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Swinger Eight

"Brooklyn's Greatest Unsigned Band"

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Swinger Eight is a three piece psychedelic, experimental rock band from Brooklyn New York. Each original member of the group is a native New Yorker. S8 consists of Chris Miskiewicz on guitar and lead vocals, Christopher Medrano on bass and lead vocals, and Ozzie Martinez on drums.S8 began during a series of 4-track recordings between college friends, Chris Miskiewicz and Christopher Medrano in the winter of 2001, and then jelled into the band after a chance meeting with Ozzie.S8 has self released three albums so far, "The Swinger Eight EP" (2002) from which the track "On and On" appeared in the 2003 Sundance Award Winning Film "What Alice Found" and "A Division" (2003) which is a 15 song acoustic record inspired by the band's original basement recordings, featuring several other guest artists.S8 has released "2:22 AM" (Nov 2007) They are currently seeking a label. Several of the tracks on myspace are taken from this album.S8 is going into the studio to record another EP with a tentative Fall (2008) release.

My Interests

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Member Since: 12/14/2005
Band Website: swingereight.com
Band Members: Chris Miskiewicz: guitar/lead vocals. Christopher Medrano: bass guitar/lead vocals. Ozzie Martinez: hits drums.
Sounds Like: "The Heaviness of Rain" Live Video by Chris Piazza"Constellation" by Chris Piazza"Film Noir 2" by David Blatt Film Noir 2
"Hotel Room" on uncensoredinterview.com ..
Record Label: Self-Produced Self-Managed Self-Maintained
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CHRIS MIS HAS A NEW ONLINE COMIC BLOG

Hello all, If anyone is interested, I have a new online writing project called "BROOKLYN NINJA ALIEN FIGHTER" on blogspot.com. The idea is simple: it's the script for a comic book that's told complet...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Wed, 21 May 2008 11:32:00 PST

just to be clear...

We won't be playing May 2nd because the Luna Lounge was closed over a health code violation. Just to be clear...our attorney has advised us to state the following: Swinger Eight was in no way responsi...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Fri, 02 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

LUNA LOUNGE FRI MAY 2ND CANCELLED

Hello all.To our dismay S8's show at the Luna Lounge on May 2nd was cancelled today because the club has been forced to close due to a permit issue with the NYC Health Department. They will reopen whe...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:14:00 PST

Wednesday

Hello.It’s Wednesday again. It’s also the birthday of William P. Chrysler, American automaker. He was born today waaaay back in 1875. He made a lot of cars, and there’s a real cool b...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PST

4 CHRIS’S AND AN OZZIE/NEXT SHOW MARCH 6TH

Hello.S8's next NYC show is on Thursday, March 6th at 9pmat Galapagos Art Space70 North 6th Streetin colonial Williamsburg, Brooklyn.We'll be doing live video projections courtesy of Director Chris Pi...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:25:00 PST

FREE SHOW TONIGHT: Saturday Night Tuesdays

Hello.Swinger Eight has been asked to play "Saturday Night Tuesday's" a free show this evening, Tuesday February 26th for Brooklynrock.com at Black Betty.366 Metropolitan Ave.Brooklyn, NY 11211(718) 5...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:53:00 PST

S8/Thank You

A thank you to everyone who came out to Trash Bar on Friday. The show was a big success. Our next show in NYC is at The Luna Lounge on Saturday, February 9th at 9:30 PM. Please mark your calendars. Ne...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:21:00 PST

The New Guy

Hello. This isn't really a finished press release in any form, but...you might have noticed another guitarist at our album release show at the Luna Lounge in November, (and thank you to everyone who c...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:14:00 PST

NEW ACOUSTIC SINGLE UP FOR DOWNLOAD

Hello.There's an acoustic version of "Heavy on the Ocean" on our myspace pagethat we just recorded yesterday.Heavy on the Ocean is the 2nd track on 2:22AM, our latest record. The acoustic single is av...
Posted by Swinger Eight on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:10:00 PST

interweb things

Hello all. I spent the day in my kitchen attempting to script a new. sci-fi comic. It's early, but it's going well. It went well. It's going. Sci-fi comic. That sounds so lame. Let's move on to music....
Posted by Swinger Eight on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:37:00 PST