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Member Since

3/13/2006

Band Website

http://www.hauntedbyfame.co.uk/swissguards.htm

Band Members

Swiss Guards are:
Adam Turner
Harvey Sharman-Dunn
Andy Askey
Dan Hessing
Alan Tang

Influences

Brothel creepers. Winter coats. Feedback. Bowl Cuts. Independent record labels of the 1980s. Checked shirts. Pumps. Brogues. Desert Boots. Dr Martens. 3 stripes. 7'' vinyl singles. 12" vinyl singles. c90 compilation tapes with handwritten inlay cards. Screaming fields of sonic love. Corduroy. Bass. Sequencers. Wearing your fringe like Roger McGuinn's. 1977. 1988. Space. Paisley. Electro pop duos. Falling and laughing. Lyrics that are about something. Making the effort. Atmosphere. Temptation. Well designed sleeves with proper sleeve notes. Acoustic guitars played sloppily. 3 chords. Sometimes 4 chords. Short songs. Denim jackets. Interesting videos. Long songs. Crocodiles. Porcupines. Self validation in the alley by the railway station. Ocean Rain. Kickers with tags. Quiffs. Guitars. Anti-singers. Mods and rockers. Skins and teds. Two turntables and a microphone. Playing with your coat on. Bassists with good cheekbones. Hats- all kinds of hats, except baseball caps. Collarless shirts. Black and white sleeve photographs. Music that is red with purple flashes. Luxury interiors and poison ivys. Good typography. Handclaps. Technique. Reason. Belief. Call and response backing vocals. Distortion. Compression. Seperation. More guitars. Metal circuses and zen arcades. Passion. Making Sense. Stopping Making Sense. Mohair jumpers. Striped t-shirts. Ripped fishnets. Young soul rebels. Squiggly acid basslines. Real low slung basslines. Visions of You. Sandals. Haunted dancehalls and flightpath estates. Drums. Lowlife. Drum machines. Fringes. Movement. Life in the bush of ghosts. Moogy keyboards. Good bands on Top Of The Pops. Proper boots. Human Flies. Horns. Samples. Brotherhood. Reverb. Drones. Fear of Music. Scratchy riffs. Dark jeans, possibly boot cut. Cut ups. Turn ups. Roll ups. Loops. Remaining In Light. Bands where an ideology formed the sound. Bands where a lack of technical proficiency formed the sound. Thin, wild, mercury music. Cropped hair. Early...... Darklands. April Skies. Bikini Girls with Machine Guns. Honey and Candy. Songs about buildings and food. More songs about buildings and food. Sound Effects. Flaming Groovies, Lips and Stars. FX pedals. Socialism. Stuckism. Modernism. Buff Medways. Handlebar moustaches. Funhouses. Biker Boots. Tremelo. Songs.... the Lord taught us.... to learn and sing...

Sounds Like

Instruments + voice (+ computers) x electricity

Record Label

haunted by fame

Type of Label

Indie

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Cut ups. Turn ups. Roll ups And Loops

One Thing After Another

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The lp can be purchased through most good digital outlets and cds can be bought from us. The lp features artwork by the Nuremburg based graphic artist Inigo.

It's a good album. What have you got to lose?

Debut album "Once The Process" is available from www.captive.co.uk
and i tunes.

''Underground art-rock'', ''bristles with raw energy'' The Wire

The Towards The Diagonal e.p.available digitally- 4 modern classics (Time Please, Towards The Diagonal, Just Like Nebuchadnezzar, Happy Xmas (Without You).

Swiss Guards have been played on the BBC international radio station show 'The Selector'

STOP PRESS Very, very limited edition 7" single double A Side One Thing After Another/I Don't Know Where We Are available soon. STOP PRESS 7" singles SOLD OUT

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