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Influences
Elvis Costello, The Doors, Crowded House, Supergrass, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Grant Lee Phillips....and possibly every decent record we've ever heard ...
"Swaggar armed with keyboard and banjo oozed with a certain charm as well as
being extremely good musicians both as individuals and a group Their
catalogue of self penned songs have a refreshing style as well as being
comfortably familiar. Overall a class act" [review of the OBS night]
Swaggar won heat 5 of the Original Bands Showcase at the Shed, Yeoman St, Leicester, on Friday, May 16!!!! We now progress to Semi 2 on 7th June!! This is a biggie so please come down and support us!
£6 on door, £5 with a flyer from the website www.shedvenue.co.uk
We are up against other local bands competing for the prize of a slot at Summer Sundae Weekender festival in August (which features Supergrass, Roisin Murphy etc) so come along and make some noise in support of us!
NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!!!!! PROMO PRICE OF £5!
NEW LIVE DATES COMING SOON!!
Search "Swaggar" on www.ebay.co.uk & you'll find us there!
Paypal accepted!
For further info e-mail us via myspace or on the address below;
swaggaron@hotmail.com
12 exclusive new tracks for only £5 ;-)
Swaggar is a Leicester-based band who come from Ireland and the UK. They are currently based in Leicester, England.
The band's typical influences include Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Grant Lee Phillips and The Doors, with their original sound being in a similar vein.
Sneak previews of the album are here on myspace already! Live dates and further info will soon follow.
In the meantime, sit back and have a listen.
Cheers...
Update.. we've been toying with the idea of a new website but seeing as we don't know a whole lot about IT it's still in development but you can have a look at our homepage.. www.swaggar.co.uk If we work out which end of a PC does what it might flourish in the days and weeks to come.. fingers crossed!
Excellent, so theres 1 Fri, 1 Sat, 1 Sun. Was worried there may be a clash. Will deffo see you there Runners up were The Codes and OBS Winners were M48 Pics are here, was an awesome night x http://baldrick. smugmug. com/Music/541660
alrite lads?! Gavin said he'd have words with u lot about playin at the countesthorpe rock concert on the 30th June. It should be a good night and to b honest i want some class there so u lot should come along, let me know soon as poss if you could please, cheers.
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Good work last night! Cool covers and your own stuff stood out as well, the last one ('ok to feel this way'?) definately impressed the horde, was clear to see. Big up the lads. :)
