Sam Endicott

Sam Endicott
Sam Endicott performing at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Background information
Birth name	Samuel Bingham Endicott
Born	(1974-08-13) August 13, 1974 (age 42)
Genres	Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Keyboard, guitar, vocals, bass
Years active	2003–present
Associated acts	The Pasties, The Bravery, The Mercy Beat

Samuel Bingham "Sam" Endicott (born August 13, 1974) is an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and director. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the Bravery, with whom he recorded three studio albums. He is currently the lead singer of Mercy Beat.

Endicott grew up in Brookmont, Maryland. He is an only child of William Endicott, a former director in the White House Office of Political Affairs, and Abigail Bingham Endicott, a vocalist and teacher. He is a Mayflower descendant through his father, and great-great grandson of Charles L. Tiffany (founder of Tiffany & Co.) through his maternal grandfather, Hiram Bingham IV.

Endicott attended Georgetown Day School before transferring to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1992. In 1999, he graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York with B.A. in Psychology.

At age 11 Endicott began playing guitar and at 12 switched to bass guitar. By age 13 he was an established bass player in the Washington, D.C. area, playing in numerous punk and harDCore bands, most notably Stain, with Geoff Turner of Gray Matter and Colin Sears of Dag Nasty. He has stated that his biggest influence as a bass player is Joe Lally of Fugazi, and he initially sought to emulate Lally's melodic style of playing. He was classmates with future Bravery keyboardist John Conway. The two began a musical partnership, playing together in various projects in the Poughkeepsie area.