Giant Sand

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Origin Tucson, Arizona Website [2]		Years active 1985–present Record labels Fire Records, Loose Music

Also known as Giant Sandworms, Giant Giant Sand Past members John Convertino Joey Burns Rainer Ptacek Chris Cacavas Paula Jean Brown Tom Larkins Iain Shedden Andrew Collberg Members John Convertino, Joey Burns, Mark Walton Genres Alternative rock, Americana, Roots rock, Alternative country Albums Heartbreak Pass, Chore of Enchantment, Blurry Blue Mountain, Is All Over the Map, Glum Profiles Facebook Myspace

Giant Sand (also currently recording as Giant Giant Sand) is an American band from Tucson, Arizona. Its most constant member is singer-songwriter Howe Gelb.

Members have included keyboardist Chris Cacavas (of Green on Red), bassist Paula Jean Brown (who was briefly a member of The Go-Go's and was married to Gelb at the time), Mark Walton (of The Dream Syndicate and Continental Drifters), drummer Tom Larkins (later to become a Jonathan Richman sideman). and Iain Shedden, drummer with Australian band The Saints. For a long while the band's rhythm section consisted of John Convertino and Joey Burns (of Calexico fame). In the early 2000s Howe Gelb reinvented the band again - this time with players from Denmark.

Guest artists over the last 3 decades have included Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, Steve Wynn, Vicki Peterson, Rainer Ptacek, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell, nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and Indiosa Patsy Jean (Gelb and Brown's daughter).

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Discography

Valley of Rain (1985)

Ballad of a Thin Line Man (1986)

Storm (1987)

The Love Songs (1988)

Long Stem Rant (1989)

Swerve (1990)

Ramp (1991)

Center of the Universe (1992)

Stromausfall (1993)

Purge & Slouch (1993)

Glum (1994)

Goods and Services (1995)

Backyard Barbecue Broadcast (1995)

Build Your Own Night It's Easy (1997)

Chore of Enchantment (2000)

The Rock Opera Years (2000)

Unsungglum (2001)

Selections Circa 1990-2000 (Compilation, 2001)

Cover Magazine (2002)

Infiltration of Dreams (2003)

Too Many Spare Parts in the Yard Too Close at Hand (2003)

Is All Over the Map (2004)

Provisions (2008)

Provisional Supplement (2008)

Blurry Blue Mountain (2010)

Melted Wires (2010)

Snarl Some Piano (2011)

Tucson (2012) (as Giant Giant Sand)

Heartbreak Pass (2015)

Filmography

Score for Ingenius (2011) - feature film with Jeremy Renner (Bleiberg Distribution)

High and Dry: Where the Desert Meets Rock and Roll (2006) – a documentary about Tucson musicians which includes music and interviews with Giant Sand members

Drunken Bees (1996) – a documentary about Giant Sand by Marianne Dissard.

Songs

Thin Line ManBallad of a Thin Line Man · 1986
Valley of RainValley of Rain · 1985
Wearing the Robes of Bible BlackThe Love Songs · 1988

References

Giant Sand Wikipedia

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Discography

Filmography

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