The Raygun Girls is Geoff Saavedra’s baby. It was started out of frustration with an bandmates from the Heavy Metal band Desvio in 2002. The Raygun Girls was to be a Goth Industrial project in the style of Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and The Clay People.
In 2004, ‘Mars Eclipsing’ was released to great reviews and positive reactions. A live band was created, singers were added over the years, as well as drummers and lead guitar players, morphing the sound into a more guitar oriented one. Members came and left. Shows were played up and down the East Coast of the US and into Canada.
In 2008, indie Metal label Killzone Records signed The Raygun Girls and preparations began on recording ‘The Dirt Collector’. This was right at the end of the “traditional record label era” and Killzone went under.
However, ‘The Dirt Collector’ was released, and soon after the release of the album, Geoff was rushed to emergency surgery – his 3rd open heart surgery – due to his genetic condition Marfan Syndrome. This effectively took Geoff off the stage.
In 2011, Geoff came back slowly with ‘The Taker’, a very dirty, blues driven album. The music has not stopped since with the releases of “The Raygun Girls” (2012), “Ghost 15” (2016), “Rising Dawn” (2016), and “Orphan” (2020).