Sam Black Church was a Boston hardcore

Boston hardcore

Boston hardcore is the hardcore punk scene of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston hardcore is the hardcore punk scene of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston hardcore is the hardcore punk scene of Boston, Massachusetts. (Not to be confused with Boston metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore; itself an...

 band that played from 1988 - 2000. It was named after the West Virginia

West Virginia

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 community of Sam Black Church

Sam Black Church

Sam Black Church, known today as Sam Black United Methodist Church, is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church located at Sam Black Church near the unincorporated community of Smoot in Greenbrier County, West Virginia....

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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

Bad Brains

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, Clutch

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, Motörhead, Cro-Mags

Cro-Mags

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, Nothingface

Nothingface

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, Stuck Mojo

Stuck Mojo

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, and Helmet

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. 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

Taang! Records

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, 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

Unearth

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, Madball

Madball

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 and Darkbuster

Darkbuster

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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)

External links

• Wonderdrugrecords
• Sam Black Church on Myspace