Sam Mehran

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sam Mehran


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Sam Mehran
Alias = Sam E Danger, Sam E Slaughter, Sam E Firehazard
Born = 1986
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Origin = United States
Instrument = vocals, Guitar, drums
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Genre = Indie rock, Dance punk, Hip Hop
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Years_active = 2001-2006
Label = Domino
Associated_acts = Test Icicles
Balls
NLS Crew
INTENSEDUDES
Das Meat
Manpower
Nailed Down
Whack Brothers
demon(sic)
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Notable_instruments = Les Paul Deluxe copy
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Sam Mehran is an American musician best known for being a member of short lived band Test Icicles, as well as having been in a large number of other side projects.

Early life

Sam Mehran was born in Miami in Florida, America. He moved to Adelaide, Australia when he was 7 years old. He began rapping at the age of 8 and was formed his first band, "Thunderbox", at the age of 12. He toured with Australian band "Paradise Burning" when he was 16, before moving to New York and then London. Once he had moved to London he became involved in a number of music projects. These were with Rory Atwell and Devonte Hynes in particular but would also frequently feature Ferry Gouw and Chris Steele-Nicholson of Semifinalists, Tim Sullivan of Damn Arms and Tom Vek. This resulted in a number of spontaneous, short lived bands, including "INTENSEDUDES".

Balls

Mehran and Gouw went on to form a band with Attwell called "Balls". However, Gouw needed to go home for the summer when Balls had been booked to play with The Unicorns. Not wanting to cancel the gig, Mehran and Attwell decided to form a Balls sister-band called Test Icicles. They recruited Dev Hynes to join them.

Test Icicles

In early 2005 the three moved to a first-floor flat in Dalston where they recorded a large amount of demos and used MySpace as a key way of gaining fans and getting their music heard. They became signed to the independent label Domino Records and released an album "For Screening Purposes Only" but split in February 2006.

Post Test Icicles

Since Test Icicles split Mehran has seemingly retired from the music industry. Prior to the band's split he was involved in a number of short lived projects, many with Hynes, including NLS Crew, Manpower, Nailed Down and demon(sic) but isn't known to be involved with anything since the split. It is believed he now works in a record shop in New York. [cite web
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