San Diego's Swing Kids existed for a few years during the mid 90's. Members went on to such noteworthy bands as The Locust, The Crimson Curse, Spanakorzo, Bread and Circuits, Baader Brains, Holy Molar, Head Wound City, Sweep the Leg Johnny, and Some Girls.
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CHECK OUT OUR PROFILE. WE JUST GOT A MAKE OVER. IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF US, YOU COULD SAY THAT WE ARE FOR FANS OF THE LOCUST, HOLY MOLAR, HEAD WOUND CITY, CHINESE STARS, THE PLOT, ARAB ON RADAR, AND MOST OTHER FINE BANDS ON THREE ONE G.
THE NEXT ISSUE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS WILL FEATURE AN ARTICLE ON BANDS LIKE HEROIN, UNBROKEN, AND THE LIKES. ALSO ON THE WEBSITE WILL EXTEND THE ARTICLE TO INCLUDE BANDS LIKE SWING KIDS AS WELL. BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT WHEN IT HITS THE NEWS STANDS AND VISIT THEIR SITE FOR UPDATES!
SWING KIDS YEARS OF EXISTENCE: 1994 -1997 CRUCIAL RELEASE: Discography (1997) While everybody in the mid-90s were seemingly following a punk-rock rulebook, San Diego’s Swing Kids figured rules were for boring people. So they proceeded to throw down a blitzkrieg of hardcore noise that owed as much to the art damage promulgated by the influential local label Gravity Records, as it did to Black Flag. Hell, even the comic-book-black sartorial elegance of singing Swinger Justin Pearson caught fire with the scene (especially with at least one megalomaniac from Sweden) long after the band’s 1997 breakup. Ignore the well, because the water is always fresher from the stream, friends….
TOTALLY TURNED OFF THIS MONTH: SAN DIEGO DRUM BATTLE featuring... Sal Gallegos (SOME GIRLS/ GERONIMO) Gabe Serbian (THE LOCUST) Dave McGraw (CATTLE DECAPITATION) Dion Thurman (CREEDLE), Brandon Relf (SLEEPING PEOPLE) and more drummers to be announced!
