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Samiam is a band from Berkeley, California formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-90s, the band had two releases on a major labels, Atlantic Records in 1994 and Ignition/Tommy Boy in 1997. This path achieved modest mainstream success; a video for Capsized gained a lot of airplay on MTV, they performed on the Jon Stewart Show in 1994 and the single, "She Found You" garnered considerable radio play in 1998. The band toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and Japan with Bad Religion, Green Day, The Toadies, Sense Field, Blink 182 and Millencolin.
In late 2000 the band quietly ceased after supporting the "Astray' album. Despite what was initially to be a break up, they continued to tour abroad yearly (Europe three times, and South America) with occasional shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. This led to the recording of the band's 7th album, "Whatever's Got You Down" in 2006. Samiam toured europe 3 more times in 2006 and 2007 and played various U.S. dates in 2008.
Summer 2009 west coast dates and Australian tour in September will be followed by short tours of South America and Europe in early 2010. Future plans to record are being discussed amongst band members. The band is not contractually obligated to any recording company.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Date of Release | Record Label(s) |
| Samiam | 1989 | New Red Archives |
| Soar | 1991 | New Red Archives |
| Billy | 1992 | New Red Archives |
| Clumsy | August 23, 1994 | Atlantic Records |
| You Are Freaking Me Out | June 12, 1997 | Ignition Records / Burning Heart Records |
| Astray | August 29, 2000 | Hopeless Records / Burning Heart Records |
| Whatever's Got You Down | September 26, 2006 | Hopeless Records / Burning Heart Records |
EPs / split CDs / Compilations
| Title | Date of Release | Record Label(s) |
| Underground (EP) (*All songs also on Samiam) |
1989 | New Red Archives |
| I am (EP) | 1990 | Lookout Records |
| Beauf demo songs from Billy, odds n' ends |
1991 | Beri Beri Records - Europe |
| Very Small World (v/a Comp) song: "At the Bottom" |
September 1991 | Very Small Records release #37 (VSR 14) |
| Split w/ Jawbreaker song: "Head Trap" |
1992 | No Idea Records 7" came w/ No Idea Fanzine #10 |
| LIVE (EP) |
1992 | Your Choice Records |
| Don't Break Me (EP) | 1992 | New Red Archives |
| Stump (EP) acoustic |
1992 | Blackbox |
| Ping Pong Gods split w/ Garlic Frog Diet |
March 22, 1996 | Cargo Germany |
| Glow split w/ Six Pack |
1997 | Pandemonium Records (France) |
| She Found You (EP) | July 16, 1997 | Ignition Records / Burning Heart Records |
| Your Choice Live Series 037 split w/ Texas Is the Reason |
1999 | Your Choice Records |
| Search & Destroy | August 23, 1999 | Burning Heart Records |
| The New Red Years (Comp) compilation of New Red Archives material |
April 11, 2000 | Golf Records |
Related bands
Past (and present) members of Samiam have been (or are) associated with the following bands:
- The Fakers- Sean Kennerly
- Isocracy - Jason Beebout, Martin Brohm
- Knapsack - Sergie Loobkoff
- Limp - Johnny Cruz
- The Mr. T Experience - Aaron Rubin
- Screw 32 - Mark Mortinsen
- Social Unrest - James Brogan
- Solea - Sergie Loobkoff, Johnny Cruz
- Surrogate Brains - Johnny Cruz
- Sweet Baby - Sergie Loobkoff
- Sweet Baby Jesus - Sergie Loobkoff
External links
- Official MySpace page
- Official Fanpage
- videos
- Interview with Sergie Loobkoff and Aaron Rubin, August 1997
- Interview with Sergie Loobkoff, 2006
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