Samiam

Samiam
Jason Beebout at a live EP recording session for Your Choice Records in 1991
Background information
Origin	Berkeley, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock, emo, post-hardcore
Years active	1988–present
Labels	New Red Archives Atlantic Records Hopeless Records Your Choice Records Burning Heart Records No Idea Records
Website	myspace
Members	Jason Beebout (vocals) Sergie Loobkoff (guitar) Charlie Walker (drums) Sean Kennerly (guitar/bass) Billy Bouchard (bass)
Past members	Ryan Sullivan (guitar, 1988-1989) Johnny Cruz (drums) James Brogan (guitar, 1988-2000) Martin Brohm (bass, 1988-1993) Aaron Rubin (bass, 1993-1997) Jeremy Bergo (bass, 2006) Mark Mortinsen (drums, 1988-1990/1993) Dave Ayer (drums, 1990-1993) Tré Cool, Thomas Wilbur (Drums) 1995, 1999 (drums) Scott McPherson, 1999 (drums) Victor Indrizzo, 1993-1995 (drums) Davey Latter (drums, 1999) Lee Hartney (Guitar, 1999) Michael Petrak "MP" (drums, 1995-1999)

Samiam is a punk band from Berkeley, California, active since 1988.

Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-'90s, the band had two releases on major labels, Atlantic Records in 1994 and Ignition/Tommy Boy in 1997. This path achieved modest mainstream success; a video for "Capsized" gained a lot of airplay on MTV, they performed on The Jon Stewart Show in 1994 and the single "She Found You" garnered considerable radio play in 1998. The band toured extensively throughout Europe, North America, and Japan with Bad Religion, Green Day, The Toadies, Sense Field, blink-182, and Millencolin.

In late 2000, the band quietly ceased after supporting the Astray album. Despite what was initially to be a breakup, they continued to tour abroad yearly (Europe three times, and South America) with occasional shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. This led to the recording of the band's 7th album, "Whatever's Got You Down" in 2006. Samiam toured Europe 3 more times in 2006 and 2007 and played various US dates in 2008.

Samiam toured Australia in September 2009, together with the band A Death in the Family This was followed by eight shows in Gainesville, Florida in November 2009 and single shows in Santiago, Chile; San Miguel and Buenos Aires, Argentina; and São Paulo, Brazil in December 2009. October 2010 brought them together again with A Death in the Family for a European and East Coast tour.