Jared Swilley

Jared "Hondo" Swilley
Background information
Born August 8, 1983 (1983-08-08) (age 28)
Dunwoody, Georgia
Genres Garage rock, alternative rock
Occupations Singer-songwriter, Bassist
Instruments Vocals, Bass guitar
Years active 2000–present
Labels Die Slaughterhaus Records, Bomp! records, Vice Records
Associated acts The Black Lips, The Almighty Defenders
Notable instruments
Höfner 500/1 Epiphone Viola Bass

Jared Swilley (born 1983) is the bassist and vocalist for the alternative garage band The Black Lips.[1] He has contributed to bands such as The Renegades, The Spooks, The Gaye Blades, and The Almighty Defenders which featured the Black Lips along with musicians and close friends King Khan and Mark Sultan. Swilley played bass at the 2010 Sled Island Festival for The Ding-Dongs, a Norton Records supergroup featuring Sultan and Bloodshot Bill. He has also played with The Black Lips for rapper and current Wu-Tang Clan member GZA for a number of concerts in 2009 at SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas.[2]

He is the son of mega-church pastor Jim Swilley (b. 1958?), who came out as gay in 2010.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Biography: Black Lips". AMG. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p554525/biography. Retrieved 17 May 2010. 
  2. ^ http://nortonville.blogspot.com/2010/07/major-league-norton-news.html
  3. ^ "Bishop Jim Swilley: Yes, Jared Swilley Is My Son! (repost)". http://bloginthenow.blogspot.com/2008/03/yes-jared-swilley-is-my-son-repost_14.html. 
  4. ^ "Pastor comes out to Congregation". CNN Video. 14 November 2010. http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2010/11/14/nr.pastor.comes.out.cnn.html.