J Church (band)

J Church was a punk rock band fronted by Lance Hahn, which was formed in 1992. Hahn was responsible for the majority of writing and singing in the band and also played lead guitar. He can be seen as the sole creative force behind the band.

Gardner Maxam played bass in the band until 1998, at which point the bass position became as the drums had always been; a quickly revolving door. Current members other than Lance include Ben White as well as Chris Pfeffer of Severed Head of State.

The group was named for the San Francisco Muni Metro line that Hahn took down Church Street to band practice (in the beginning) and to work every day. The band has [http://www.j-church.com/records/index.html an extensive discography including] numerous singles and splits with fellow punk rock bands including Discount and Less Than Jake.

On July 7 2007, a benefit entitled "Let's Do It For Lance!" was released to help defray the cost of his medical bills.

Lance Hahn

Lance Hahn was a punk rock history writer. He wrote many pieces for "Maximum Rock 'n' Roll", the San Francisco music zine. Additionally, he also found time to run Honey Bear Records and work on a book compiling various writings on anarcho-punk bands. He died on October 21 2007, aged 40, after falling into a coma nine days earlier due to complications from kidney dialysis.

Partial discography

*"Camels, Spilled Coronas and Mariachi Bands" (Singles Collection #1)
*"Nostalgic For Nothing" (Singles Collection #2)
*"One Mississippi"
*"The Drama of Alienation"
*"Quetzalcoatl"
*"Prophylaxis"
*"Arbor Vitae"
*"Altamont 99" (Singles Collection #3)
*"Cat Food"
*"Society is a Carnivorous Flower"
*"Palestine"
*"The Horror of Life"
*"Meaty, Beaty, Shitty Sounding" (Singles Collection #4)

ee also

*Cringer

External links

* [http://lookoutrecords.com/blogcms/?item=punk-festival-to-benefit-lance-hahn-get-involved/ benefit info for Lance Hahn]
* [http://www.j-church.com/ J-Church's official website]
* [http://www.honeybearrecords.net/ Honey Bear Records (Lance Hahn's record label)]
* [http://www.music-city.org/J-Church/discography/ J Church discography]
* [http://www.punknews.org/article/26125/ Punk News on his death]