Sanctuary And The Rick Ray Band Live At The Cleveland Agora

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Started in Seattle, Washington in 1985, Sanctuary was signed to Epic Records in 1987 and their debut album Refuge Denied was produced by Megadeth's Dave Mustaine. They toured with Megadeth upon the release of this album. The next release was Into The Mirror Black and more touring followed. In 1992 Epic Records tried to get them to become a grunge band, as that was what was being promoted by record companies at the time. Record labels, radio, MTV and just about everyone else involved in the industry abandoned heavy music for Grunge. There was no way Sanctuary was going to become a grunge band and they ended up disbanding.

In 2010, four of the founding Sanctuary members - Warrel Dane, Jim Sheppard, Lenny Rutledge and Dave Budbill — came together for a few select reunion performances. At first, it was just going to be a handful of shows, but the response and chemistry on stage was so overwhelming that they decided to reunite permanently. Reunions can either be something one dreads or something filled with plenty of anticipation. For reactivated legendary Seattle metal band, Sanctuary, and their legions of fans, it's been the latter.

In 2014, Sanctuary released their third album The Year The Sun Died on Century Media Records. A 12 cut album that includes a cover of the Doors song Waiting For The Sun. The musicians in this band are high caliber musicians with excellent songwriting capabilities. If you're unfamiliar with this great band, check out the video Frozen from their latest release on YouTube.

Their latest tour will bring them to the world famous Cleveland Agora at 5000 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015. The Rick Ray Band will be opening for them. The Rick Ray Band is a four piece high energy, spine chilling progressive hard rock fusion band with 32 albums released and working hard on #33.