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THE SWAMP CANDLES

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.. width="425" height="350" ..The Swamp Candles have just released their newest CD This is Rock n Roll, which is their most ambitious and involved release to date. Available through their own Mudwax Records imprint, this CD is sure to please lovers of straight-up, blues based hard rock everywhere. Fans from as far away as the UK, Australia, and Canada have been anxiously awaiting its release. The band also has a back catalog of 3 earlier CD releases, plus one that is a compilation of songs from the first two. Their music has been featured in ECW wrestling as the theme music for the BWO, as the soundtrack for 3PW Wrestlings Recipe For Disaster DVD, as well as the independent films Friend of Sinners and Communication Breakdown. They continue to play live while shopping their music to management companies, publishers, and record labels...

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Member Since: 7/7/2004
Band Website: theswampcandles.com
Band Members: The Band: Tracey Bishop: Vocals/Harmonica, Joe Campbell: Lead Guitar, Chris DiNardo: Rhythm Guitar, Dean Bauerle: Drums Chris Campbell: Bass..
Influences: Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Cult, Kiss, The Black Crowes, Guns n' Roses, AC-DC, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple

Sounds Like: Well if you believe the critics, Status Quo, Humble Pie and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Do you see any of those bands listed under our influences? No. So fuck the critics.
Record Label: Mudwax Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Benefit for a Friend

We wanted to let everyone know about a benefit to help raise money for some friends of ours, The Jones Family. Father of four young girls, Mark Jones recently passed away due to complications from a b...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Fri, 30 May 2008 12:13:00 PST

Blue Meanie Benefit Gig.

Hey everyone. You may or may not know by now that we're playing a fundraiser for one of our oldest and dearest friends, The Blue Meanie. For those of you that don't know, Meanie had life-saving surger...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:10:00 PST

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaccckkk........

Did ya miss us? NO!? Too bad. We're back and ready to tear up our favorite little beerhole, the Grape Street. Here's the deal: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD 10PMGRAPE STREET PHILADELPHIA Please spread the wo...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:06:00 PST

Thank you, BWO fans.

Hello everyone. First of all we wanna say that we're sorry we had to reschedule the last Grape Street gig. We'll be making it up shortly. Second, we want to let you know that you can order stuff direc...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

BWO! BWO! BWO!!!

Hello all! Just wanted to say how happy we were to be a small part of the recent ECW revival shows in Philly and NYC. We're very proud of 'The BWO Theme' and we're glad that so many wrestling fan...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

We're gonna miss ya, Joey B.

We're Gonna Miss Ya, Joey B. (updated 5/06/05) It is with great sadness and shock that we pass along news of the death of a good friend of ours, Joey Bresnan. Joey was part of the heart and soul...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

CD RELEASE PARTY!

March 5th, 2005 at the Grape Street Philadelphia. The CD, along with other releases, t-shirts and other goodies will be available at the show as well as on our website, www.theswampcandles.com. Check ...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Swamp Candles Fan Board

We now have our own little fanbase in the UK thanks to some very cool fans of The Darkness. They've even set up a message board dedicated specifically to us, so go post pictures, say hello, and spread...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Update 07/08/04

We're very excited to announce that we have a show scheduled at the new Grape Street Pub Music Complex on July 30th at 11pm. The new site is AMAZING and we can't wait to play there. For anyone who doe...
Posted by THE SWAMP CANDLES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST