Sand Rubies "Mas Cuacha" 2007

Electric Ballroom October 1996. Dave crows at the end of their set, "we're back, get used to it!" And they discovered that they really wanted to be back, that it could be fun and meaningful once more…
...Mark Perrodin was hesitant to re-commit himself full-time, and so guitarist Robin Johnson (Gentlemen After Dark) came on to play bass that winter, and the band played more frequently around Tucson through the fall and winter of 1996. In March 1997 they made a late-night, jam-packed appearance at SXSW, and then won the dubious-but-emotional award of Best Reunion Band at the Tammies (Tucson Area Music Awards). They were writing new songs, and ventured to slip the new material in wherever they could. Buoyed by the reception of crowds everywhere they played and their re-found confidence in themselves, they returned to the studio in May of 1997 and began the recording process for their first new release in nearly five years, which stayed unnamed almost until street date.
The re-emergence was a long time coming, and the grass roots support reappeared as soon as the buzz got around that the band was on again, but even this phase was plagued with its own pains and tribulations; bassist Robin Johnson encountered serious personal and legal difficulties and was out of the band by July 1997. The Rubies soldiered on with help from Ken Andre of the El Paso band New Texicans, who alternated gigs with Mark, and eventually, Mark Perrodin made the decision to return to the fold. The local and regional touring continued. The album was slowly getting made.
Finally, in October 1998, after toying with working titles and last-minute track changes and re-mixes, the Sand Rubies released their first studio album in five years, titled with their entire tongue in cheek, "Return of The Living Dead", on Blue Rose. In January 1999, the band hit the German stages and played sold-out shows - the best-attended shows ever in Blue Rose history. - Blue Rose
trax:
01 Can't Change That 02 Satellite Radio 03 Showcage 89 04 Flotsam And Jetsam 05 The Gap 06 Machines 07 Ferment 08 See You In September 09 Fuk Em 10 Sooner Or Later