Can you tell us about the origin of the band name, a history of the band and a little bit about the various members?

Titanosaur is a one man band created by Geoff Saavedra in 2018.  I used to make music under the name of The Raygun Girls – a Goth Metal, Industrial Metal band.  But I wanted to make more Heavy Metal type music, and have more fun with it, so I wrote an album (the debut Eat Me) of all of the kind of stuff that wouldn’t fit under the Raygun Girls banner.  It was heavy and rock ‘n’ roll, and I wanted a band name that would reflect that and me – a very tall, loud guy making very pounding heavy music.  I started searching dinosaur band names, and all the good ones were already taken, but then I remembered a documentary I had just watched about the Titanosaur… and the name of the band was born.

Are you all from the same area? How did you get together as a band?

As said in the previous question, I’m a one man band.  So, I am all from the same area and I got together inside of my mom, about 47 years ago).

Who are your favourite artists/bands and how have they influenced your own sound?

I have too many favorite bands, but the main ones that I look to for influence when writing Titanosaur music are Motorhead, Monster Magnet, The Ramones and Killing Joke.I use them for energy – they get me pumped to play.  But, I do listen to lots of music, and I get inspired by everything I listen to.  Sometimes I’ll mishear a lyric and that will spark a whole phrase, which I write down and then keep writing and I have a song.  Sometimes I’ll take the beats per minute of a song, or the specific beat of a song I like and use that to launch my ideas off of.

Did you always have the ambition to be a musician and in a band or did you originally have other plans?

As far back as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be involved with music.  I started playing guitar when I was about 12, but it was when I got my electric guitar (a black Fender Strat that I still use) at 14 that I started thinking about bands and making my own music.

What songs or albums are on your current playlist?

I use Shuffle a lot.  Like, as I’m writing this, I’m listening to some ZZ Top, and right before this was Anthrax.

Do you sing in the shower?

Absolutely.  Who doesn’t?

Do you have any plans for the band for this year and into next year?

Looking to release a full length album (my 6^th full length, and third to be released on The Swamp Records).  Also working on a split EP with another heavy NY band, but we haven’t locked in a release date yet.  And, this will be the third year Titanosaur will be collaborating with DemonScar to release a Motorhead cover, some time in the Fall.

As for next year…. I’m sort of working day to day, and not planning too far ahead.  Due to having a failing heart, and being on the heart transplant list, I can’t plan too much, because I may not be able to deliver… so, we’ll see.

Do you currently have any new songs/albums ready to be released?

Got a new 2 song single coming out June 23^rd, “World Is On Fire,” and then either the split EP or a new Titanosaur album.

If you could play at any venue in the world where would you choose?

I really like the Roseland in NYC, but that got shut down a few years ago.  I remember reading an interview with Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, and he said that bands should make music with the idea of it being played in a stadium- to think about how the sound will travel to the people in the back.  And that’s how I make Titanosaur music, so, I’d love to play a stadium or large outdoor venue at some point.  Any one really.

Do you have a favourite album? If so, what is it?

I have too many to name.  How about albums that I would listen to from start to finish without skipping any songs? 

The first that come to mind:

Type O Negative October Rust

Slayer’s Seasons In The Abyss. 

Motorhead’s Rock ‘N’ Roll

Monster Magnet Dopes To Infinity

Do you have any guilty pleasure songs/albums?

Don’t feel guilty about anything I listen to… so… nope.

If you were putting together the greatest show on earth, who would be playing?

Mastodon, Motorhead, Monster Magnet… and call it The M Tour… or something catchier.

Can you remember the first album you bought with your own money? What was it and do you still have it?

The first cassette I bought with my own was actually 2 – Metallica And Justice For All and Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction (funny that later on they toured together).
The first record that I bought with my own money was AC/DC Back In Black and I still play it on occasion.

The first album that I shoplifted… lol… was probably the Suicidal Tendencies self titled debut on cassette.

As your fans will be reading this, is there any message you would like to send out to them?

I am just so grateful for all of the support I get from fans.  I love hearing from people who are just discovering my music, or who have been listening since the beginning.  I write music that I like to hear, that excites me, so it really is a pleasant surprise that so many dig what I’m putting out!

Finally, let us know all your social media sites so your fans, old and new, can find and follow/like you!

Just search for Titanosaurrocks on any of the social media platforms.  I’m on Twitter, FB, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.  And follow Titanosaur on Bandcamp to be the first to be notified about new releases – titanosaur1.bandcamp.com

We, at The Metal Asylum, would like to thank you for your time. Is there is anything further that you would like to add?

Thanks Metal Asylum for giving bands this opportunity to let people know a little more about us.  Your support for the Metal community is much appreciated.

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