Ripe

Biography

There is more than one Banderas. British and American. Only one group is currently active. A japanese band formed in 2014 shares the same name. 1. Banderas is a rock n' roll ensemble comprised of Jeremy Constantinople, Jesse James Ramsey, Cu Silvio, T.R. McHenry, and Donkey. Banderas formed in '05 after the constraints of the member's previous local Cincinnati bands fell to the wayside of musicianship and natural evolution. the results are what has been coined "dune boogie" a blend of get ou...

There is more than one Banderas. British and American. Only one group is currently active. A japanese band formed in 2014 shares the same name.

1. Banderas is a rock n' roll ensemble comprised of Jeremy Constantinople, Jesse James Ramsey, Cu Silvio, T.R. McHenry, and Donkey.
Banderas formed in '05 after the constraints of the member's previous local Cincinnati bands fell to the wayside of musicianship and natural evolution. the results are what has been coined "dune boogie" a blend of get out and dance garage rock, swaggering desert tinged stoner rock, and everything else grandiose along the way.

Spending the first year honing their craft live, Banderas shows became things of cult legend. Stories quickly surfaced of the band's line treading nature. Banderas found themselves in high demand and became a go to group to open for established touring acts and the headliners for the Poison Room's Toxic Fest as well as Cincypunk VI. The buzz culminated in late '07 to Banderas winning the Cincinnati Entertainment Award by local newspaper Citybeat for best local hard rock band, an award they have thus far been nominated twice for.

2008 arrives with Banderas entering the David Lynchian landscape of Candyland Recording Studios armed with the studio wizardry of Jim Turner and Mike Montgomery and recording the full length album "Beast Sounds and Parlour Tricks" a 12 verse paean dedicated to the city at night and all of the things that reside in it. From the swaggering hell raising of songs like "Alligators in the Palisades" and the tongue in cheek come-on of "$50 Pyramid Scheme" to the lonely hotel regret of "Ground Out Heel" the album covers, start to finish, all aspects of those night time feelings and characters you meet on way.

2. Banderas was a female duo of the early 1990s that was signed to London Records. The group was an offshoot of Jimmy Sommerville's band The Communards, and featured one of his female backing musicians Sally Herbert, along with shaven headed singer Caroline Buckley.

The band is mostly remembered for its hit single "This Is Your Life", which peaked at #16 in the UK, and was written with songwriter Roger Swallow, as well as the Top 40 album Ripe; whilst follow up singles "She Sells" and "May This Be Your Last Sorrow" failed to build much momentum for the group, and their work was short lived.

3. Banderas, a band formed in 2014 in Tokyo, Japan, playing Salsa, Boogaloo and other caribean sounds. With classical music musicians, as well as musicians of funk, reggae, typical Cuban music, salsa and afrobeat. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.