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Swipe!

Hello, we're dead.

About Me

The cynical, fame hating children of a diy ethic with a dream of being best friends with Elton John. Proud working class semi-thugs with aspirations of getting to the middle. One great big confused contradiction..

Our debut single 'Mercy Me' is out now on 7" vinyl. To buy via Paypal, click on the logo below! If you want to send a cheque, just drop us a message and we'll give you an address. We'll then send the single just as soon as we get it. Please though, if you are buying from overseas - drop us a quick message first anyway, as the postage will cost a little more. Thankyou please. xx

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: enquiries to [email protected]
Band Members:James Chant - Vocals/Guitars
Markus Bowen - Bass/Vocals
Andy Johnson - Keys/Vocals
Tom Brame - Drums

Influences: Richard Pryor, Postal Service, Martin Amis, At The Drive In, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, XTC (more late than early), Amelie, Technology, George Orwell, travelling, Bill Murray, Douglas Coupland, Bill Hicks, The Robocop Kraus, Biffy Clyro, Ronaldinho, Banksy, Talking Heads, Tool, Orange Juice, Glastonbury (slot before headline, second stage, with the sunsetting).
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Swipe! Is Dead. Long Live Swipe!

So, that's it ladies and gentlemen. After less than 12 months together, Swipe! is no more. Everything's pretty amicable but the cross country trips every time we wanted to practise or have a pint has ...
Posted by Swipe! on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:27:00 PST

Recently..

It isnt all silence. Far from. James and i have been shacked up like the Monkees with no christmas decorations, playing computer games, watching Sex in the City and talking about new exciting th...
Posted by Swipe! on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:30:00 PST

This christmas.

Hello all. Thanks to the people who made the effort to get to the christmas gig yesterday in cardiff. It was a little way off the christmas spectacular we hoped it would be but it was still lots of fu...
Posted by Swipe! on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:29:00 PST

Christmas Gig Band Whore And So SO Much More

So, finally i blog!We have done so much work since i last laid my thoughts out on here that i almost feel rude not telling you about it. Firstly i toured throughout the uk (old school style - 21 dates...
Posted by Swipe! on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:36:00 PST

1,000 friends? Who are these people?

Hello there...So, we now have over 1,000 friends. In the grand scheme of all things myspace i suppose it's not really that many but to me it seems like a great great deal. Sure, we've added some of yo...
Posted by Swipe! on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:33:00 PST

Gigs (And please buy our single and stuff..)

Hello all,This is me expanding on what Markus had to say in the previous blog, i guess. If you read that you might think that we only did one gig, in cardiff, but that wasn't the case. It's been a bus...
Posted by Swipe! on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:30:00 PST

Clwb Ifor Bach - September 1st

Thanks to everyone who came along last Friday. It had been quite an exhausting week, but a very good one none the less. Manchester was good, London was better..then Cardiff we really seemed to wake&nb...
Posted by Swipe! on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:02:00 PST

James Dean Bradfield things

Hello all, It's been a little bit quiet on the JDB front recently with only a Kerrang session, an Xfm session and some TV stuff to report but last Friday, following a week of successful if slightly j...
Posted by Swipe! on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:54:00 PST

The good, the bad and the frozen treats.

Hello again, So, after the miraculous success of our earlier rehearsals, it's safe to say that we all felt quietly optimistic stepping into the ring for the second time...I mean, what could go wrong?!...
Posted by Swipe! on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:36:00 PST

On the phone to no-one

We did the radio one thing yesterday..well, actually - i did. it was really rather scary and i hope i said everything 'correct'. Maybe Huw Stephens will hate me? Maybe the world isn't quite ready ...
Posted by Swipe! on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:11:00 PST