Ramp (25th Anniversary Edition) - Giant Sand

Biography

Formed: 1982 in Tuscon, AZ

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s

Giant Sand was the chief outlet for the stylistic curveballs and daytime -star-damaged songcraft of Howe Gelb, a Pennsylvania-born songster/guitarist who formed the four-ingredient Giant Sandworms after relocating to Tucson, Arizona in the mean-'70s. After releasing the EP Will Wallow and Roam After the Ruin in 1980, Gelb fired everyone farther bassist Scott Gerber (although founding guitarist Rainer Ptacek returned to the...

Track ~el

Warm Storm
Romance of Falling
Wonder
Welcome to My World
Anti-Shadow
Jazzer Snipe
Z. Z. Quicker Foot
Neon Filler
Seldom Matters
Resolver
Nowhere
Always Horses Coming
Patsy's Blues
Shadow to You (Bonus Track)
Provisions
Provisions
Provisions
Provisions
Provisions
Provisions
Provisions
Provisional Supplement
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