Brit Jones - Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar - Lonesome Dave Fisher - Lead guitar, Vocals - Cindy Toth - Bass, Violin, Vocals - Thad Swiderski - Drums - Shannon Rierson - Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Influences
Big Drag, Where the Action Is, PW Long, Mekons, Skull Orchestra, Nick Cave, The Cure, Scud Mountain Boys, Joe Pernice, Pernice Bros., Joy Division, Will Oldham, Townes Van Zandt, The Swans, Lou Barlow, The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Woody Guthrie, 16 Horsepower, Gram Parsons, Meat Puppets, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Doug Sahm, Woven Hand, Camper Van Beethoven, Tom Waits, Dinosaur Jr., Neil Young, Flaming Lips, Robert Johnson, Gillian Welch, Leadbelly, The Posies, The Gun Club, George Jones, Big Star, Interpol, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Lorissa McComas
Sounds Like
Townes Van Zandt, Joe Pernice, Lou Barlow, and Ian Curtis having a drinking contest.
The Sanguinistas were born of the dissolution of longtime Austin, TX cowpunk mainstays Stickpony. Stickpony’s Brit Jones got real depressed, not so much at the break-up of his band but because he had to quit drinking and smoking after 20+ years of gratuitous and contented indulgence in both. To be honest that would have probably broken up Stickpony anyway. Once he sobered up he realized that he was going to die someday and got really freaked out so he sat down and wrote a bunch of hopeless, depressing, existential songs. They owe a lot to post-punk because he really likes that stuff. He wrote them with pop hooks to leave open an outside chance that someone will buy one and he won't end up living in a cardboard box eating dogfood before his inevitable death. He likes old country too so he threw some of that in there. Thoroughly confused, he asked former Stickpony guitarist Lonesome Dave Fisher to help him out. Lonesome Dave agreed even though he hates post-punk. He then asked Cindy Toth (The Reivers), Shannon Rierson (The Golden Apples) and Thad Swiderski (The Wannabes) to join. They all did, partially because they liked the songs and partially because they were sick of seeing Jones moping around and thought if he got a band together it might cheer him up. He called the new project The Sanguinistas because he thinks it's funny and he's resonably certain there's no other band out there called The Sanguinistas who'll end up suing him. It turns out they rock. They recorded a demo with living legend producer Ron Flynt. They played some gigs, mostly outside Austin because, mysteriously, most of the clubs in Austin won't return any of Jones' emails and it's more fun playing out of town anyway. The gigs in Austin, almost all of which were at Room 710, did remarkably well, further adding to the mystery. Almost a year into it, it looks like The Sanguinistas are going to stick around for a while. Even so, everyone's still waiting for Jones to quit moping around.
Ola Sanguinistas!!! Sorry I missed the Ram Jam. I have only a lame excuse like having to attend a baby shower and birthday party (at gunpoint) that day. Peer Pressure. I'm absolutely sure y'all rocked out… so when’s the next show?? Peace! Amy
As our gov of TX would say (possibly about wallowing in self-pity?), "Why don't you just let us get on down the road?" And as my lovely Aunt Ann used to say, "Keep a stiff-upper lip and hang in there."
Sanguinistas ROCK! whoo-hoo! Let’s hear it & celebrate. Long live the old days long live the days of now. Long live Liberty Lunch. Long live a happy thankful life! Peace--Amy
At least you was smart enough to claim your guitar. Their was a couple of drummers that weekend who weren't and their loss ended up being my gain for now. When you folks coming back through these parts anyways? There's no rules saying you have to wait till next August.
Howdy Boys! Sounds mighty fine! Thanks for listenin' to my music and for making me your friend :) Keep on a-rockin'! yer pal...Lynda Kay of the Lonesome Spurs
You've already had name changes....but no music. I have concerns for the future of this band. BTW, you made Coco's day. She kept telling everyone about her goofy Uncle Brit!
