Samiam

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Samiam


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Origin = El Sobrante, California, United States
Genre = Melodic hardcore
Punk rock
Indie rock
Years_active = 1988–present
Label = New Red Archives
Atlantic Records
Hopeless Records
Burning Heart Records
URL = [http://www.gosamgo.com www.gosamgo.com]
Current_members = Jason Beebout (vocals)
Sergie Loobkoff (guitar)
Johnny Cruz (drums)
Sean Kennerly (guitar/bass)
Jeremy Bergo (bass)
Past_members = James Brogan (guitar)
Martin Brohm (bass)
Aaron Rubin (bass)
Mark Mortinsen (drums)
Dave Ayer (drums)
Scott McPherson (drums)
Victor Indrizzo (drums)
Davey Latter (drums)
Michael Petrak "MP" (drums)

Samiam is a band from El Sobrante, California formed in 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. They have a sound akin to Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music, Seaweed and As Friends Rust. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. They also had a release on a major label, Atlantic Records. They achieved minor mainstream success; their video for Capsized gained a lot of airplay on MTV, and they performed on the Jon Stewart Show in 1994. Members of the band are also currently involved in Solea, Attention: and The Fakers.

Samiam should not be confused with Samian, a band featuring Tré Cool, later of Green Day, or Samhain, Glenn Danzig's post-Misfits/pre-Danzig horrorpunk band.

Discography

Albums

EPs / split CDs / Compilations

Related bands

Past (and present) members of Samiam have been (or are) associated with the following bands:
* A'me Lorain & The Family Affair - Victor Indrizzo
* Attention - Jeremy Bergo
* Buggerall - Sergie Loobkoff
* Circuis of Power - Victor Indrizzo
* The Fakers- Sean Kennerly
* Gamma Ray - Victor Indrizzo
* It's OK - Victor Indrizzo
* I'm With Cupid - Sean Kennerly
* Isocracy - Jason Beebout, Martin Brohm
* Knapsack - Sergie Loobkoff
* Limp - Johnny Cruz
* The Magnificent Bastards - Victor Indrizzo
* Masters of Reality - Victor Indrizzo
* The Mr. T Experience - Aaron Rubin
* Porch - David Ayer
* Redd Kross - Victor Indrizzo
* Screw 32 - Mark Mortinsen
* Social Unrest - James Brogan
* Solea - Sergie Loobkoff, Johnny Cruz
* Soup - Sergie Loobkoff
* The Stereo - Jeremy Bergo
* Surrogate Brains - Johnny Cruz
* Sweet Baby - Sergie Loobkoff
* Sweet Baby Jesus - Sergie Loobkoff
* Tater Totz - Victor Indrizzo

External links

* [http://www.gosamgo.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/samiam Official MySpace page]
* [http://www.samiam.de Official Fanpage]
* [http://www.ewirezine.com/music/samiam/ Interview with Sergie Loobkoff and Aaron Rubin, August 1997 ]
* [http://www.allschools.de/showInterview.php3?ID=31695 Interview with Sergie Loobkoff, 2006]