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Swiz
Biography
After singer Shawn Brown was unceremoniously fired from the Washington, D.C. emocore band Dag Nasty, he teamed up with guitarist Jason Farrell, bassist Nathan Larson, and drummer Alex Daniels to form Swiz. Brown's new group essentially incorporated the melodic galloping guitar riffs of Dag Nasty with an early-'80s hardcore crunch and Brown's ferocious screaming vocals. The band quickly made a name for themselves within the D.C. hardcore punk scene. Going against the grain, where at the time most D.C. underground bands were either getting more experimental or more poppy, Swiz unapologetically went back to the roots of hardcore punk and tapped into the fiery aggression of such trailblazers as Minor Threat, Black Flag, and Void. The group's first release was a clear blue 7" on local independent label Hellfire Records that was accompanied by a Swiz comic book. The band's self-titled full-length was released a year later on Sammich Records, owned and operated by Amanda Mackaye, younger sister to Fugazi's Ian Mackaye. The record created a buzz for Swiz, not only in their hometown of D.C., but throughout the hardcore punk community. 1989 saw the release of Swiz's second LP, Hell Yes I Cheated, also on Sammich.
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