Swingin' Utters
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| Swingin' Utters | |
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| Origin | Santa Cruz, California |
| Genre(s) | Punk rock Folk punk |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Label(s) | Fat Wreck Chords; previously USA SideOneDummy, New Red Archives, Quality of Life |
| Associated acts | Filthy Thievin' Bastards Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Druglords of the Avenue AFI Youth Brigade U.S. Bombs Re-volts Viva Hate One Man Army Dead To Me |
| Website | http://www.swinginutters.com |
| Members | |
| Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel (vocals) Darius Koski - (guitars, vocals, accordion) Spike Slawson - (bass, vocals) Greg McEntee (drums, percussion) Jack Dalrymple (guitar, vocals) |
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| Former members | |
| include Max Huber (guitars, vocals - left band 2002) Kevin Wickersham (bass) |
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Swingin' Utters (often typeset as $wingin' Utter$, and originally called Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters) is an American punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s.
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[edit] History
Having begun in Santa Cruz, California, the band moved to San Francisco where they are now based. They have been signed to Fat Wreck Chords since 1996.
[edit] Influences
As well as being classed as a "punk revival" band (reminiscent of British 1970s bands such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, Sham 69 and Eddie & the Hot Rods), Swingin' Utters have increasingly shown themselves to be influenced by traditional American country and folk music, as well as Irish folk, particularly The Pogues.
[edit] Side projects
Members of the Swingin' Utters have been involved in many musical side projects, most notably Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski's Filthy Thievin' Bastards (formed in 2000) and Druglords of the Avenues (formed in Oakland, California in 2004), and Spike Slawson's Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in which he is the vocalist).
Drummer Greg McEntee also joined Viva Hate in February 2007, and the Re-Volts are fronted by Spike Slawson, with Darius Koski and Jack Dalrymple on guitar in that band. Jack Dalrymple plays guitar in fellow Fat Wreck band Dead to Me as well.
[edit] On soundtracks
Swingin' Utters tracks have been used in the soundtracks of computer games. "Five Lessons Learned" appeared on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and "Stupid Lullabies" was used as the title track to Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums and compilations
- Scared - 1992
- The Streets of San Francisco - 1995
- More Scared: The House of Faith Years - 1996
- A Juvenile Product of the Working Class - 1997
- Five Lessons Learned - 1998
- Swingin' Utters - 2000
- Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones - 2003
- Live in a Dive - 2004
See also : Category:Swingin Utters albums
[edit] Singles, EPs, splits etc
- Gives You Strength EP - 1992
- No Eager Men - 1993
- Swingin' Utters/Slip (split single with Slip) - 1994
- Nothing To Rely On - 1995
- Swingin' Utters/UK Subs (split with UK Subs) - 1995
- The Sounds Wrong EP - 1995
- Live at the Fireside Bowl - 1996
- Bombing the Bay (split with AFI) - 1997
- I Need Feedback - 1998
- Brazen Head E.P. - 1999
- BYO Split Series, Vol. 2 (split with Youth Brigade) - 1999
- Teen Idol Eyes - 1999
