Santa Mamba

Santa Mamba is a complex fusing of musical styles and personalities that is best described through the unique offerings each member brings to band. There's Gio, icon and visionary, whose voice is strikingly unique in the way it oscillates between the salsa troubadour and the rocker. There's John, whose expressive approach to the guitar ranges from flamenco fingerstyle to Hendrixian wailing. There's Candido, a deeply-feeling drummer who has been appropriately described as blending “equal parts John Bonham and Tito Puente.” There's Aaron, who tinges the band’s flavor with a touch of jazz and classical through his schooled understanding of the piano, and whose bass voice offers a unique counterpoint to Gio’s lead vocals. There's Nick who looks like he's in the wrong band, but who has found an unprecedented way to make it seem like slap-punk-funk bass and Latin music always belonged together. His attitude and energy are hallmarks of the Santa Mamba live performance. And there's Gary, who embodies both the power and the party with a presence behind the congas that is both commanding and fun.