Fun Santa Maria
Currently native to: Oakland, CA
Recent Bay Area appearance: Ivy Room, Albany; Monday, October 11, 2010
Next gig: ???
Notes: Before he and George Chen formed Chen Santa Maria, Steven Santa Maria was Fun Santa Maria, a one-man experimental noise outfit also known for his CD-R releases and his collaboration with Randy Lee Sutherland in Jah No Dead. And having never seen him do his solo thing it was cool to catch Steven at the Ivy Room last week as part of an awesomely distortion-heavy line-up that also included Vholtz and Gaze. It was also the record release of the new Fun Santa Maria Drugs box set, which I'm sure will be for sale through Zum soon and at noise shows around the East Bay.
In the meantime, buy: Chen Santa Maria - S/T (GSSD/Shit On Records) and Chen Santa Maria - 7/24/09 CD-R (self-released)
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