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The Sham

About Me


"A youthful maelstrom of exuberant tumult combines with insatiably catchy, indie-rock on their debut EP, The Only Builder.
The record achieves the seemingly impossible, taking a notoriously bombastic live show and pairing it down in the studio. The result?
The Only Builder is aggressive, polished, and completely satisfying experience".
Glen Elkins: Playback STl

UPDATE: Live video from our RFT Showcase show:
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For the sake of your eyes and for clarity, we recommend you go to the youtube link and click "Watch in High Quality" for the video below.
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The Sham is a 4-Piece band that lives together in St. Louis, Missouri.
In between trying to keep the house clean they play shows in St. Louis and regionally pulling their hand-built trailer.
You can purchase The Only Builder through Itunes, e-mail, or in person at any show.


For booking, or if you just want to talk, e-mail us at [email protected]
Merchandise Available at all Shows or through E-mail:
CD: $6 Shirts*: $10
Stickers*:FREE(New designs coming soon!)
*Design can be seen in the picture area.
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Morale Boosters
Tally Hall
The Shackeltons
Shapes and Sizes
ZOX!
BEEP BEEP
The Show is the Rainbow
The Spinto Band
Soft
Zelazowa
Velella Velella
Jesse James Wax Museum
Target Market
Savvy Traveller
The Mirror Stage
Symbolo
Owen Pye
Cat, Jump!
Thank you for your time,
Much love,
The Sham

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/05/2005
Band Website: sonicbids.com/thesham
Band Members: | Chris Phillips- Guitar/Vocals
| Tyler Crain- Guitar
| Nate Heininger- Percussion
| Joel Burton- Bass

Influences: Modest Mouse. Architecture in Helsinki. Weezer. The Fusion. The Pixies. The Strokes. The Dismemberment Plan. Built to Spill. Broken Social Scene. The Flaming Lips. Beck. Death Cab for Cutie. Of Montreal. Sonic Youth. Pavement.

Will Smith.
Record Label: angry pack of dogs behind our house
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

PlaybackSTL Review "The Only Builder"

PlaybackSTL posted a review of "The Only Builder" today, give it a look-see. http://www.playbackstl.com/content/view/8316/157/In our current "global village" which technology has afforded us, it'sneve...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Riverfront Times reviews "Roller Skates"

This was posted on riverfronttimes.com awhile back but for some reason never made it to our myspace. Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:50:44 PMI was mighty impressed with promising young local band the Sham the ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:30:00 GMT