- Swing Kids (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Swing Kids
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Genre =Experimental rock
Hardcore
EmoScreamo Math rock
Years_active = 1994-1997 ["Alternative Press" website, "Five We Fought Over", June 2008 [http://www.altpress.com/specials/features_misc/5wefoughtover/] Access date: July 12, 2008]
Origin =San Diego, California ,United States
Label =31G
Current_members =Justin Pearson
Eric Allen
John BradyJose Palafox Swing Kids were a hardcore/
screamo band fromSan Diego California during the mid 1990s. They were closely involved with and influenced by the forerunners of the San Diego hardcore punk scene of the 1990s.Their music was characterized by Justin Pearson's spoken/screamed vocals and their melodic/chaotic rhythms and song structures. Swing Kids were influenced Fact|date=September 2008 by fellow San Diego bands
Antioch Arrow andDrive Like Jehu . On a broader scale, their music and lyrics were influenced bypost-punk .Swing Kids carried the San Diego "art hardcore" movement past the initial wave of
Gravity Records bands and through to the late 1990s, releasing a 7" EP and split 10" EP along the way. Despite their importance in a relatively small scene, Swing Kids' impact both during their tenure and after their 1997 breakup was global, thanks to many independentZine s and a US/European tour. The sound they pioneered inspired bands such asThe Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower ,Refused , Orchid,Jerome's Dream and many others.Swing Kids are also credited with the unintentional creation of the fad "
Spock Rock" during the mid 1990s; largely due to many of their fans emulating Pearson's fashion sense and hair style. The name comes fromLeonard Nimoy 's character from theStar Trek television series & films, and more specifically his haircut.Justin Pearson would later go on to play in other bands such asThe Locust ,Holy Molar , Some Girls, andThe Crimson Curse . Eric Allen, who committed suicide in 1998, Fact|date=September 2008 played with the hardcore bandUnbroken .Members
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Eric Allen (ofUnbroken )
*Jose Palafox (of Struggle andBread and Circuits )
*John Brady (ofSpanakorzo andSweep the Leg Johnny )
*Justin Pearson (ofThe Locust ), who would release their recordings on his ownThree One G record label.Ex-Members
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Michelle Maskovich
*Jimmy Lavalle (ofThe Album Leaf )Discography
* "Swing Kids" 7" EP -
Kidney Room Records (Later re-released as Three One G #2)
* "Swing Kids/Spanakorzo 10" Split EP" -Three One G #3
* "Discography " CD -Three One G
* "Discography Limited Picture Disc" LP -Three One G
* "Live Bootleg Record" 7" - unknown
* "Food Not Bombs Compilation(feat song: Disease) -Inchworm Records
* "Petty Boys With Poison Pens Compilation(feat song: El Camino Car Crash)
* "Two Decades Of Emo, Two Sides Of Tape Compilation (feat song: forty three seconds)
* "This is Circumstantial Evidence" DVD -Three One G References
External links
* [http://www.threeoneg.com/etis/bands.php?action=view&id=15 Swing Kids homepage] from their label website Three One G
* [http://www.myspace.com/officialswingkids Swing Kids Myspace]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/_swingkids Swing Kids LJ] Swing Kids LiveJournal community
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