S.A. Sanctuary
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about
SA SANCTUARY (or S.A Sanctuary) is a band from San Antonio Texas.
The band has gone through many members (mostly bassists) since it's inception. The bands founding member, Orrie Velasquez, is the only original member. When the band started out in 1987, it was more of a metal / hard rock band, similar to Iron Maiden. In the mid 1990's, SA SANCTUARY ended due to the drummer, and guitarist joining the Air Force. SA SANCTUARY would reform in 1998 with all new members.
Through out time as members changed, so did the musical style of the band. Today they are considered a Thrash, and with some material, Death Metal.
Orrie and Angel are fairly good friends with a number of big names in music. In spring 2010, Angel Fuentes and Orrie Velasquez were guitar and bass tech for George Lynch's band, Souls of We during his South West USA leg of the tour. [1]
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early days
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early sa sanctuary
Discography
- The Battle - demo from 1998
- Rehearsal in Place 2000
- Abandon in Place - original release from 2000
- Promises CD Single - released in 2002 (sources state Promises cd single will be re-released)
- Abandon In Place - re-released in 2009
- Shred Your Head (live tour cd from 2009) Release in 2010
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SA SANCTUARY youtube Video page
Notable Past Shows
The band has played many shows with many different bands, big and small. These are the most noteworthy.
2001
| with Slayer |
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2002
| with Judas Priest |
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2003
| with Halford and Testament |
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2005
| with Exodus |
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(2005 w/ Exodus, 3 Inches of Blood, Crisis)
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2009
| with Saxon |
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Members
- Orrie Velasquez - guitar and secondary voice
- Angel Fuentes - lead guitar and main voice
- Romeo CK Vallejo - bass (currently filling in on drums)
- Edward 'Eddie' Correa - keyboards (live only)
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notes
- The SA in SA Sanctuary, is an abbreviation for San Antonio (Texas), where the band started.
- In 2002, Orrie was unable to play with the band for several months. Rather than cancel their shows, SA Sanctuary continued as Pawns Of Christ till Orrie was able to return. This "break" was for a "family emergency".
- the band have a 200lb metal gargoyle "mascot" named Willie.
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References
- ↑ Souls Of We guitar and bass techs (7 May 2010).
