Steven Garcia and Love Sick Dog Publishing have ended its collaboration after 20 years. Steven has been a Love Sick Dog Publishing recording artist since 2005. The collaboration with owner and songwriter Frank Trevino has produced four albums, two movie soundtracks, and several singles. The last project entitled "Planning My Escape, Plotting My Revenge" was released in September 2025. All songs in this era were written by Frank Trevino.
Steven, who has been making music over the past 25 years, will continue performing three to five nights a week in and around the Houston area with his cover band Not the Rachels.
The first collaboration between the two camps produced the single "You'll Never Know" in 2005. Steven and LSDP are best known for the single “Will You or Won’t You” which was given the Song of the Week (February 19 – 25, 2012) by the London Indie Rock magazine Jamsphere.
In 2015, Steven started pre-production on the first LSDP full-length rock album. This collaboration produced the 2016 12-song album 'Undiscovered' released in February 2016. The album can also be described as arena rock with a modern twist that tips its hat to the 80s.
In the Summer of 2016, Steven and LSDP were approached by director Juven Cavazos to create songs for the modern-day spaghetti western “A Lonely Woman”. The film was released on March 23, 2018, with Steven’s original movie soundtrack released on May 4, 2018. Two of the seven tracks, “The New Old West Showdown” and “Jezebel is Coming” are instrumentals with a heavy western rock guitar sound. “Annie’s Theme” and “Mi Vida '' are Spanish Western-influenced instrumentals. “Feel Me” is a hard-driving rock song, while “Aim for the Heart '' and the title track are straightforward rock songs. All songs were written by Steven except for "MI Vida.
In 2019, Love Sick Dog Publishing released The LSDP Singles Collection. This featured previously released singles, unreleased tracks, and alternative versions of different material Steven recorded with LSDP.
On October 22, 2021, LSDP and Steven released a second 12-song album entitled 'Nowhere to be Found'. The songs contained a more Country Rock influence but still maintained a 90's rock and modern feel.
An EP for the Movie Soundtrack Bright Ideas was released in late 2023. The Ronn Head film stars Jeremy London (Party of Five), Tyler McElroy, and Chris Plaza. The EP includes "Your Possession", the movie love song, and the Bright Ideas theme song. Steven has also appeared on the movie soundtrack for Noble Things (2008).
The Red-Carpet World Premiere of Bright Ideas was held on March 27, 2023, at the Regal Edwards Theater in Houston. The EP movie soundtrack was released on 11/24/2023.
The third LSDP full length album, Against the Peace and Dignity of the State, was released on February 2, 2024. It is a heavier rock/country offering with a mix of 70's, 80's, and 90's rock genres. The album includes the Punk Rock song TMI and Country Rock songs 88 Miles Out of Hallettsville, and Ballad of the Working Man. The project was recorded at Parker Song Studios during the Summer of 2023.
Steven Garcia is originally from Corpus Christi, Texas where he started playing guitar at 14 and was mentored by Frank Trevino. He moved to Houston at age 21 and formed the band The Rachels. As the main songwriter in the group, The Rachels musical style relied heavily on Steven’s influences from genres such as reggae, ska, country, rock, and pop with a heavy guitar sound. Some of his earlier work is surprisingly eclectic. His diversity enabled him to work with different producers and songwriters, including Paula Deanda producer Mike Aguirre and country songwriter Jason Greene.
The debut The Rachels album Buy American was released in 1999. The music relationship ties to LSDP run deep as two of the album's 11 songs were written by Frank Trevino of LSDP.
The Rachels were then signed with Six-Tone Records in 2000 and released World of Dreams (2001). Two tracks were again credited to LSDP's Frank Trevino. The relationship with Six-Tone Records ended in late 2001.
The Rachels forged on as independents and grew accustomed to playing four to five nights a week. They headlined many events such as the Houston Marathon (1999), the Houston Grand Prix (2001), KLOL Holiday Ball, and the Astros opening day party (2000, 2004).
They developed a loyal Houston following with a reputation as a party band that could cover any song request. This branded them as a virtual jukebox in high demand with Houston bar owners and booking agents. It led to the opportunity to tour Japan in 2003, 2004, and 2005 with Lone Wolf Entertainment. Their popularity also granted them airplay on Houston’s KTBZ 94.5 and KLOL 101.1 radio stations. Many major clients such as Clear Channel Communications, Budweiser, and Rice University would request The Rachels to play at their events.
Steven wrote and produced the independently released The Rachels album St. Elmo Sessions in 2003. The Rachels unofficially disbanded in 2005 as a live band.
Steve continued to record under the name The Rachels with the release of No Love Here in 2006.
Steven was signed to Clay Walker’s publishing company as a staff songwriter from 2006 - 2011. This led to Steven’s song “I Can’t Complain” being featured in the 2008 Noble Things movie starring Brett Moses and Ryan Hurst (The Walking Dead).
After being released from Clay Walker's publishing company, Steven formed the cover group Not the Rachels. The name aimed at a way to distance himself from The Rachels, as many fans mistook the cover group for the original The Rachels.
Steven continued to record as The Rachels in studio form only. He independently released Aim for the Heart (2017), Crashing into Walls (2018), Save the Robots (2018), Corpus Christi (2019) and Evil Toes (2019).
Steven is currently producing a heavier rock project that may be released in 2025 under The Rachels name or under a side project named Burning Ashley.
