The Swellers
band that plays punk rock
The Swellers were an American punk band from Flint, Michigan. Their music is influenced by melodic punk rock, as well as alternative and indie rock bands, from the 1990s. They disbanded in 2015.
Band history
On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from Grand Rapids to Fenton, Michigan to jam. In the following days, they formed The Swellers and recorded a 3-song demo.
After a week, the band booked its first show at the Flint Local 432 in Flint, Michigan, opening for the band Divit.
After a few years of playing shows across Michigan and the Midwest, Lamberts left to pursue a college education. Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, close friends and fellow members of the Flint music scene, joined soon after on bass and guitar.
The band recorded their debut EP Beginning Of The End Again in the spring of 2005 at Sentient Studios in Flint, MI. That summer, the band signed to Search and Rescue Records and played a Midwestern/Canadian leg of the Vans Warped Tour.
In June and July 2006, the band embarked on a tour of the US. Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the US. That same year, they signed to the Japanese label Radtone Music and flew out to perform a week of shows.
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