S.A. Sanctuary (or SA Sanctuary) was a metal band from San Antonio Texas.
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| S.A. Sanctuary | |
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 in San Antonio with Saxon | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Texas |
| Genres | metal, thrash, death |
| Years active | 1998-2011 |
| Status | split |
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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, so rather than feud over the name, guitarist Orrie Velasquez opted to alter the band name from Sanctuary 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. Today they are mainly considered Thrash, with some material stemming into Death Metal.
The band was recently signed to Butchered Records (05/2011)[1], then lost the contract due to difficulties with former guitarist.
They are no longer around as of 2011.
Last know line-ups
- Orlando Velasquez - founder / rhythm guitar
- John Salazar - bass guitar
- Angel Fuentes - lead guitar and main voice
- Mike Reykjavik - drums
- Romeo CK Vallejo - bass (listed as current, but temporarily unavailable for unknown reasons)
Past Members
- Ted Wawrzyniak - bass
- Raul Gomez - drums (also past member of Redzer)
- Jerry Casterlano - lead guitar and then bass (parts of 2002 only, also past member of Redzer)
- Tony Ramirez - bass
- Rick Flores - bass
- Robert Esquivel - bass
- Danny Jimenez - bass
- Albert Solis - temp bassist
- Eddie Correa - keyboards (live only)
Discography
- Abandon In Place - released on Butchered Records 2011
* 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.
notes
- The S.A. in S.A. Sanctuary, is an abbreviation for San Antonio (Texas), where the band started.
- 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. [2]
References
- ↑ S.A. Sanctuary sign to Butchered Records - http://www.pr.com/press-release/352642
- ↑ Velasquez, Fuentes, and Lynch, "‘Orrie and Angel work for Souls of We’", from S.A. Sanctuary official myspace page.