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Refimprove|date=August 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Giant Sand| image = Giant Sand 2006.jpg| caption = Giant Sand performing in Faenza, Italy in 2006| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| alias = Giant Sandworms| origin = Tucson, Arizona , United States | genre = Alternative rock Americana music|Americana Roots rock Alternative country | years_active = 1985–present| label = Fire Records (UK) | associated_acts = Calexico (band)|Calexico | website = http://www.giantsand.com/ www.giantsand.com| current_members = Howe Gelb Thøger T. Lund Anders Pedersen Peter Dombernowsky| past_members = John Convertino Joey Burns Rainer Ptacek Chris Cacavas Paula Jean Brown Tom Larkins Iain Shedden Giant Sand is an American rock band , based in Tucson, Arizona , United States . The name is shortened from the original 'Giant Sandworms', a reference to the creatures in the Dune universe|Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb , its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album. For a long while the band's rhythm section consisted of John Convertino and Joey Burns who left the band when their side project, Calexico (band)|Calexico , grew more widely known than Giant Sand and, as Gelb characterized it in 2004, Calexico "began to work against Giant Sand and eat away at what the band was".cite web|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/sep/03/popandrock|title=True grit|last=Simmons|first=Sylvie|date=3 September 2004|publisher=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=2008-08-02
Other members have included keyboardist Chris Cacavas (of Green on Red )Citation needed|date=June 2008, bassist Paula Jean Brown (who was briefly a member of The Go-Go's and was married to Gelb at the time,cite web|url= http://crookedrain.org.uk/? p=27|title=Howe Gelb|last=Stance|first=Frankerton|date=1 May 2006|publisher=Crooked Rain|accessdate=2008-08-02 Mark Walton (of The Dream Syndicate and Continental Drifters ), drummer Tom Larkins (later to become a Jonathan Richman sideman).Citation needed|date=June 2008 and Iain Shedden, drummer with Australian band The Saints.
Guest artists have included Victoria Williams , Neko Case , Juliana Hatfield , PJHarvey , Vic Chesnutt , Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn , Vicki Peterson , Rainer Ptacek , M. Ward , Isobel Campbell nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering , and regular cameos from Jello Biafra and Gelb and Brown's daughter, Indiosa Patsy Jean. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/145197-giant-sand-provisions dead link|date=April 2012
Too Many Spare Parts in the Yard Too Close at Hand (2003)
Chinese Democrazy (2003)
Is All Over the Map (2004)
Provisions (2008)
Provisional Supplement (2008)
Blurry Blue Mountain (2010)
Tucson (2012) (as Giant Giant Sand)
Filmography
High and Dry: Where the Desert Meets Rock and Roll (2006) – a documentary about Tucson, Arizona|Tucson musicians which includes music and interviews with Giant Sand memberscite web|url= http://www.upstairsfilm.com/highanddry/|title=High and Dry: Where the Desert Meets Rock 'n Roll|last=unattributed|year=2007|publisher=Upstairs Film|accessdate=2008-08-02
Drunken Bees (1996) – a documentary about Giant Sand by Marianne Dissard .
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External links
http://www.giantsand.com/ Giant Sand official website
Internet Archive music|id=GiantSand
myspace|giantsand
http://www.owomrecords.com/ Ow Om Records record label run by Howe Gelb
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13044|pure_url=yes Giant Sand at Allmusic
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/09/howe_gelb_will.php Q& A with the Village Voice (9/16/2008)
Category:American rock music groups Category:Musical groups from Tucson, Arizona Category:Rough Trade Records artists Category:Live Music Archive artists Category:Music of Tucson, Arizona
