The Swellers
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The Swellers are an American punk rock band from Fenton, Michigan. Their music draws heavy influences from 1990s skate punk and Fat Wreck Chords artists—such as Strung Out, No Use for a Name, and NOFX. The Swellers have played a leg on the Vans Warped Tour in 2005 and have opened for acts such as Against Me!, Mustard Plug, Against All Authority, A Wilhelm Scream, The Matches and the Suicide Machines. Currently they are a part of Search and Rescue Records and Radtone Music in Japan.
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[edit] Band History
On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from Grand Rapids, MI to Fenton, MI to jam. In the following days, The Swellers were formed and recorded a 3 song demo.
After a week, the band booked their first show at The Flint Local 432 in Flint, MI opening for the band Divit (Nitro Records).
After a few years of playing shows all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited friend Garrett Burgett on 2nd guitar and added new bassist Lance Nelson to the group.
The band recorded "Beginning Of The End Again" at Sentient Studios in Flint, MI. Then that summer the band signed to Search and Rescue Records and played a Midwestern/Candian leg of the VANS WARPED TOUR.
Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers have been constantly touring the U.S., signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows.
In November and December of 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in Chicago, Illinois to record their new full length album, "My Everest".
The release date and other info regarding the album will be announced in the next few months.
[edit] Band members
- Nick Diener — guitar and lead vocals
- Jonathan Diener — drums and backing vocals
- Lance Nelson — bass
- Garrett Burgett — guitar
[edit] Former members
- Nate Lamberts (2002-2005) — bass
- Nick Ondovcsik (2004) — guitar
[edit] Discography
- Long and Hard — self-released 2002
- End of Discussion — self-released December 3, 2003
- Beginning of the End Again — released August 11, 2005 on Search and Rescue Records
- The Swellers — released on Radtone Music in Japan
- My Everest — released May 2007 on Search and Rescue Records
[edit] Trivia
- Before The Swellers had begun their touring career, singer Nick Diener was brought on to fill in on bass for A Wilhelm Scream during their United States tour with Less Than Jake.
- The song "They All Float Down Here" was titled after a quote from Stephen King's movie "IT".
- Nick Diener sings and plays a guitar solo on the Japanese edition of Much the Same's album, Survive, during the song "Seasons Change".
- Members of The Swellers have been in side project bands including Alkaline Trio, Leftover Crack, Misfits, NOFX, and Weezer cover bands, epic-metal band ANOTHER KIND OF HELL, a band with Dan from the Suicide Machines called Bayonetting The Wounded, and Fuckin' Gnarly.
