Samiam, fronted by the twin guitars of Sergie Loobkoff James Brogan, were part of the "Gilman Street" scene of Berkeley. Their early albums, Samiam (1990), Soar (1991) and Billy (1992), went largely unnoticed as it offered passionate but rather generic Bad Religion-esque anthems. Clumsy (1994) emphasized their melodic skills, perhaps trying to repeat Green Day's commercial feat (Capsized). Samiam pursued that course with You Are Freaking Me Out (1998), unreleased for two years, and its straightforward punk ditties (She Found You, Mud Hill). Astray (2000) was still a decent take on the genre, but Whatever's Got You Down (2006) and Trips (2011) were hardly distinctive.