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Chemical Swings

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About Me

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Singer/Songwriter Philip Shearing started the Chemical Swings in the spring of 2006. Touring Ontario with The Get Sets in 2006, the Chemical Swings have played with acts such as These Electric Lives , Mit City , Radius & Helena , Mile Over Mecca , Uncle Daddy , and Campfire Bonfire. Since then, they have also played with The Receiver , Paul Michel , Katherine & Tyler from Telefauna , and Dukes of the Archipelago .
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The Swings plan to record a hi-fi/lo-fi 5 song EP in the spring of 2007.
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Chemical Swings shows are like unicorns--everyone is always talking about them but nearly nobody whom you know has ever seen one. Take the initiative and find the indie rock equivalent of the Fountain of Youth, and bring someone along trustworthy. Bukowski would have, if he hadn't been eaten by that enormous red sparrow.
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Lend them your ears and they will sing to you of runaway hobo trains & dirty drunkards waiting for their dole cheque, of lost women with question-mark morals and drippy noses, and blotted nights that pour like wicked wine.
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Member Since: 5/11/2006
Band Members: Philip Shearing ~ Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar
Tavo Diez de Bonilla ~ Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Graham Hatcher ~ Drums
Ardeshir Ibn Al-Nassir ~ Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals

Influences: Pavement, The Silver Jews, Destroyer, The Replacements, Voxtrot, Arcade Fire, The Rolling Stones, Taj Mahal, Elliott Smith, Dinosaur Jr., At The Drive In, Immaculate Machine, Built to Spill, The Clash, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Ron Sexsmith, David Bowie, Eric's Trip, The Get Sets, The Casingles, Beaver, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, The Causey Way, At The Drive In, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, (early) Sloan.
Sounds Like: rock and roll ain't dead after all.
Record Label: Independant
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Chemical Swings News

Hey Swingers,Just listening to some Brian Jonestown Massacre {precisely "The Devil May Care (Mom and Dad Don't)} and thinking of you all, all 3 of you. No joke. If 3 people read this, I will be smilin...
Posted by Chemical Swings on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:01:00 PST

First Press Ever!

Yes, you read that title correctly. Kristian Gravenor (Columnist for the Montreal Mirror, and co-author of "Montreal-The Unknown City) has featured a write-up of our Foufounes show in his blog, which ...
Posted by Chemical Swings on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:15:00 PST

Foufs show & We Have a New Band Member!

We are proud to announce that we have added a new member to Chemical Swings: keyboardist/lead guitarist Ardeshir (Otherwise known as R.D.), formerly of the band Bedbox (http://bedbox.therecordgarden.c...
Posted by Chemical Swings on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:43:00 PST

Ontario Tour - Last Show (Wisdom!!!)

With 8 days of touring Ontario under our whaleskin belts (I got mine at Village des Valeurs), my Touring Bass player and I learned several life lessons that will get you through a tour ...
Posted by Chemical Swings on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:13:00 PST