Musical career
Sanchez primarily provides lead vocals and guitar in Coheed and Cambria. However, he has also used theremins, synthesizers, and harmonicas in his side projects. Early in his career, Sanchez first performed with several different bands, all of which lasted a short period of time. After departing from the band Beautiful Loser, Sanchez went on a trip to Paris, where he began writing a story, initially referred to as '' The Bag.On.Line Adventures of Coheed and Cambria'', named after a store near where Sanchez stayed while in Paris. Two characters named Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon live in a fictional foreign galaxy known as Heaven's Fence. In the original concept, Sanchez wrote a story about his girlfriend and himself traveling to a new, foreign place, but as the concept expanded the characters started to resemble his parents. Sanchez was the lead singer and guitarist for Shabütie, which formed inComics
Sanchez began producing comic books in 2000, beginning with ''The Bag.On.Line Adventures''. ''The Bag.On.Line Adventures'' lasted two issues due to problems with the artist, deadlines, and financial issues. Sanchez's next project was the graphic novel '' Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness''. The graphic novel was released alongside the album of the same name, however, Sanchez has stated that the novel was incomplete due to financial issues. Sanchez began anew in 2008, with the series ''Other work
Sanchez also performs in a side project called The Prize Fighter Inferno. The band is a concept band based on the character Jesse, a boxer known as the Prize Fighter Inferno. The story focuses on The Blood Machine, a vicious contraption that murders its victims and takes their souls. Sanchez also released a two-song 7" vinyl album titled ''The Beaver Records'' EP, which is associated with Kill Audio and The Prize Fighter Inferno. On September 8, 2012, Sanchez released a six-song non-conceptual EP, ''Half Measures'', under his side project The Prize Fighter Inferno. On April 23, 2021, Sanchez released a new full-length album under The Prize Fighter Inferno titled ''The City Introvert''. On December 20, 2024, Sanchez released an album of cover songs titled ''Claudio Covers''.Personal life
Sanchez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.Kitchen Chronicles: The Menna Family (New York, 2003, p.34 on of L. Mattiaccio & S. Sanchezand p.39 001 Coheed & Cambria band photo; Interview conducted in Spain, please assist in supplying English reference. Claudio Sanchez states: "It is very exciting for me, personally, I'm half Puerto Rican, and unfortunately I don't speak Spanish. And it always makes me feel weird cause some people are like "oh you don't speak Spanish, whatever whatever" like my manager, where the fuck are you?...They give me shit, but I have my reasons, y'know, shit when I was growing up was weird, it just didn't happen but it doesn't make me not proud of who I am".References
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