] - Aug 2, 2002 ''()''
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*S.A. Sanctuary launched abandon-in-place.com <ref> [http://abandon-in-place.com 'abandon-in-place.com']</ref> for fans to buy their CD ''(Abandon In Place)'' at a lower cost than from retail outlets.
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary - Cultivating Misery]] - ?/?/2002 ''()''
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*The band have a 200lb metal gargoyle "mascot" named Willie.
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary: ...And To the Republic]] - Feb 2, 2002 ''()''
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*Their drummer lives in New Hampshire and fly's in for festivals and shows.
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*[[Point of Failure]] <ref> [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3183424/ ''S.A. Sanctuary: Point of Failure (2002) @ IMDB.com''] </ref> <ref>[http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=93591/ ''TOP40-Charts.com Rock & Metal News 11/09/2013'']</ref> - June ?, 2002 ''(Winslow, AZ)''
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*In spring 2010, Angel Fuentes and Orrie Velasquez were guitar and bass tech for [[George Lynch|George Lynch's]] band, [[Souls of We]] during his South West USA leg of the tour. <ref>Velasquez, Fuentes, and Lynch, "[http://www.myspace.com/sasanctuary/blog/532421823 ‘Orrie and Angel work for Souls of We’]", ''from S.A. Sanctuary official myspace page''.</ref>
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary: Cycle of Suffering]] - 2002 ''(Reno, NV)''
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*[[Worse of the Worst]] - March ?, 2003 ''(Lawton, OK)''
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary - Hidden Agenda]] - 2003 ''(Baltimore, MD)''
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary: The 100 Year Curse]] - Oct ?, 2003 - ''''
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary: 10/10]]
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*[[S.A. Sanctuary - Elitist Plague]] - 4/10/2006 - ''()''
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*[[Shred Your Head]] <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089412/ ''S.A. Sanctuary: Shred Your Head (2013) @ IMDB.com'']</ref> - May, 23, 2009 - ''(San Antonio, TX)''
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*[[DVD 12]]
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*[[dvd14]]
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*[[dvd15]]
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*[[dvd16]]
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*[[dvd17]]
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*[[dvd18]]
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*[[dvd19]]
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*[[dvd20]]
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*[[dvd21]]
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==References==
 
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==links==
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==official sites==
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*https://sa-sanctuary.com/
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*https://www.instagram.com/sasanctuary/
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*https://sasanctuary.bandcamp.com
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*https://twitter.com/sasanctuary
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*https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lLenGrKjBGiXLJ1OHZUg6
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*https://youtube.com/user/sasanctuary (Official Artist Channel)
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*[http://sa-sanctuary.com official site]
 
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*[http://myspace.com/sasanctuary official SA Sanctuary myspace page]
 
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*[http://facebook.com/sasanctuary official SA Sanctuary facebook profile]
 
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*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sa-sanctuary-p2385809 S.A. Sanctuary @ allmusic]
 
  
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:39, 22 March 2024

S.A. Sanctuary

S.A. Sanctuary live @ Sunken Garden Theater
Background information
Origin Texas
Genres metal, thrash, death
Years active 1998-2011
Status split
Labels Butchered Records (2011)

S.A. Sanctuary (San Antonio Sanctuary) was a metal band from San Antonio Texas.

Biography

The band has gone through many members since it's inception. When the band started out in the early-mid 1980's, they were under the name Sanctuary. Later, a band from Washington State would use the name as well and get signed, founder Orrie V. opted to alter the band name to S.A. Sanctuary to avoid confusion. When the band started out, it was more of a metal / hard rock band, similar to Iron Maiden.

Through out time as members changed, so did the musical style of the band. From 2000 onward, they were mainly considered Thrash, with some material stemming into Death Metal.

The band had 1 cd released by Butchered Records (05/2011)[1][2][3] [4]

S.A. Sanctuary disbanded during 2011 and is no longer together, although they played 1 final show on January 8th 2013 at Korova.[5]

last known line-up

  • Orrie V. - founder / rhythm guitar / vocals

Past Members

  • Angel C. Fuentes - vocals (1998-2000) / vocals and guitar (2000 - end)
  • Eddie Correa - keyboards (1998, 2000, 2002, 2009 live only)
  • Myke the Drummer - drums (2000 - end)
  • John St. John - bass (2011)
  • Romeo CK. - keyboards (2004-2006) / bass (2009) / drums (2010)
  • Jerry C. - lead guitar (1998-2000) / bass (2001)
  • Tony R. - bass (1998 - 2001)
  • Raul "stixx" - drums (1998-2000)
  • Ted Wawrzyniak - bass (2000, 2002)
  • Danny J. - bass (2003)

Discography

  • Demo 2000 (2000)
  • Abandon In Place - released on Butchered Records 2011[6]
  • Download Humanity - (recorded 2002 / never released)
  • Prisoner of Hope -single (2919)[7]


References

  1. ↑ S.A. Sanctuary sign to Butchered Records - http://www.pr.com/press-release/352642
  2. ↑ http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/22518/S.A.-Sanctuary-signed-to-Butchered-Records.html#.UPKldOKSyxQ
  3. ↑ http://www.pr.com/press-release/352642
  4. ↑ Butchered Records facebook post from 1/21/2014
  5. ↑ [S.A. Sanctuary officially quits]
  6. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/label/148024-Butchered-Records
  7. ↑ from S.A. Sanctuary official bandcamp https://sasanctuary.bandcamp.com/album/prisoner-of-hope

official sites

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