Ryan Ruiz - Lead Guitar Steve-O - Bass Bill Zuck - Drums
Influences
Ennio Morricone. Laika and the Cosmonauts. Satan's Pilgrims, The Bambi Molesters, Takeshi Terauchi, Meiko Kaji. The Secret Chiefs 3. Pollo Del Mar, The Space Cossacks. The Huntington Cads, The Astronauts, The Atlantics, The Shadows, The Smiths, Toshiro Mifune. Nels Cline, Jim Messina, The Fathoms, Eddie & The Showmen, Adrian Zmed. Ronnie James Dio and.... The 5 Deadly Venoms.
Formed from the remaining members of the ten year San Diego Surf Music Veterans, Surf Report, The Secret Samurai continue to carry on the tradition of instrumental Surf Music that borrows from a wide ranging set of influences including Morricone, Middle Eastern music, and Asian cinema.
The Debut CD, GUN-SHO-GUN is now available. Get your's now!
Japanese samurai used to contemplate death. This was not some morbid fixation.
Admitting their own mortality forced the warriors to accept that life is a precious and fleeting gift.
They regarded the cherry blossom as a symbol of this insight.
Cherry blossoms bloom for a brief period and then fall at the very height of their beauty.
To the samurai this was a melancholy reminder of death amidst life.
It was an example of great beauty and sadness.
This poignant insight into life and death allowed the samurai to live their lives more fully; they realised that death could come at any moment.
Cherry blossoms were seen to possess natural beauty and grace.
The word 'beauty' does not refer simply to the appearance of the flower; it captures the sense of dignity and strength contained within something so fragile and fleeting.
'Grace' is a word seldom considered in our times.
It can mean a variety of things: compassion, kindness, goodwill, elegance and beauty of movement.
For the samurai, grace meant rectitude.
Rectitude can be defined as appropriate conduct; considering how your behaviour affects other people and seeking to do what is right.
The cherry blossom is a reminder that our life will not last.
In the face of death, is there any need for pettiness, argument, callousness and cruelty?
If you accept death, does that change how you live?
Nothing that we consider important will last - especially ourselves.
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Wow. Cheers for finding us! Glad to hear that the record is getting played out there in San Diego. Who knows, one day maybe we'll get out there to play. Kind regards, BHB
Hey thanks for sending me your new album! It sounds great!! We're booking a tour in August and we were hoping to play with you guys in the San Diego area so keep in touch. Thanks again!
