The Pariah Story: Shandon Sahm on Geffen, Grunge & Sims Ellison

In this interview, Shandon Sahm tells the incredible story of Pariah, the Texas hard rock band that was signed to Geffen Records in 1990 but didn't release their album To Mock a Killingbird until 1993—just as grunge was taking over the music world.Shandon talks about Pariah, the frustration of their Geffen experience, the impact of grunge, and the tragic loss of bassist Sims Ellison. He also discusses his work with the Meat Puppets and Gibby Haynes, as well as growing up as the son of Texas music legend Doug Sahm.A fascinating story of a band that came so close to breaking big.#Pariah #ShandonSahm #HairMetal #HardRock #GeffenRecords #SimsEllison #GrungePlease Like, Subscribe, & HYPE!! Thank you!!Feel free to donate (or NOT!) to my PayPal: [email protected] The Hair Metal Guru on Spotify!https://open.spotify.com/show/2ytnPes9fSQoGK0ii9SAB9?si=e2e53cc9285c40eeFollow me on X! https://x.com/HairMetalGuruThe Hair Metal Guru on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thehairmetalguru/Buy some of your favorite hard rock releases at FNA Records!https://fnarecords.net/Support Stevie Rachelle and Metal Sludge:www.metalsludge.tvI host Hair Metal Mansion on Rock 101 KLOL every Saturday night from 6-8pm Central Time... you can listen here!https://www.rock101klol.com/