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SAMIAM “Orphan Works” 2xLP/CD – Available 9/7/10 on No Idea Records

Studio outtakes, in-studio radio shows and live recordings from the busiest six years of Samiam!

“Strange to think what it was like back then… I have to admit, the 90s were often a trial, there were soaring ‘highs’ and a few doleful ‘lows’. But years later, even thinking of loading our gear into a trailer at 4 a.m. seems… uh, eventful. At the time I might have been wondering what the fuck I was doing with my life but I now tend to romanticize Samiam’s past. I love to remind James of the time in Vienna a dog walked up to him mid-song, sniffed his leg and pissed on his amp. If that isn’t a priceless moment, I don’t know what is. We performed in other prodigious situations, made loads of friends and thought ‘music’ instead of ‘day job.’ Not to say it was the easy, rock star fun people daydream of… Samiam was a garage band thrust into a world of constant touring, major labels and blown transmissions. Yet, the fact that we were basically failures in the eyes of the music industry didn’t change the simple fact that we were young and having fun. Yay us!” – Sergie

**2xLP is on colored vinyl! Includes download code!

TRACK LISTING:
1. Ain’t No Size That Small
2. Capsized
3. Regret
4. Bad Day
5. My Convenience
6. Stepson
7. Don’t Break Me
8. Mr. Walker
9. I Want More
10. Search and Destroy
11. Here Comes Your Man
12. Stepson (2)
13. Sky Flying By
14. Full On
15. Clean
16. Speed
17. Time By The Dime
18. Home Sweet Home

Clumsy era line-up:

• Tracks 1-3 Recorded live in studio by Brave New Radio Los Angeles, CA, 1994
• Tracks 4-7 Recorded live on Radio Asylum, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
• Tracks 8-9 Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Lou Giordano at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA, 1994

You Freaking Are Me Out era line-up:

• Tracks 10-11 Recorded in Billie Joe’s Basement in Berkeley, 1998
• Tracks 12-18 Recorded live at Räucherkammer, Wiesbaden, May 28, 1996

This will be the band’s latest release since 2006’s Whatever’s Got You Down which was released on Hopeless Records.