Banjo & Sullivan: Biography

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Formed:

Jan 1, 2004 in Austin, TX

Genres:

Country Music, Honkytonk Country Music, Soundtracks

Decades Active:

2000's

"Banjo Sullivan disappeared amid a series of heinous homicides and were basically forgotten." That was the boilerplate from the group's Web site, though it was as fanciful as it was ominous. In actuality Banjo Sullivan was a project created by Rob Zombie guerilla marketingstyle, to promote and support 2005's Devil's Rejects, the sequel to his 2003 cinematic debut House of a 1000 Corpses. As the backstory went, Roy Sullivan and "Adam "Fingers'" Banjo shone briefly on the early '70s honkytonk circuit with crowdpleasers like "Dick Soup" and "I'm at Home Getting Hammered [While She's Out Getting Nailed]." Their fictional career was abruptly ended in 1978, when Banjo, Sullivan, and their crew had a runin with a group of homicidal freaks called the Devil's Rejects. The duo's crew were killed, but "Banjo Sullivan were never found…" cue the music. In real life, the music was written and performed by Austin songwriter Jesse Dayton, who collaborated with Lew Temple and Zombie on the project. June 2005's Rob Zombie Presents…Banjo Sullivan: The Ultimate Collection 19721978 carried the ruse even further, full as it was with the duo's fictional honkytonk. Still, it was in good fun. Well, good in a dirty way, considering the subject matter of Rejects, but an ambitious project nonetheless that contained a lot of great little details.

- Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide