Joey Santiago
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Joseph Alberto Santiago | |
| Born | June 10, 1965 Manila, Philippines |
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| Genre(s) | Alternative rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Lead guitar | |
| Years active | 1985 – | |
| Label(s) | 4AD | |
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Pixies The Martinis |
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Joey Santiago (born Joseph Alberto Santiago on June 11, 1965) is a Filipino-American musician and guitarist. Active since 1985, Santiago is best known as the lead guitarist for the alternative rock band Pixies, and as the guitarist for his own band, The Martinis.
Santiago's guitar technique has been described as "angular and bent".
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Youth and college
Santiago was born in Manila, Philippines on June 11, 1965. The Santiago family emigrated to Yonkers, New York at when Santiago was 7, but he spent most of his childhood in Massachusetts and eventually matriculated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he read economics.[1] There he met Charles Thompson (who later used the stage names Black Francis then Frank Black), with whom he dropped out and formed the alternative rock band Pixies in 1986.
[edit] Pixies
The band released 5 albums through the 4AD Records label before falling apart in 1993. The band reformed in 2004 with all the original members, touring throughout that year.
[edit] The Martinis and later projects
Santiago went on to make guest appearances on Frank Black's solo albums and form The Martinis with his wife Linda Mallari. He helped write the score for the 2000 film Crime and Punishment in Suburbia and the 2003 film The Low Budget Time Machine, both along with Frank Black. Also of note, Santiago co-scored with Michael Andrews for the sixteen episode Fox Network TV series Undeclared in 2001-2002. In 2004 he played guitars on the album Statecraft by Charles Douglas released by Redeye. Santiago also wrote two songs for the Showtime television series Weeds in 2005 which included "Birthday Video" and "Fake Purse."
[edit] Musical style
He describes his guitar playing as "angular and bent", attributing much of his style to songs he enjoyed when first learning the guitar such as "Savoy Truffle" (a composition by George Harrison on The Beatles' White album).
[edit] Instrumentation
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Misfits that fit. The Guardian (2005-07-20). Retrieved on March 17, 2007. “Santiago, by his own admission a "creepy-quiet" economics student.”
[edit] External links
| Pixies |
| Black Francis | Kim Deal | Joey Santiago | David Lovering |
| Discography |
| Studio albums and EPs: Come on Pilgrim (EP) | Surfer Rosa | Doolittle | Bossanova | Trompe le Monde Pixies at the BBC | Complete 'B' Sides | Pixies (The Purple Tape) |
| Singles: "Gigantic" | "Monkey Gone to Heaven" | "Here Comes Your Man" | "Velouria" | "Dig for Fire" | "Planet of Sound" | "Letter to Memphis" | "Alec Eiffel" | "Head On" | "Debaser" | "Bam Thwok" |
| Compilation Albums: Death to the Pixies | Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies |
| Related bands |
| The Breeders | Frank Black and the Catholics | The Amps | The Martinis |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Santiago, Joseph Alberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santiago, Joey |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Alternative rock musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manila, Philippines |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
