Sat October 28, 2017
SWMRS & The Interrupters with The Regrettes, Culture Abuse, Mt. Eddy
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Sat, Oct 28, 2017, 7:00 pm, Doors: 6:00 pm
There's never been a punk band like SWMRS. That's probably because it's too limiting to label the Oakland quartet, "a punk band." SWMRS draws on a variety of influences from the Beach Boys to the Ramones, creating their unique sound.
You might initially detect the caustic broadsides of The Clash and the amphetamine bubblegum of the Ramones. But within the carefully penned lyrics, propulsive energy, and raw honesty, you can hear the echoes of Public Enemy and Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest to Kurt Cobain.
Listen to "Harry Dean," the first song on their debut album, Drive North. The guitars draw blood, the drums detonate, and lead singer, Cole Becker unleashes a bleak but rowdy sneer.
The song chronicles the evolution from high school square-to-learning to let loose. It's about the smallness of our place in the universe and the realization that you can do whatever you want. The central influences are the actor Harry Dean Stanton and "Cheap Beer" by FIDLAR-whose lead singer, Zac Carper produced the album.
"When I was younger, I used to write really political songs and was angry all the time," Cole Becker, 20, says. "I eventually realized that you don't have to write songs about politics to let people know that you're thinking"
The band officially formed in early 2015, but their roots stretch back for years-to when Becker, and his childhood friend, Joey Armstrong (drums) began playing music together at 8 years old. They didn't know how to play their instruments, but they'd seen School of Rock, and tabbed Cole's brother Max to sing and play bass.
Before graduating high school, they'd already released two full-length albums and a handful of EP's. They'd toured the world, and shared stages with Pennywise, Rise Against, and Soundgarden.
But SWMRS is a wholly new endeavor. The band recruited their friend Sebastian Mueller to play bass and Max Becker switched to l
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There's never been a punk band like SWMRS. That's probably because it's too limiting to label the Oakland quartet, "a punk band." SWMRS draws on a variety of influences from the Beach Boys to the Ramones, creating their unique sound.
You might initially detect the caustic broadsides of The Clash and the amphetamine bubblegum of the Ramones. But within the carefully penned lyrics, propulsive energy, and raw honesty, you can hear the echoes of Public Enemy and Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest to Kurt Cobain.
Listen to "Harry Dean," the first song on their debut album, Drive North. The guitars draw blood, the drums detonate, and lead singer, Cole Becker unleashes a bleak but rowdy sneer.
The song chronicles the evolution from high school square-to-learning to let loose. It's about the smallness of our place in the universe and the realization that you can do whatever you want. The central influences are the actor Harry Dean Stanton and "Cheap Beer" by FIDLAR-whose lead singer, Zac Carper produced the album.
"When I was younger, I used to write really political songs and was angry all the time," Cole Becker, 20, says. "I eventually realized that you don't have to write songs about politics to let people know that you're thinking"
The band officially formed in early 2015, but their roots stretch back for years-to when Becker, and his childhood friend, Joey Armstrong (drums) began playing music together at 8 years old. They didn't know how to play their instruments, but they'd seen School of Rock, and tabbed Cole's brother Max to sing and play bass.
Before graduating high school, they'd already released two full-length albums and a handful of EP's. They'd toured the world, and shared stages with Pennywise, Rise Against, and Soundgarden.
But SWMRS is a wholly new endeavor. The band recruited their friend Sebastian Mueller to play bass and Max Becker switched to l
Sat, Oct 28, 2017, 7:00 pm, Doors: 6:00 pm
There's never been a punk band like SWMRS. That's probably because it's too limiting to label the Oakland quartet, "a punk band." SWMRS draws on a variety of influences from the Beach Boys to the Ramones, creating their unique sound.
You might initially detect the caustic broadsides of The Clash and the amphetamine bubblegum of the Ramones. But within the carefully penned lyrics, propulsive energy, and raw honesty, you can hear the echoes of Public Enemy and Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest to Kurt Cobain.
Listen to "Harry Dean," the first song on their debut album, Drive North. The guitars draw blood, the drums detonate, and lead singer, Cole Becker unleashes a bleak but rowdy sneer.
The song chronicles the evolution from high school square-to-learning to let loose. It's about the smallness of our place in the universe and the realization that you can do whatever you want. The central influences are the actor Harry Dean Stanton and "Cheap Beer" by FIDLAR-whose lead singer, Zac Carper produced the album.
"When I was younger, I used to write really political songs and was angry all the time," Cole Becker, 20, says. "I eventually realized that you don't have to write songs about politics to let people know that you're thinking"
The band officially formed in early 2015, but their roots stretch back for years-to when Becker, and his childhood friend, Joey Armstrong (drums) began playing music together at 8 years old. They didn't know how to play their instruments, but they'd seen School of Rock, and tabbed Cole's brother Max to sing and play bass.
Before graduating high school, they'd already released two full-length albums and a handful of EP's. They'd toured the world, and shared stages with Pennywise, Rise Against, and Soundgarden.
But SWMRS is a wholly new endeavor. The band recruited their friend Sebastian Mueller to play bass and Max Becker switched to l
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There's never been a punk band like SWMRS. That's probably because it's too limiting to label the Oakland quartet, "a punk band." SWMRS draws on a variety of influences from the Beach Boys to the Ramones, creating their unique sound.
You might initially detect the caustic broadsides of The Clash and the amphetamine bubblegum of the Ramones. But within the carefully penned lyrics, propulsive energy, and raw honesty, you can hear the echoes of Public Enemy and Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest to Kurt Cobain.
Listen to "Harry Dean," the first song on their debut album, Drive North. The guitars draw blood, the drums detonate, and lead singer, Cole Becker unleashes a bleak but rowdy sneer.
The song chronicles the evolution from high school square-to-learning to let loose. It's about the smallness of our place in the universe and the realization that you can do whatever you want. The central influences are the actor Harry Dean Stanton and "Cheap Beer" by FIDLAR-whose lead singer, Zac Carper produced the album.
"When I was younger, I used to write really political songs and was angry all the time," Cole Becker, 20, says. "I eventually realized that you don't have to write songs about politics to let people know that you're thinking"
The band officially formed in early 2015, but their roots stretch back for years-to when Becker, and his childhood friend, Joey Armstrong (drums) began playing music together at 8 years old. They didn't know how to play their instruments, but they'd seen School of Rock, and tabbed Cole's brother Max to sing and play bass.
Before graduating high school, they'd already released two full-length albums and a handful of EP's. They'd toured the world, and shared stages with Pennywise, Rise Against, and Soundgarden.
But SWMRS is a wholly new endeavor. The band recruited their friend Sebastian Mueller to play bass and Max Becker switched to l
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