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| Swami Records Official Website: http://www.swamirecords.com/ About:
Swami Records started in 2000 under the Sympathy for the Record Industry
umbrella. Their first release was the critically acclaimed first Hot Snakes
record, Automatic Midnight. "A desire to piss on the competition, an
overblown sense of self worth, an unhealthy need to control and another tax
write off to counter his other massive business holdings," was all the
inspiration that label founder and president, The Swami John Reis (Rocket From the Crypt/Hot Snakes/The Sultans/Drive Like Jehu/Pitchfork) needed to
set out on his own. The first record without training wheels was the second
Hot Snakes record, 2002's Suicide Invoice, which was also met with an
unusually healthy amount of adoration by both critics and fans.
With the Swami Southwest SČance tour wrapping in April - which featured 22 year old Alabammy heartthrob Dan Sartain, The Husbands, The Sultans and Beehive and the Barracudas - in 2004 the Swami staff (which according to Reis is, "big and hard") is fixing to release news albums by Detroit legends Demolition Doll Rods, San Francisco's first and only rock n roll band Crime, Hot Snakes, Beehive and the Barracudas, Rocket from the Crypt reissue of Circa Now! and tons of other stuff. Has being in a band on labels such as Interscope and Vagrant influenced the way Reis runs Swami? "No," he says "I am mostly influenced by lore and instinct." ( - Jayne Detroit) Artists with releases on this label: Recent ReviewsRecent NewsRocket from the Crypt details All Systems Go 3 Rocket From The Crypt have detailed their third All Systems Go release. The series compiles the band's rarities and will be released August 28, 2008 through Swami and Vagrant. It is comprised…The Night Marchers: 'See You in Magic' The new John Reis band, dubbed the The Night Marchers have launched a full album stream of their debut full length. As previously reported the group will feature Reis (of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt of course) along with guitarist Gar Wood (Hot Snakes, Beehive and the Barracudas), drummer Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes, Mule, Delta 72), and bassist Tommy Kitsos (CPC…Marked Men still alive, to release new full length Joe from the The Marked Men recently denied rumours that the band had broken up. Though members of the band had been playing in other bands including The Potential Johns, Joe assured fans that the band was still together, albeit mostly inactive: We are not breaking up!!! Yet, we will probably be very quiet and nearly non-existent for a long time. So see us between now and August whenever you can, which sucks because we don't play too much. We are going to be pretty quiet as far as shows go for a…The Night Marchers The new John Reis band, dubbed the The Night Marchers have announced more upcoming tour dates in support of their debut full length. As previously reported the group will feature Reis (of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt of course) along with guitarist Gar Wood (Hot Snakes, Beehive and the Barracudas), drummer Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes, Mule, Delta 72), and bassist…The Night Marchers The new John Reis band, dubbed the The Night Marchers have announced some upcoming tour dates in support of their debut full length. As previously reported the group will feature Reis (of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt of course) along with…The Night Marchers (ex-Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu) post new music The new John Reis band, dubbed the The Night Marchers have posted three songs from their upcoming full length. As previously reported the group will feature Reis (of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt of course) along with guitarist Gar Wood (Hot…John Reis unveils the Night Marchers The new John Reis band that we're been waiting on has been unveiled. The act has been named the Night Marchers. As previously reported the group will feature Reis (of Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt of course) along with guitarist Gar Wood (Hot Snakes, Beehive and the Barracudas), drummer Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes, Mule, Delta 72), and bassist Tommy Kitsos (CPC…John Reis (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, RFTC) to unveil new band in March John Reis, the mastermind behind Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt and Swami Records will be releasing his new album on March 25, 2008. The band is not yet named, but will include Gar Wood (Hot Snakes, Beehive & the Barracudas), Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes, Mule, Delta 72), and Montreal export, Tommy Kitsos (CPC Gangbangs). The recording was done over 4 months in Swami’s City Of Refuge studio that…John Reis (Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes) talks 2008, RFTC DVD John Reis, the mastermind behind bands like Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes and Drive Like Jehu, has posted a big update on some of his plans for the upcoming year. Among the key details is an update on his still-unnamed new project: We have been working on this record for months. Dave Gardner who engineered Live From Camp X-Ray recorded most of it. We did it…The Husbands / The Makes Nice Swami garage punk act the Husbands will hit the road this November with psychedelic power pop act the Makes Nice. The latter features current and ex-members of the Fucking Champs, Harold Ray Live in Concert, and the Mothballs. The bands will join up with a number of like-minded… |
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