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Member Since: 2/21/2006
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Rhys Clayton- Vocals, Guitar.
Steve Cool- Lead Guitar.
Lachlan Marsden- Bass.
Rod Lawrence- Drums.
Influences:
Mostly 80s and 90s bands like: Sonic Youth, Pavement, The Cure, REM, Scratch Acid, The Big Black, Gang of Four, The Associates, The Smiths, Sex Pistols, Killing Joke, Wire, Iggy Pop, Black Sabbath, Eco and the Bunnymen, Magic Dirt, Joy Division, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Easybeats, The Psycodelic Furs, PIL, Dead Kennedys, Hole, Smashing Punkins, The Buzzcocks, New Order, Beck, the Police. Modern Bands we like include: The Cribs, Css, Klaxons, MIA, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Futureheads, Maximo Park, White Stripes, Strokes, Youth Group, Babyshambles, Faker, Dapiled Cities Fly, The Streets, The Organ, Walrus, Ghoasts of TV, Warhorse, The Vinettes.
Sounds Like: HISTORY: Back in the dark old days of 2005, hero and founder of Swimming Underground Rhys Clayton was toiling away in the slimy world of Kings Cross sex shops. Feeling the type of angst that only graveyard shift work can inspire, he decided to release his frustrations by making his own recordings. After recruiting a rhythm section, Swimming Underground emerged as force on the inner city scene. The band has recently released their début EP and is currently recording a follow up due for release in early 2008.SOUNDS LIKE: The eccentric sounds of Swimming Underground have been described as a cross between Magazine and early Sebadoa. Drawing inspiration from lead singer Rhys’ internment in a sex store, the songs delve into depraved subject matters of masturbation, sleep deprivation, and that dirtiest of all subjects – politics. Delivered with a dry vocal styling that combines the raw emotion of Ian Brown with the snarling energy of Mark E Smith, it can be guaranteed that Swimming Underground sounds like nothing else. These boys long ago gladly accepted that their sound doesn’t fit into the trend loving Sydney scene. Their mission is to get people expanding their minds to the new sound. The sound of Psychedelic, Lo- Fi, New Wave, Death Funk!If you would like to review our music, you can on this site, or on:
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=8
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[email protected]
Record Label: Shopping around for one
Type of Label: None