The Suspects

The Suspects were formed in 1993 by Bill Grady and Charlie Esparza and played their first show at the long-gone “club” Hoi Polloi on October 3, 1993. After many years of hard work and dedication (a a few months of internal strife), The Suspects broke up in August of 2002. The Suspects have played two reunion shows since their breakup: January 19, 2007 and December 23, 2007… both at the Continental Club in Houston, Texas.

Charlie Esparza and Bill Grady found each other in early 1993 through the bulliten board at the old Westheimer location of Houston’s Sound Exchange records. The other memebers of the band were found slowly but surely: Alan Hernandez worked with Bill, and Joe Cote had been Bill’s co-worker at a previous job. Andy Hocker, Claudio DePujadas, and Chris Kendrick all answered flyers posted at Sound Exchange.

Over nine years, we released four cds, toured the mid-west once, and made a lot of friends.

The Suspects played their last show on Friday August 23rd at Fitzgeralds with Middlefinger, Magnetic IV, and Next2Nothing.