Associated acts Jet Fuel Active from 1988 | Active until 2013 | |
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Genres Hardcore punkBoston hardcore Years active 1988–2000, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016–present Labels Taang!UntangledWonderdrug Past members Jesse "Jet" Crandall - VocalsBen Crandall - GuitarRichard G. Lewis - BassJ.R. Roach - DrumsZack Adrien - Guitar Albums Let In Life, The Black Comedy Similar Only Living Witness, Jon Butcher Axis, Pretty & Nice, The Konks, The Neighborhoods Profiles | ||
Sam Black Church (also known as SBC) is a Boston hardcore band. It was named after the West Virginia community of Sam Black Church.
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History
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, and Helmet. They were one of the most popular hardcore bands in the Northeast United States 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.
Sam Black Church played the Hometown Throwdown 16 with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at House of Blues in Boston December 29th, 2013
Discography
Songs
Re-AliveLet In Life · 1993
Infernal MachineLet In Life · 1993
Captain Of The WorldUnincorporated - Remastered Reissue · 1992