guitarist Ben Crandall,
bassist Richard G. Lewis,
drummer J.R. Roach
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Biography
Boston hardcore band Sam Black Church -- singer Jet, guitarist Ben Crandall, bassist Richard G. Lewis and drummer J.R. Roach -- released two albums for local label Taang! during the mid-'90s: a self-titled album in 1993 and the follow-up Let in Life, released the following year. For 1997's That Which Does Not Kill Us...Makes Us Stronger, the group jumped to Untangled Records; The Black Comedy followed a year later.
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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.
Discography
Unincorporated (1989)
Sam Black Church (1993)
Let in Life (1993)
Superchrist (1995)
That Which does not Kill us...Makes us stronger(1997)
The Black Comedy (1998)
For We are Many (2001)
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