Saccharine Trust

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Saccharine Trust is a band from California that was started in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza. The band would frequently perform with SST labelmates Minutemen and Black Flag. Drummer Rob Holzman appeared on their 1981 debut Paganicons but left the band to play in Slovenly. After a ten year hiatus, the band is back together and performing around the West Coast. In his journals, Kurt Cobain considered Paganicons to be one of his Top 50 favorite albums.

[edit] Discography

• Paganicons 12" EP (SST Records, 1981)
• Surviving You, Always LP (SST Records, 1984)
• Worldbroken LP (SST Records, 1985)
• The Sacramental Element CS (SST Records, 1986) - Cassette compilation of the first two records.
• We Became Snakes LP (SST Records, 1986)
• Past Lives double LP (SST Records, 1989) - Posthumous collection of live tracks and outtakes
• The Great One Is Dead (Hazelwood Records, 2001)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• allmusic Biography
• Joe Baiza Full Portrait