Sam McPheeters

Raised in Albany, New York, he became a published author at age 12, with Travelers' Tales,[http://www.sammcpheeters.com/downloads/press_tt_timesrecord.pdf “Traveler’s Tales Beginning Of Their Road” Times Record, Oct. 9, 1981 ] a collection of regional folklore.

In 1985, McPheeters grew active with the hardcore punk scene, producing several fanzines and organizing local concerts. After moving to New York City in 1987, he co-founded Born Against in 1989 and the Vermiform Records label in 1990. In 1993, he co-founded the Virginia-based band Men's Recovery Project, and in 2003, he co-founded the Los Angeles-based band Wrangler Brutes.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/born-against-mn0000090160/biography | title=Born Against | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=27 December 2015 | author=Kott, Paul}}

Starting in 2005, McPheeters has written for a variety of national magazines, including the Chicago Reader, Huffington Post, the OC Weekly, Vice, and the Village Voice.{{cite web | url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/04/11/a-qanda-with-sam-mcpheeters | title=A Q&A with Sam McPheeters | publisher=Chicago Reader | date=11 April 2012 | accessdate=27 December 2015 | author=Raymer, Miles | archive-date=9 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809144753/https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/04/11/a-qanda-with-sam-mcpheeters | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/sam-mcpheeters-of-the-90s-punk-band-born-against-on-his-bizarre-novel-about-las-angriest-chevron-owner-2372842 | title=Sam McPheeters, of the '90s Punk Band Born Against, on His Bizarre Novel About L.A.'S Angriest Chevron Owner | publisher=LA Weekly | date=9 April 2012 | accessdate=27 December 2015 | author=Lapin, Joseph}} In 2012, his first novel, The Loom Of Ruin, was published through Los Angeles-based Mugger Books and received positive reviews.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sam-mcpheeters-from-punks-wrangler-brutes-to-a-new-novel-loom-of-ruin/2012/04/19/gIQAmSFlVT_story.html “Sam McPheeters, from punk’s Wrangler Brutes to a new novel, ‘Loom of Ruin’”, The Washington Post, April 20, 2012]{{cite web | url=http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/03/21/book-review-the-loom-of-ruin | title=Book Review: The Loom of Ruin | publisher=Birth.Movies.Death. | date=21 March 2012 | accessdate=27 December 2015 | author=Carlson, Zack}}{{cite web | url=http://file-magazine.com/features/book-review-the-loom-of-ruin-a-novel-by-sam-mcpheeters | title=Book Review: The Loom of Ruin, a Novel by Sam McPheeters | publisher=FileMagazine | date=8 June 2012 | accessdate=27 December 2015 | author=Galligan, Jan}} He lives in Pomona, California.

In 2016, Talos Press release McPheeters' second novel, Exploded View.{{Cite news|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/exploded-view-is-twisted-terrifying-and-savagely-funny-cyberpunk/|title=Exploded View is Twisted, Terrifying, Savagely Funny Cyberpunk|date=2016-10-20|newspaper=The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-30}}

• (1981) Travelers Tales
• (2012) The Loom Of Ruin
• (2016) Exploded View
• (2020) Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk

• Fear of Smell (1993)
• Feer of Smell (1998)
• Sam McPheeters / The Catholic Church (1998)

• Born Against (1990)
• Eulogy
• Nine Patriotic Hymns for Children
• Battle Hymns of the Race War (1993)
• Suckerpunch split
• Screeching Weasel split (1993)
• Universal Order of Armageddon split (1993)
• Man Is The Bastard split (1994)

Compilation appearances

• Murders Among Us (1990)
• Forever
• Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh!
• Our Voice, Pro Choice
• Give Me Back (1991)
• The Dignity of Human Being is Vulnerable
• God's Chosen People
• False Object Sensor

• Frank Talk About Humans (1994)
• Botanica Mysteria (1996)
• Grappling with the Homonids (1998)
• Golden Triumph of Naked Hostility (1998)
• Resist The New Way (1999)
• Boldies over Basra (2000)
• The Very Best of Men's Recovery Project (2005)

• Cassette
• Tour 7"
• Zulu (2004)

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• {{official|http://www.sammcpheeters.com}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204043903/http://www.vice.com/author/sam-mcpheeters Sam McPheeters' articles at Vice]
• https://www.creem.com/fresh-creem/rock-star-ceo-winklevoss-twins-mars-junction
• https://www.creem.com/fresh-creem/unwanted-thoughts-sam-mcpheeters-fucked-up-record-covers
• https://realitybreakdown.substack.com/

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