Pandora's Box
Banastre Tarleton played in several groups during his
high school years including his first band The
Koxmen and fraternity party favorite
The Norsemen. After graduation,
he did a stint with a rowdy bunch of misfits called The
Big Bad Wolf & His Pack. In
1968 he formed Pandora’s Box with
drummer Gayle Hase, guitarist Deon Jones and bassist David Spencer.
The band’s repertoire featured the popular 60’s rockers and party
songs of the day as well as some early Tarleton originals.
When Spencer left to attend college, Banastre took over the bass parts on
his Farfisa organ and the band hit its stride as a rather unique power trio.
In the summer of 1969, Banastre disbanded Pandora’s Box to form Triphammer,
which went on to legendary status as one of the