Christopher Robert Broach (born September 5, 1976 in

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) is one of the guitarists/vocalists in the 1990s

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band

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. Broach joined Braid in 1994, recording his guitar parts on the band's first 7-inch release a week later.

Career

While a member of Braid, Broach also played in The Firebird Suite, and continued playing in what became

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after Braid split up. He played guitar for

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on the album ''Is there a signal coming through?'', and fronted the band

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which put out one album on his own label, Lucid Records, which he founded in 2002. Broach, along with Chris Common of

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and former

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guitarist Mike Schumaker, were involved in a project entitled The Blakhiv. They released their first EP on Lucid Records in 2006. In 2015, Broach raised $15,000 in a Kickstarter campaign to record a new Firebird album. The funds covered recording, mixing, producing, and mastering the record, which was produced by

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. Broach and Steve Znavor streamed the new record at Billboard Magazine under the name Sunset, but changed the name to SNST just prior to the digital release on April 28, 2017.

Discography

Albums

* SacHead – ''Our World'' (

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, 1993) Cassette Only *

– ''Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five'' (Divot Records, 1995) – CD/Double LP *

– ''The Age of Octeen'' (Mud Records, 1996) – CD/LP *

– ''

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'' (

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, 1998) – CD/LP *

– ''Lucky To Be Alive'' (Glue Factory Records, 2000) – live CD/Double LP * The Firebird Band – ''

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'' – (The Mintaka Conspiracy/Cargo Music/Headhunter, 2000) – CD/LP *

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– '' L'Spaerow CD'' – ( Lucid Records, 2003) – CD *

– '' Is There A Signal Coming Through?'' – ( Lucid Records, 2003) – CD * The Firebird Band – '' The City at Night'' – (Bifocal Media/ Lucid Records, 2004) CD *

– ''No Coast'', (

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, 2014) – CD/LP * SNST - "Turn Out the Lights", (City at Night Records / Rhyme & Reason Records, 2017) - LP *SNST - "It's Hard To Be Loved By You", (City at Night Records, 2020) - LP

Singles and EPs

– "Rainsnowmatch" 7" (Enclave /

, 1994) – single *

– "I'm Afraid of Everything"/"Radish White Icicle"/"Now I'm Exhausted" 7" ( Grand Theft Autumn, 1995) – single *

– "Niagara"/"That Car Came Out of Nowhere" 7" ("Grand Theft Autumn", 1995) – single *

/ "Corm Split" 7" (

, 1997) – single *

– "First Day Back"/"Hugs From Boys" 7" (

, 1998) – single * "Always Something There To Remind Me" (Split 7" w/

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) – ( DeSoto Records, 1998) single * The Firebird Suite – "New York" 7" – (The Mintaka Conspiracy, 1998) – single * The Firebird Project – "Feel Alright CD" – (The Mintaka Conspiracy, 1999) – EP *

– "Please Driver Faster", (

, 1999) – single * The Firebird Band – "The Drive" – (Cargo/Headhunter, 2001) – EP * The Blakhiv – " Any Way She Wants It" – ( Lucid Records, 2006) – EP * Chris Broach – "How Well You Know Me" – (City at Night Records, 2009) – digital single * Chris Broach – "Beautiful Spaces" – (City at Night Records, 2009) – digital single * The Firebird Band – "Say Hello" – (Mind Over Matter Records / City at Night Records, 2010) – 7" / digital EP * Chris Broach – "Madison" – (City at Night Records, 2010) – digital EP *Braid – "Closer To Closed" – (Polyvinyl, 2011) – EP *The Firebird Band – "Green" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP *The Firebird Band – "Balinese Skies" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP *Chris Broach – "Juarez The Hero / Just Like A Duo" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP *The Firebird Band – "Night Remixes" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP *Chris Broach – "Toy" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital single *Braid – "Braid + Balance + Composure" (Split 7" w/ Balance + Composure) – (

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/ Polyvinyl, 2013) – single * SNST – "National Monument" – (City at Night Records, 2016) – digital single *SNST – "Sunset" or "Remember How It Ends" – (Broken World Media / City at Night Records, 2017) – CD / digital EP *Mass Energy – "Can We Dance?" – (City at Night Records, 2017) – digital single *Chris Broach – "Break It Up" – (City at Night Records, 2018) – digital single *Chris Broach – "Pick Up A Gun" – (City at Night Records, 2018) – digital single *SNST – "Heart Will Fail You" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single *SNST – "It's Hard To Be Loved (By You)" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single *SNST – "What's Evil About?" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single *SNST – "Worth It" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single *SNST – "White Collar Villain" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single *SNST – "Chaos Is Meant To Be" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single *SNST – "Be Afraid" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single *SNST – "Catastrophe" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single *SNST – "Solid Ground" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single *SNST – "I 4 I" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single *SNST – "Funky Fresh" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single

Compilations

– ''Movie Music Vol. 1'', (

, 2000) – compilation CD/Double LP *

– ''Movie Music Vol. 2'', (

, 2000) – compilation CD/Double LP * The Firebird Suite - Archives – ( Lucid Records, 2003) - CD * Chris Broach – "Lost Years: Volume 11" – (City at Night Records, 2018) – digital LP

Appearances

* Campanula Blue – "I Love Kerrazo" – guest vocals (Core For Care, 1996) *

– "Trompe Le Monde" from ''Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To

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'' (Glue Factory Records, 1999) * The Firebird Band – "She Wears He-Harem" from ''A Tribute To

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'' (2003)

VHS/DVD

* ''Actuality of Thought'' (BiFocal Media, 2001) – VHS *

– ''Killing A Camera'' (Bifocal Media, 2001 VHS, 2004 DVD) – DVD

References

Sources

*Grubbs, E. (2008). Post: A look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore, 1985–2007. iUniverse. New York.

External links

Chris Broach's label website - City at Night RecordsSNST's websiteChris Broach Interview (2011)
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