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Saturday, April 25, 2009

TODAYS EAR KICKING

The 1993 release of Sam Black Church might be a good listen if you never plugged into it before and like something with hard driving, fist pumping sound.

Sam Black Church (band)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Former members
Jet - Vocals
Ben Crandall - Guitar
Richard G. Lewis - Bass
J.R. Roach - Drums
Zack Adrien - Guitar

Sam Black Church (also known as SBC) was a Boston hardcore band that played from 1988 - 2000. It was named after the West Virginia community of Sam Black Church.

Sam Black Church were known for their energetic live performances. They played a frenetic blend of hardcore, metal, and thrash and shared bills with bands as diverse as Bad Brains, Clutch, Motörhead, Cro-Mags, Nothingface, Stuck Mojo, TREE , FEAR ,and Helmet. They were one of the most popular hardcore bands in the northeast for a period in the mid-1990s.
After releasing their first three EPs on Taang! Records, Sam Black Church left for Wonderdrugrecords where they remained until the band broke up in 2000.
Sam Black Church reunited for a sold out show on September 22, 2007, at The Roxy in Boston. Unearth, Madball and Darkbuster opened the show.

1. Unincorporated (1989)
2. Sam Black Church (1993)
3. Let in Life (1993)
3. SuperChrist (1995)
4. That Which does not Kill us...(1997)
5. The Black Comedy (1998)
6. For We are Many (2001)