Claudio Sanchez
American writer and musician
Claudio Paul Sanchez III (born March 12, 1978) is an American musician and writer best known for being the lead singer, guitarist and primary lyricist for the progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. He is the creator of the comic book series The Amory Wars, as well as Key of Z and Kill Audio, both co-written with his wife Chondra Echert.2
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Born Mar 12, 1978.1
About
Sanchez co-authored the novel Year of the Black Rainbow with Peter David.
From Wikipedia’s article on Claudio Sanchez, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Evil Ink RecordsFounder11
Early life and education
- Date not recordedNyack High School3
Career
Occupation: guitarist, singer, comics artist.5
- Date not recordedFounded Evil Ink Records4
Musical career
Sanchez primarily provides lead vocals and guitar in Coheed and Cambria. However, he has also used theremins, synthesizers, and harmonicas in his side projects. Early in his career, Sanchez first performed with several different bands, all of which lasted a short period of time.
After departing from the band Beautiful Loser after a dispute over gas money, Sanchez went on a trip to Paris with his then-girlfriend (who was studying abroad), where he began writing a story, initially referred to as The Bag.On.Line Adventures of Coheed and Cambria, named after The Bag On Line, a handbag store near where Sanchez stayed while in Paris. Two characters named Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon live in a fictional foreign galaxy known as Heaven's Fence. In the original concept, Sanchez wrote a story about his girlfriend and himself traveling to a new, foreign place, but as the concept expanded, the characters started to resemble his parents.
Sanchez was the lead singer and guitarist for Shabütie, which formed in Nyack, New York, in 1995. Shabutie released several EPs and wrote several songs which would eventually be released on The Second Stage Turbine Blade. The band broke up after Nate Kelley walked out on a performance but was later reformed with Josh Eppard (formerly from the band 3 with his brother Joey), replacing Nate Kelley on drums. This new band was dubbed Coheed and Cambria, named after the characters Sanchez had written about in Paris. Coheed and Cambria achieved success on the East Coast after releasing and touring The Second Stage Turbine Blade, and they gained mainstream success with the release of In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 thanks to the single "A Favor House Atlantic".
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Other work
Sanchez also performs in a side project called The Prize Fighter Inferno. The band is a concept band based on the character Jesse, a boxer known as the Prize Fighter Inferno. The story focuses on The Blood Machine, a vicious contraption that murders its victims and takes their souls. Sanchez also released a two-song 7" vinyl album titled The Beaver Records EP, which is associated with Kill Audio and The Prize Fighter Inferno.
On September 8, 2012, Sanchez released a six-song non-conceptual EP, Half Measures, under his side project The Prize Fighter Inferno.
On April 23, 2021, Sanchez released a new full-length album under The Prize Fighter Inferno titled The City Introvert.
On December 20, 2024, Sanchez released an album of cover songs titled Claudio Covers.
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Personal life
Sanchez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.
As a teenager, he would discover his father's recessive heroin addiction, but stated that he always kept himself as close to his family as possible despite his struggles. Claudio has stated in interviews that The Second Stage Turbine Blade was named after the part his father made for aircraft in his factory job, and that the dragonfly symbol throughout their work was inspired by the needles his father would use for his heroin.
On October 23, 2009, Sanchez married Chondra Echert. On June 8, 2014, Echert gave birth to their first child, Atlas Hendrix Sanchez.
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- 1WikidataClaudio Sanchez on Wikidata
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- 10WikidataInstagram, as reported
- 11WikidataEvil Ink Records, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsClaudio Sanchez photo by Nightscream, CC BY 3.0