Shipwrecked is the second and final album by the San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

 rock and roll

Rock and roll

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 band Sultans, released in 2004 by Swami Records

Swami Records

Swami Records is a San Diego based independent record label specializing in punk rock, indie rock and garage rock that was founded in 2000 by John Reis...

. When the band reconvened to record the album in November 2003, original guitarist Andy Stamets

Andy Stamets

Andy Stamets is an American guitarist notable as a member of Rocket from the Crypt, Beehive & the Barracudas, and the Sultans.-Musical career:...

 chose not to rejoin the group. Singer/bassist John Reis

John Reis

John Reis is an American musician, singer, guitarist, record label owner, and disc jockey. He is best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band Rocket from the Crypt, which he formed and fronted for the entirety of its career from 1990 to 2005...

 took over the guitar position and his brother Dean Reis joined the band on bass

Bass guitar

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, taking the stage name "Black Velvet."

According to the album's liner notes, Shipwrecked was recorded using borrowed instruments, previously owned VHS

VHS

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 tapes as a master source, and live in front of a studio audience between the hours of 3:00am and 6:00am. However, Reis has a propensity for exaggeration and fabrication when describing his musical endeavors, often "dressing up" the truth in favor of telling an interesting story. That said, it is well-known that the Sultans preferred a much more stripped-down, raw and direct approach to recording and playing than most of Reis' other projects, opting for a "live" feel to their recordings with minimal effects, studio tweaking or mixing adjustments.

In April 2004 the band toured in support of Shipwrecked on the Swami Southwest Seance tour of southern California, featuring other acts also signed to the Swami label. Afterwards Reis returned to work with Hot Snakes

Hot Snakes

Hot Snakes were an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the...

, one of his other musical projects. Over the next year the Sultans would perform sporadically around the San Diego area as Reis' schedule permitted. Both Hot Snakes and Reis' main band Rocket From the Crypt

Rocket from the Crypt

Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...

 disbanded in the Summer and Fall of 2005. The Sultans continued to perform infrequently in the San Diego area until disbanding in January 2007.

Track listing

1. "It Meant Nothing"
2. "Try to Forget You"
3. "Shut Up and Sit Down"
4. "Please Don't Leave Me on the Highway"
5. "I Can't Change"
6. "Jet Lag"
7. "I Just Can't Take It"
8. "Too Tough"
9. "Walk of Shame"
10. "Regret"
11. "I Wanna Be With You Tonight"
12. "Peril-ized"
13. "One Way St."
14. "I Don't Care What She Thinks of Me"

Performers

• Slasher (John Reis
  John Reis
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  ) - guitar
  Guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Black Velvet (Dean Reis) - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• Tony Di Prima - drums
  Drum kit
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  , backing vocals
• K'Londo - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   on "Walk of Shame"
• Jimmy Driscoll and Thad Robles - backing vocals on "Shut Up and Sit Down," "I Just Can't Take It" and "Too Tough"
• Aaron Pores - backing vocals on "Jet Lag" and "One Way St."

Album information

• Record label:Swami Records
  Swami Records
  Swami Records is a San Diego based independent record label specializing in punk rock, indie rock and garage rock that was founded in 2000 by John Reis...
  
  
• Recorded at November 13 & 14 at Drag Racist Recorders in San Diego
• Produced by Long Gone John and John Reis
• Mastered and equalized by Dave Gardner at Magneto Mastering
• Layout by Dave Lively