Claudio Sanchez
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| Claudio "The Writer" Sanchez | |
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 Claudio Sanchez during the Kerrang! Tour 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Claudio Paul Sanchez |
| Born | March 12, 1978 Suffern, New York, United States[1] |
| Genres | Alternative rock, progressive rock, heavy metal |
| Occupations | Musician, writer |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, harmonica, vocals, theremin |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Columbia Records / Sony BMG Music Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Coheed and Cambria The Prize Fighter Inferno Fire Deuce Davenport Cabinet The Brothers of Decadence |
| Website | www.coheedandcambria.com |
Claudio Paul Sanchez (born March 12, 1978)[1][2] is an American writer, musician and self-confessed sci-fi fan best known for being the lead singer and guitarist for the alternative/progressive rock group Coheed and Cambria. He is characterised by his large, frizzy hair and high vocal style (despite suffering from a mild form of acid reflux disease). He is also the creator of the comic series, The Amory Wars, Kill Audio and is soon to be an author upon release of Year of the Black Rainbow.
[edit] Other projects
Sanchez's first notable music endeavor was "Shabutie" with Mic Todd and Travis Stever (1998-2001) they released "A Plan To Take Over The World" and "The Penelope EP" under this band name. Sanchez is in another side project called The Prize Fighter Inferno. The first album, My Brother's Blood Machine, was released October 31, 2006. Claudio claims "When we were called Shabűtie, the initial idea for Coheed and Cambria was to be an acoustic/electronic side project. So I guess The Prize Fighter Inferno is kind of the original idea for Coheed and Cambria."[3] Sanchez also appears on another side project, along with his bandmate Travis and members of many other bands, dubbed Fire Deuce (backing vocals and harmonica) which released Children of the Deuce EP in 2005 and Deep Down & Dirty EP in 2007.
In a recent interview with The Lantern, Sanchez mentioned a new project entitled "Spencer Doll" and mentioned there were several others that the public did not know about, but did not elaborate any further about any of them. [1]
He played material from the Prize Fighter Inferno album for the first time live in December 2008 in London during the Neverender tour. He played Who Watches the Watchmen on an acoustic guitar as the opening act before the actual show. [4]
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In addition to his musical side projects, Claudio Sanchez has written a series of comic books titled "The Amory Wars".[2] This series of comics is intended to be a reader for Coheed & Cambria's often ambiguous lyrics and provide background on the characters of this story. Prior to "The Amory Wars", a more obscure series was released called "Bag.On.Line Adventures", but was discontinued after two issues. The first of these issues is extremely rare.
Claudio has also been working with artist Sheldon Vella on a new comic. The project, called Kill Audio, will have comics featured on the Kill Audio Myspace page, as well as featuring in Popgun from Image Comics.[5]
Claudio uses Gibson Guitars (Most notably two EDS-1275 Double Neck guitars, one white and one red, and multiple X-plorers, as well as a white Gibson Les Paul Studio less frequently) and Minarik Guitars (Medusa model[6]).
Claudio married Chondra Echert on October 23, 2009, who also works with him on Kill Audio.
Claudio is a avid fan of the New York Jets [7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kerswell, Ronny (January 2008), "Welcome To My World - Claudio Sanchez", Rock Sound 105 (1): 58–59
- ^ Sanchez, Claudio: "The Amory Wars Sketchbook", page 30. Evil Ink, 2006.
- ^ "The Prize Fighter Inferno". Equal Vision Records. http://www.equalvision.com/artist/The_Prize_Fighter_Inferno. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlDgu050siU
- ^ "coheedandcambria.com". Coheed and Cambria's official website. http://www.coheedandcambria.com. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wit-BEilBY
- ^ http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=2744574&albumID=398823&imageID=68086985
[edit] External links
- "The Amory Wars" graphic novel signing, August 8, 2008
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