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Cut ups. Turn ups. Roll ups And Loops
out now Time Please ep
which is available to buy from itunes and most other digital outlets.

swiss guards have finished their second long playing record

The lp called One Thing After Another, will be released shortly, and will be available in download and physical formats
It features the 4 songs on the player as well as live favourite One Thing After Another. It also includes I Don’t Know Where We Are, An Iron and a Bottle of Wine, Double Negative, You And Me Both, Wait For It, Reason Rides Shotgun, Bagging Area and The Ghosts of Christmas Presents.
The lp can be purchased through digital outlets shortly and cds can be bought from us. The lp features artwork by the Nuremburg based graphic artist Inigo.

It’s a good album. What have you got to lose?

Debut album "Once The Process" is available from www.captive.co.uk
and i tunes.

’’Underground art-rock’’, ’’bristles with raw energy’’ The Wire
The Towards The Diagonal e.p.available digitally- 4 modern classics (Time Please, Towards The Diagonal, Just Like Nebuchadnezzar, Happy Xmas (Without You).

Swiss Guards have been played on the BBC international radio station show ’The Selector’

STOP PRESS Very, very limited edition 7" single double A Side One Thing After Another/I Don’t Know Where We Are available soon.STOP PRESS 7" singles SOLD OUT
Swiss Guards
Towards The Diagonal

If you like what you hear
then please support Swiss Guards
by buying our music at
indiestore.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/13/2006
Band Website: hauntedbyfame.co.uk/swissguards.htm
Band Members:

Swiss Guards are:
Adam Turner
Harvey Sharman-Dunn
Andy Askey
Dan Hessing
Alan Tang

Everything I Own: from debut album Once The Process
(To watch video please press stop on the music player top right):

Influences: Brothel creepers. Winter coats. Feedback. Bowl Cuts. Independent record labels of the 1980s. Checked shirts. Pumps. Brogues. Desert Boots. Dr Martens. 3 stripes. 7'' vinyl singles. 12" vinyl singles. c90 compilation tapes with handwritten inlay cards. Screaming fields of sonic love. Corduroy. Bass. Sequencers. Wearing your fringe like Roger McGuinn's. 1977. 1988. Space. Paisley. Electro pop duos. Falling and laughing. Lyrics that are about something. Making the effort. Atmosphere. Temptation. Well designed sleeves with proper sleeve notes. Acoustic guitars played sloppily. 3 chords. Sometimes 4 chords. Short songs. Denim jackets. Interesting videos. Long songs. Crocodiles. Porcupines. Self validation in the alley by the railway station. Ocean Rain. Kickers with tags. Quiffs. Guitars. Anti-singers. Mods and rockers. Skins and teds. Two turntables and a microphone. Playing with your coat on. Bassists with good cheekbones. Hats- all kinds of hats, except baseball caps. Collarless shirts. Black and white sleeve photographs. Music that is red with purple flashes. Good typography. Handclaps. Technique. Reason. Belief. Call and response backing vocals. Distortion. Compression. Seperation. More guitars. Metal circuses and zen arcades. Passion. Making Sense. Stopping Making Sense. Mohair jumpers. Striped t-shirts. Ripped fishnets. Young soul rebels. Squiggly acid basslines. Real low slung basslines. Visions of You. Sandals. Haunted dancehalls and flightpath estates. Drums. Lowlife. Drum machines. Fringes. Movement. Life in the bush of ghosts. Moogy keyboards. Good bands on Top Of The Pops. Proper boots. Horns. Samples. Brotherhood. Reverb. Drones. Fear of Music. Scratchy riffs. Dark jeans, possibly boot cut. Cut ups. Turn ups. Roll ups. Loops. Remaining In Light. Bands where an ideology formed the sound. Bands where a lack of technical proficiency formed the sound. Thin, wild, mercury music. Cropped hair. Early...... Darklands. April Skies. Honey and Candy. Songs about buildings and food. More songs about buildings and food. Sound Effects. Flaming Groovies, Lips and Stars. FX pedals. Socialism. Stuckism. Modernism. Buff Medways. Handlebar moustaches. Funhouses. Biker Boots. Tremelo. Songs.

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Sounds Like: Instruments + voice (+ computers) x electricity
Record Label: haunted by fame
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

In the Studio

Fresh from the release of their new album One Thing After Another (available now from iTunes and hauntedbyfame) swiss guards celebrated by entering haunted studios during the bank holiday weekend to b...
Posted by swiss guards on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:49:00 PST

Silence and new album

Swiss Guards have been out of the loop for a while. Swiss Adam's son is very ill in hospital. Its been a hard time for them. Its taken us all back to the days of the bone marrow op which we sang...
Posted by swiss guards on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:48:00 PST

swiss guards live at the music cafe

We played live as special guests of echolocation on Saturday night, in front of a decent sized crowd. Sub-rosa rocked the house before us. We played Time Please, Moonwalker Blues and One Thing After A...
Posted by swiss guards on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:39:00 PST

Rochdale gig-it’s off

I'm afraid our legions of travelling fans are going to have to find something else to do tomorrow night. Gig in Rochdale is off due to a sick drummer (bizarre gardening accident I believe). Sorr...
Posted by swiss guards on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:03:00 PST

SWISS ADAM’S RECORDS OF 2007

I was going to do this last week and steal a march on the monthly magazines. As it is I'm following in their beardy, middle aged wake. But there you go. You are what you read. So, in no particular ord...
Posted by swiss guards on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:13:00 PST

Badges

We have badges. They can be attached to your clothing and are this season's red hot style item. Oh yes.
Posted by swiss guards on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:06:00 PST

SWISS GUARDS PLAY LIVE

Swiss Guards were the guests of Echolocation on Saturday night, playing live exclusively at the wedding of Swiss Alan (and Swiss Michelle). In the middle of Echolocations wedding present set Swiss Gua...
Posted by swiss guards on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:11:00 PST

SWISS GUARDS ARE 10 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR

It occured to me yesterday that this year we are 10 years old. Unbelievable. A decade ago this Easter swiss adam and swiss dom wrote our first song (Too Cool For Me), and then travelled to L...
Posted by swiss guards on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:43:00 PST

SWISS GUARDS LYRICS POLICY STATEMENT

I'm guessing that if you're a band your blog should really be about gigs, albums, tours etc, but we don't really do a great deal of that. We do however spend a lot of time thinking about the swiss gua...
Posted by swiss guards on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:44:00 PST

This is not a chart. No it's not.

This is not a chart. No it's not. It's a load of stuff that is in swiss head space currently. Some good, some bad. I'll try to keep the bad stuff down, cos swiss guards arn't just grumpy old men. 1. s...
Posted by swiss guards on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:06:00 PST