QRO’s spotlight swings back around to gone old favorites, the Big Apple’s alt-rocking Sam Champion.
Sam Champion’s December 5th, 2009 date at Union Hall in Brooklyn, their first show in over a year, was their last ever. In fact, Noah Chermin had stated that they “broke up over a year ago”, and that he’s “done with the music business”. He semi-returned to music with Noah Champion Band, who debuted at Rock Shop in Brooklyn on May 26th, 2011.
Name: Sam Champion
Associated act(s): Maricopa, Noah Champion Band, Sean Bones
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Members: Noah Chernin, Jack Dolgen, Sean Sullivan, Ryan Thornton
Albums: Slow Rewind (2005), Heavenly Bender (2008)
Has toured with: Apollo Sunshine, Cold War Kids, The Comas, Dean & Britta, Drug Rug, The Hold Steady, The Jealous Girlfriends, Nada Surf, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Ra Ra Riot, Salt & Samovar, Spinto Band, Matt Trowbridge, XYZ Affair
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none upcoming – ever
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