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Alexander Sands

Iowa Folk Royalty

About Me

Born in 1984, Alexander Sands is a writer, musician, actor, captain of Northside United, adventurer, and an aspiring amateur boxer and Formula 1 race car driver. He lives and works in Pittsburgh as well as in Chicago, and has a rock band called The Airplane Graveyard.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/23/2005
Band Members: They all died in a fiery plane crash.
Influences: Geography, Jack London, Woody Guthrie, Maxo Vanka, mysticism, the Bucktown, 444 St. James Place, Holga cameras, Portuguese, railroads, Fernando Pessoa, Rimbaud, WWII airplanes (don't know why), chess, Paramahansa Yogananda, hockey fights, Lilly's, Bruce Lee, Charles Eames, a town called Plasticville, Fado, love love love... Everything is an influence
Sounds Like: The Philadelphia Bell
Type of Label: None

My Blog

’Wexford’ is back after much compliant

Hey everybody, Because I received so many complaints after taking it down, I have re-posted "On The Road To Wexford", from last fall.  I am still continuing to work on an acoustic album, and hav...
Posted by Alexander Sands on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:02:00 PST

’Dead Whale Society’ album voted in the top 30 of 2007!

The 2007 release 'Dead Whale Society' landed among the 30 best albums of 2007 by WLUW radio Loyola Chicago! 
Posted by Alexander Sands on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:21:00 PST