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Sam Champion is:
Noah Chernin - vocals, guitar
Jack Dolgen - bass, vocals
Ryan Thornton - drums, vocals
Sean Bones - guitar, harmonica, vocals
We were shocked...shocked! When we looked back at the BOTW archives and realized we had never featured Sam Champion before. Long time favorites of Gothamist, we recently caught them at Bowery Ballroon sandwiched between two of the hottest bands today in the Cold War Kids and Two Gallants. While we had always enjoyed these boys, we were out and out blown away by the energy and excitement these guys brought. Seemed like a completely different band from the last time we saw them and we were beyond impressed. If it's been a while, go see them again. If you've never seen them, do yourself a favor.
Lead Singer Noah Chernin is playing a solo set this Monday at Mercury Lounge, followed by a full band headlining gig at Southpaw next Thursday. You can listen to some of their music on myspace. Here's an mp3:
Sam Champion - TV Fever (mp3)
Are you in a local band that deserves this city's attention? Have you discovered a group that needs to be noticed? Email us at jeff@gothamist.com, we're always looking to hear something new.
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sam focking champ aiiiiiiiieeeeeee
That weatherman should have had his name copyrighted. I mean, it's his name. Those guys become the next radiohead, the waetherman gets _______.
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noah used to be a hip-pie before he was a hip-ster..
TV's Sam Champion just presents the weather, he has no meterological training or backround ie. he is not a meteorologist.
Naming yourself after remarkable foppish weatherman - very cool.
Scraggly fro and scraggly beard - tragically overdone and so over. Neat and non-homeless-looking is the new black. (which, I might add, has nothing to do with the music. Just saying.)
Sammy is the BEST weatherman in NYC, bar none!
Nick Gregory.
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if the band is anything like the weatherman they should be the tops. champion kicks roker's ass any day.
I've read that the real Sam Champion is flattered that they think his name is cool. The band also has Ryan from RANA on drums and sometimes Matt from RANA on keys.
They are great in a Pavement kind of way. Noah's voice has a lot in common with Malkamus. Definitely worth seeing.