Samiam
Samiam is a punk band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1988, the band has released nine full length albums and toured extensively throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Japan. The band members are Jason Beebout (vocals), Sergie Loobkoff (guitar), Sean Kennerly (guitar, vocals), Chad Darby (bass) and Colin Brooks (drums).
The most recent album Stowaway was released in 2023 by Pure Noise records. Samiam toured in Europe with Hot Water Music and in the US with Bouncing Souls to support the album and released videos for the singles Lake Speed and Crystallized.
Samiam initially was part of the 924 Gilman punk scene in the late-80s/early 90s and released their first 7” I Am on Lookout Records. Their first three albums - (self-titled), Soar and Billy were all released on New Red Archives. The band toured a lot during this period with similar little-known bands like Green Day, Jawbreaker and Seaweed.
In 1993, Samiam signed to Atlantic Records and released the album Clumsy. The band did several successful tours including with Bad Religion and recorded a follow-up album but was dropped before its release, which put Samiam in a state of limbo for several years. Finally in 1997, they regained control of the recording, You Are Freaking Me Out, which was released jointly by Burning Heart Records and the now-defunct Tommy Boy subsidiary Ignition Records in 1997.
In 2000, Samiam signed to Hopeless Records and released Astray, followed several years afterwards by Whatever’s Got You Down (2006) and Trips (2012) before moving to Pure Noise and releasing the aforementioned Stowaway.
Samiam is touring the East Coast in May of 2025 with Iron Chic and Toys That Kill.
Homebase: Berkeley, California
Label: Pure Noise
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Photo credit Austin Rhodes
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