Swallowing Shit
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Swallowing Shit was a shortlived Canadian grindcore band, active in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the mid-1990s.
Formed in 1994 by vocalist Mike Alexander, guitarist Todd Kowalski, bassist Jahmeel Russell and drummer Cory Koss, the band's aggressive, politically radical brand of punk was a popular draw on the Winnipeg punk scene. The band's career was effectively ended in 1997, when 300 Christians picketed a concert to protest the band's song "Pro-Abortion, Anti-Christ". Winnipeg city council subsequently invoked a rarely used and forgotten city ordinance prohibiting challenges to the authority of the Church within city limits to prevent the band from performing.
The band members subsequently moved on to other projects. Alexander would go on to play in Head Hits Concrete and currently Putrescence; Kowalski is a member of Propagandhi; Russell would also play in Malefaction, Kittens and Projektor; Koss was the drummer for Malefaction and currently in black metal band Of Human Bondage; Brain Dobson became an engineer and moved to Minneapolis.
An album, Anthology, was released in 2000 on G7 Welcoming Committee Records to compile the band's recorded singles. Their song "If Assholes Could Fly, This Place Would Be an Airport" is featured on G7's 2005 compilation Take Penacilin Now.
