Saccharine Trust

Saccharine Trust
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock, post-hardcore
Years active	1980–1986, 1996-present^[1]
Labels	SST, Hazelwood
Associated acts	Universal Congress Of, Unknown Instructors, Slovenly

Members	Joe Baiza Jack Brewer Brian Christopherson Chris Stein

Past members	Tony Cicero Richie Hass Mark Hodson Rob Holzman Bob Fitzer Earl Liberty Steve Moss Luis MadMax Maldonado Ritchie Wilder

Saccharine Trust is a post-hardcore 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. However, Baiza described Saccarine Trust as the "black sheep" of the SST roster.^[1] Drummer Rob Holzman appeared on their 1981 debut Paganicons but left the band to play in Slovenly, replaced by drummer Tony Cicero.

Their early material was semi-improvised and often noisy (for example, the album Worldbroken was entirely improvised live, both the music and lyrics), but later became more focused and jazz influenced.

After a ten-year hiatus circa 1986 to '96, the band re-formed and began performing around the West Coast.

Influence

In his journals, Kurt Cobain considered Paganicons to be one of his Top 50 favorite albums.^[2] Buzz Osborne of The Melvins stated in the book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge that they were hugely influential in terms of atmosphere. Sonic Youth covered their song "I Am Right" on the SST compilation The Melting Plot.