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This site wasn't made by any ex-band member, but   by an early French fan who 
still can listen to his old records without any nostalgia.

The fact is that Social Unrest still sounds as good today as they were 15 years ago, 
i guess that's how you know when songs are great !

There's also a solid friendship thing involved  there , since a member of the band 
has been my friend for a long time (absolutely no sex involved , i'm hetero !). 

This page will be yours if you have any cool Social Unrest story, or , for that matter, 
if you want to say anything about the band.

Hopefully,expect some stuff from Social Unrest members coming sometimes soon !

"Hey there kids! James Brogan here... Guitar playing fool for Social Unrest / 
Samiam...

Social Unrest was such a great experience for me. Started travelling at age 
19, playing some of the worst dumps and best places ever! Many, many great 
experiences that I will remember forever.

On our first U.S. tour that I booked (they had already done some West Coast 
dates before I joined) was fun, but a disaster. I remember a bunch of shows 
cancelling back East and we just sat around running out of the precious few 
dollars we had left.

I remember sharing a can of soup with Danny, the other guitarist, straight 
outta the can cold! I remember "borrowing" a couple of jars of peanut butter 
and jelly and bread, and living on peanut butter and jelly for almost 10 
days! Damn! Also, the ice chest we kept it in got so funky with a black 
fungus, that it attacked everything in the cooler and was trying to get in 
the last of the P.B and J.! Smelled horrid!

We were driving home and coming into CA. we were stopped for checking for 
fruits (just look at us!) and vegetables. The guy in uniform says "Whats in 
the cooler?" I said " Please don't open it!" He was saying "Pull over and 
open it!" I said " I waaaarrrrrned you..." and I opened the stinky black 
death and it smelled like a drunk midget climbed in the and died a horrific 
death! He was like " get outta here!!!" We were laughing all the way home...

Another couple o' stories on a different trip in the U.S. and Canada... We 
were stopped at the border on the Canadian side. John Vollick(ex-bass player 
now manager)had long dreads and the guy was mainly checking him out.
 "Pull over!" Big surprise... Not really...

"Tell us where the drugs are and we'll let ya go". Yeah right! Like were 
dumb enough to... Wait... Never mind!

"We have nothing!" We say. "Take out all the gear and lets search with our 
dog. You're all going to prison if we find anything!"

"Search away", I tell him.

They bring the dog in to search. "Shithead! (Thats the dogs name!)"Find the 
drugs!" He continues pulling stuff out for the dog to sniff. 
The dog comes across Johns dirty clothes bag that had been festering in the hot sun 
for days. The dog starts freaking out sniffing it! "Find 'em! Find 'em!"

The dog starts sneezing really bad and runs down the street! 
"Shitheaaaaad!!!!!" The screams at us to get outta here... Whew!

Thanks to everyones buddy Hugo "tagada" ! We appreciate your hard 
work-great friend to have!!

Let me know if ya want more stories, I'm full of 'em! Bye kids! Email me or 
newredarchives.com (They have all the S.U. on C.D.)jamesbrogan@hotmail.com