Sam McPheeters was born in 1969 and raised in Albany, NY.
Starting in 1989, he led several punk bands, including NY's Born
Against. In the following 15 years, he sold nearly 100,000 records and
toured 17 times across the US, Europe, and Japan. Since 2009, he has
written for The Believer, Chicago Reader, Criterion, The Stranger, Vice, and The Village Voice.
