Overview
Joey Santiago
Known For
Pixies - Rock en Seine 2024
35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio
The students behind the mic and the bands they made...
Pixies - Olympia, Paris
Highly influential indie rockers from Boston, famous for such tracks...
Pixies : Live At The Paradise In Boston
The Pixies are one of the most influential American acts...
Pixies - Acoustic : Live In Newport
One of the most influential American bands of all time,...
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies
When college rock darlings the Pixies broke up in 1992,...
Pixies - Rock en Seine 2005
Pixies: Live at The Town & Country
Live complete set filmed in 1988 when the band supported...
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joey Santiago (born Joseph Alberto Santiago on June 10, 1965) is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the lead guitarist for the American alternative rock band Pixies. After the band's breakup in 1993, Santiago produced musical scores for film and television documentaries, and he formed The Martinis with his wife, Linda Mallari. He also contributed to albums by Charles Douglas and former Pixies fellow bandsman Frank Black. Santiago resumed his role as the Pixies' lead guitarist when they reunited in 2004. Santiago has described his guitar technique as "angular and bent," and he cites Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Joe Pass and Jimi Hendrix as major influences on his style. His guitar playing, as part of the Pixies' sound, was held in high regard by critics: MTV's Laurel Bowman commented that Santiago's "sonic plow was the key element in the Pixies' monstrous presence." Description above from the Wikipedia article Joey Santiago, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.