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From Satellite
12+ albums
alternative rockrockalt rocknot ripped
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Ian McDonnell - vocals Armand Tambouris - guitar Ryan Cleary - guitar Justin Huth - bass Pat Pedraza - drummer "We don't have a message about life or love or war or religion," says From Satellite guitarist Ryan Cleary. "We are not politically motivated, nor do we care about changing the world." Drummer Pat Pedraza finishes the thought: "We are a straight-forward rock band; we know what we are." No-bullshit simplicity and unaffected identity-how refreshing is that, coming from a rock band in the day when everyone has an ego and an axe to grind? "We've all played in good bands in the past," says singer Ian McDonnell. "But we never seemed to get our feet under us. This band got together and we all wanted to do the same thing. It came out really easily." Easily, once they got their sea legs, anyway. Besides the sundry other bands the five men that comprise From Satellite were once occupied with, there was the first version of From Satellite. This edition sprouted in early 2001 with guitarist Cleary and Pedraza. They had a different singer and were writing, recording demos with Armand Tambouris, but not necessarily in earnest. Pedraza still had a full-time gig with No Motiv, and the lineup was less than static. Then the material, the earnest, visceral, exhilarating rock and roll that would comprise their vibrant "When All Is Said And Done", began to resonate among the "band" and Tambouris, things quickly coalesced. Tambouris, a guitarist, was so inspired by the material that h
