Music Style Rock & Roll en Spanglish

Musical Influences Weezer, Rancid, X, Los Lobos, Aterciopelados, The Jam, PJ Harvey

Similar Artists The Hives, White Stripes, They Might Be Giants, X

Artist History SANCHO traces its roots back to the sound of an 8-year-old Gypsy kid playing flamenco on a streetcorner late one night in Sevilla, Spain. That's what inspired SANCHO founder, songwriter and guitarist David Ballard to start thinking about mixing his favorite music in the whole wide world -- melodic rock & roll -- with the spirit of the Latin world. While attending college at the University of Barcelona, the California-born gringo came to realize that any culture that allowed little kids to play guitar late into the night (or serve drinks in their father's bar) was inherently more rock & roll than pretty much any band he'd ever seen. ____________ So David returned home with a dream to write songs that were hard, fast and sexy, yet brimming with the fatalistic romanticism of the Old World. It took him a long time to perfect his style, but luckily he was a prolific songwriter and eventually managed to create a style that became NOT "rock en espaņol" but rather "rock & roll in Spanglish."______________ The key to honing this style was a move to Los Angeles, which these days is about as Latino as you can get without crossing the border into Mexico. David was lucky to find kindred spirits like bass player Rick Harrison, another gringo who embraced the Latino culture and its intense lust for life. And even though she was raised in India, singer Avtar Khalsa brings an exotic touch to the vocals that enhances the sensuous nature of the Spanglish lyrics._______________ SANCHO must be doing something right -- in a little over a year, they've produced an album entitled "Ana" that got airplay for months on the late great Silverlake station Pirate Cat Radio, and a video that went into regular rotation on Spanish language TV station KJLA's Rok-A-Mole show. Their constant gigging at clubs around town has earned them a loyal fan base known as the SANCHO ARMY, and they have also recently signed a publishing deal with newly formed music licensing company Antic Inc.

Group Members David Ballard - Guitar & Vocals (white guy who speaks fluent Spanish and can write and sing it too) Rick Harrison - Bass (white guy who doesn't speak Spanish, but came up with the name) Avtar - lead Vocals (white girl who grew up in India and knows more Punjabi than Spanish, but can sing it just fine) Paul Madison - Drums (white boy who hasn't had a haircut since the mid-18th century)

Instruments Guitar / Bass / Drums / Vocal

Albums We're from Palms

Press Reviews "...this is honestly a great debut...played by a group of talented musicians, with a sustained intensity of emotional energy through the length of the entire CD. Indeed, everything from the chord progressions to the singer's powerful but well-honed voice give another boost to the ever-rising genre of Spanish rock." - NoHoLA 6/20/02

Additional Info Catch the video for Compartir Mi Amor on KJLA-TV's Rock-a-Mole Friday's 8-9 PM. Sancho is a recipient of the

Location Los Angeles, California - USA

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