The Burnin' Sands

The Burnin' Sands are:

Guitar-Francois (Franky Sands) Maltais
Bass-Dimitri (Dr.D Nibz) Baloukov
Drums-Tyrell (Mr.T James) Johnman

The Burnin' Sands were born in March 2005 from the ashes of a previous project. The newly formed three-piece instrumental band combined the technical lead work of Francois Maltais on guitar with Dimitri Baloukov's driving bass lines and Tyrell Johnman's solid percussive work.

Francois began his surf career in Saguenay, Quebec playing rhythmic guitar in a band in 2000 called "Les Merveilles Masquees" which later became "Les Sunburst" in 2002 after a big change in the line-up. Francois eventually moved to Alberta in 2003 but continued to work on his surf sound. Eventually he replied to an ad in the local paper about a surf punk band called "Teenage Surf Invasion" looking for a lead guitarist. This is how he came to meet Dimitri and Tyrell, who had been playing together for some time and had been in numerous projects before they met Francois.