The Samples

The Samples is an American rock band formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1987. The band's name came from the members' early sustenance on food samples from the local grocery store. The music has been described as "reggae influenced rock/pop" and a cross between The Police and the Grateful Dead. The founding members were Sean Kelly (Guitar/Vocals), Charles Hambleton (Guitar), Andy Sheldon (Bass/Vocals), Jeep MacNichol (Drums/Vocals), and Al Laughlin (Keyboards/Vocals).

Genre: punk

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Top Tracks

Albums (20)

(I Just Wanna) Dance Again (2025)
Nothing But The Truth (Speak Truth To Power Bonus Tracks) (2025)
Speak Truth To Power (2024)
Thatcher's Boot Boys (2024)
The Red Wall (2024)
Maybe Tomorrow (Live At The Marrs Bar) (2023)
Fight For Your Life (Live) (2023)
Dead Hero (Live) (2023)
Winter of Discontent EP (2022)
In The Bleak Midwinter (2022)
Demos & Singles 80/82 (2022)
Blood and Thunder (2021)
Government Downfall (2021 Version) (2021)
Vendetta (2020 Version) (2021)
Fight for Your Life (2020)
Lavender Hill Demos (2020)
Nobody Cares (2020)
Punk's Not Dead - 30 Years Of Punk (2007)
A Country Fit for Heroes, Vol. 1 & 2 (1983)
Dead Hero (1982)

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