Vocals Gina Mendez-Jew
Guitar/Vocals John Mendez
Bass Guitar/Vocals Ricky Whitaker
Drums Robert Sanchez
Influences
Gina-Patsy Cline, Jim Morrison, Ozzy Osbourne, Maynard James Keenan, Jonathan Davis.
John-Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani, Peter Steel, Slash, Dimebag Darrell.
Ricky-John Paul Jones, George Harrison, Les Claypool, Flea, Justin Chancellor.
Bob-John Bonham, Vinnie Paul, Nicko McBrain, Alex Gonzales, Johnny Kelly.
After developing a sufficient set of songs and grouping together the right set of musicians, Gina and John began taking their raw experience to various venues in and around Austin in 2003 including a few appearances in the metal fest 'Southern Texas Mayhem' which featured 'Manifesto', the band that brought John as a guitarist and most of its members to Austin from their South Texas roots.
They rocked Austin endlessly with Robert on drums and Andy on bass until mid 2004 when the band went on leave to search for a replacement for Andy who went off to become the new bass player for 'Manifesto'.
As they searched for a new member Gina and John began their brainstorm sessions for the development of their first album.
In early 2006 Andy briefly rejoined the band to play a handful of shows to prepare for the recording of the album which he helped create and was finally completed in the spring of 2007 with contributions by all original members.
After the recording sessions they continued their search for the missing piece of their creative puzzle and moved forward with developing the album art and song arrangement for their first full length project.
In late 2007 they met their absent link in the form of Ricky and the chain began to quickly come together with amazing performances in the summer of 2008 and continued the development of their previous project while writing and introducing new material at their shows that is evident of the creative change, potential and showmanship that Ricky delivers to the already eclectic and unrelenting experience that is existent since the early days of 'Tombstone Union'.
As they maintain the gaining of support for their live set and brace for the 2009 release of their early recordings, they are quickly building respect and a diverse following with their enduring new material slated to be recorded this year.
Their experience together with their musical ability assemble a performance reminiscent of prevalent rock shows with an abundance to give to their audience from the first note of their opening song to the final scream of their encore. They are destined to leave an etching in the annals of Texas' Rock N' Roll music scene before bringing all they have to offer to other parts of the nation.
Thanks for bein' our friend here on MySpace! Please check out all our tunes when you get a chance, if you dig'em, add them to your playlist and help us spread the word!
We're an independant band trying to survive in a dependant world and appreciate all your help!
Come down and support our sophmore album JUDGMENT. Need all the support for this one so bring everyone since its an all ages show and its only $6 that goes towards the bands. There's cold beer specials Bar B-Q if your hungry and some good music to hear. We got new shirts so come down and pick up a shirt and our cd for $10 for both. Also were shooting video with some cool lights .Hope to see you and thank you for all the support all these years glad to be still together writing awesome music. Thanks maniFesto
♥♥♥Happy Birthday Gina!!!!!♥♥♥
