Brand New Sin

Brand New Sin
Origin	Syracuse, New York
Genres	Hard rock, Southern rock, heavy metal [1]
Years active	2002–2012, 2019 (one-off show)
Labels	Century Media, Now or Never
Members	Kris Weichmann Chuck Kahl Joe Altier Brian("Slider")Azzoto Mike Rafferty
Past members	Kenny Dunham Kevin Dean Tommy Matkowski Joe Sweet Ed Carpenter
Website	BrandNewSin.com

Brand New Sin is a hard rock/Southern rock band from Syracuse, New York, active from 2002 to 2012. ^[2]

The band reunited for a reunion show on May 4, 2019, in their hometown of Syracuse, New York, with all original members, ^[3] followed by a second on August 25, 2019, at the Great New York State Fair's Experience Stage, as part of the Chevrolet Music Festival.

The band is best known for contributing the theme song for professional wrestler Paul Wight during his tenure in the WWE under the ring name "Big Show". Altier returned to provide the vocals for Wight's theme song when he joined All Elite Wrestling.

Discography

Studio albums

• Brand New Sin (2002) Now or Never, Century Media (re-release) ^{[4] [5]}
• Recipe For Disaster (2005) Century Media ^[6]
• Tequila (2006) Century Media ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
• Distilled (2009) Independent
• United State (2011) Goomba Music ^{[12] [13]}
• Live At The Lost (August 2019) Independent

Singles and EPs

• Black And Blue (2005) Century Media

Members

Current members

• Joe Altier: vocals, keyboard (on recordings) (2001-2008, 2018–present)
• Kris Wiechmann: guitar, vocals (2001–present)
• Chuck Kahl: bass (2001–present)
• Brian "Slider" Azzoto: guitar, vocals (2001-2004, 2018–present)
• Mike Rafferty: drums (2001-2002, 2018–present)

Former Members

• Joe Sweet: vocals (2008–2009) (ex-Nine Ball)
• Ed Carpenter: (2009-2010)
• Kenny Dunham: guitars (2001-2009, 2018-2023)
• Kevin Dean (2002-2012, 2023)
• Tommy Matkowski (2010-2012, 2023)

Session Members

• Peter Walker - additional guitar (Recipe For Disaster)
• Steve Melkanos - harmonica, backing vocals (Distilled)
• Ron Keck - additional percussion (Distilled)
• Ronnie Dark - additional guitar, keyboard (Distilled, United State)
• Lou Segreti - live keyboard (2023–present)

References

1. "Brand New Sin". Allmusic . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
2. Henderson, Alex. "Brand New Sin (biography)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
3. "Brand New Sin Announces Hometown Reunion Show For 2019". Ghost Cult. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
4. "Brand New Sin - Brand New Sin (album review)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
5. Begrand, Adrien (September 3, 2002). "Brand New Sin: self-titled (album review)". PopMatters. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
6. "Recipe For Disaster (album review)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
7. "Tequila (album review)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
8. Bowar, Chad. "Tequila (review)". About.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
9. "Tequila". MetalNews.de. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
10. "Tequila". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
11. "Tequila (review)". Laut.de. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
12. "United State (album review)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
13. "Brand New Sin sees new release as blue collar hard rock". Powerline Magazine. September 18, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2013.

External links

• Official website