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| origin = [[Flint, Michigan]]
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| years_active = 2002–15
| years_active = 2002–2015
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'''The Swellers''' were an [[United States|American]] [[Punk rock|punk]] band from [[Flint, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://intunemusiconline.com/2009/08/05/set-your-goals-fireworks-the-swellers-asbury-park-723/ |title = inTuneMusic Online: Set Your Goals / Fireworks / The Swellers @ Asbury Park 7/23
'''The Swellers''' were an American [[Punk rock|punk]] band from [[Flint, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://intunemusiconline.com/2009/08/05/set-your-goals-fireworks-the-swellers-asbury-park-723/ |title = inTuneMusic Online: Set Your Goals / Fireworks / The Swellers @ Asbury Park 7/23 |access-date = 2009-08-05 |author = Ambrose, Anthony |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630151222/http://intunemusiconline.com/2009/08/05/set-your-goals-fireworks-the-swellers-asbury-park-723/ |archive-date = 2012-06-30 }}</ref> Their music is influenced by melodic punk rock, as well as alternative and indie rock bands, from the 1990s. They disbanded in 2015.
|accessdate = 2009-08-05 |author = Ambrose, Anthony}}</ref> Its music is influenced by melodic punk rock bands as well as alternative and indie rock from the 1990s.


==Band history==
==Band history==
On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from [[Grand Rapids, MI]] to Fenton, MI to jam. In the following days, The Swellers was formed and recorded a 3-song demo.
On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from [[Grand Rapids, MI|Grand Rapids, Michigan]], to [[Fenton, Michigan]], to jam. In the following days, The Swellers was formed 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 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 all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited Nick Ondovcsik on 2nd guitar. After a short lived stint with the band, Ondovcsik left in order to pursue other musical interests, eventually forming the death metal band Ares Letum. In early 2005, Lamberts followed, leaving to pursue a college education. Close friends and fellow members of the Flint music scene at the time, Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, joined soon after on bass and guitar.
After a few years of playing shows all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited Nick Ondovcsik on 2nd guitar. After a short lived stint with the band, Ondovcsik left in order to pursue other musical interests, eventually forming the death metal band Ares Letum. In early 2005, Lamberts followed, leaving to pursue a college education. Close friends and fellow members of the Flint music scene at the time, Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, joined soon after on bass and guitar.
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The band recorded ''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]].
The band recorded ''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]].


Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the U.S. That same year, they signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows.
In June and July 2006, the band embarked on a tour of the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17841/tours-the-swellers|title=The Swellers|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 31, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the U.S. That same year, they signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows.


In November and December 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in [[Chicago, Illinois]] to record their full-length album, ''[[My Everest]]''. The album was released on June 5, 2007 through Search and Rescue Records.
In November and December 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in [[Chicago, Illinois]], to record their full-length album, ''[[My Everest]]''. The album was released on June 5, 2007 through Search and Rescue Records.


From the months of March 2008 to May, Lance and Garrett left the group before several large tours.
From the months of March 2008 to May, Lance and Garrett left the group before several large tours.
The Swellers enlisted the guitarist of the fellow labelmates and now defunct act, Alucard (whose other guitarist recently joined [[A Wilhelm Scream]]), and close friend Brad Linden to fulfill the bass duties for several months.
The Swellers enlisted Ryan Collins, the guitarist of the fellow labelmates and now defunct act, Alucard (whose other guitarist, Mike Supina, recently joined [[A Wilhelm Scream]]), with close friends Brad Linden and Ben Wixson fulfilling bass duties for several months.


On August 25, 2008, the band released a 15-track album of "personalized" songs via [[PureVolume]].<ref>https://www.punknews.org/article/30232/the-swellers-release-an-albums-worth-of-personalized-songs</ref>
On August 25, 2008, the band released a 15-track album of "personalized" songs via [[PureVolume]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/30232/the-swellers-release-an-albums-worth-of-personalized-songs|title=The Swellers release an album's worth of "personalized" songs|website=Punknews.org|date=26 August 2008 |access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref>


Second guitar player Ryan Collins joined the band prior to the recording of ''[[Ups and Downsizing]]'', and soon after, bassist Anto Boros, previously of the Canadian band, Sydney, joined The Swellers to round out the new lineup.
Second guitar player Ryan Collins joined the band prior to the recording of ''[[Ups and Downsizing]]'', and soon after, bassist Anto Boros, previously of the Canadian band, Sydney, joined The Swellers to round out the new lineup.


Their [[Fueled By Ramen]] debut, titled ''Ups and Downsizing'', was recorded at Drasik Studios in Chicago, IL by Mark Michalik and was released on September 29, 2009. In support of the album, The Swellers toured as an opening act for [[Paramore]]'s 'Brand New Eyes' tour, which began on September 29, 2009.
Their [[Fueled By Ramen|Fueled by Ramen]] debut, titled ''Ups and Downsizing'', was recorded at Drasik Studios in Chicago, IL by Mark Michalik and was released on September 29, 2009. In support of the album, The Swellers toured as an opening act for [[Paramore]]'s Brand New Eyes tour, which began on September 29, 2009.


The Swellers was an opening act for [[Less Than Jake]] on their Winter United States tour, along with street punk band, [[The Casualties]]. Throughout early 2010, The Swellers went on tour with [[Motion City Soundtrack]] for their My Dinosaur Life Tour.
The Swellers was an opening act for [[Less Than Jake]] on their Winter United States tour, along with the street punk band [[The Casualties]]. Throughout early 2010, The Swellers went on tour with [[Motion City Soundtrack]] for their My Dinosaur Life Tour.


The Swellers journeyed to Europe for the first time in 2010 and played the Give It A Name Festival in several countries, [[Groezrock]] in Belgium, then headlined the Give It A Name Introduces Tour in the UK with Anarbor and The Dangerous Summer.
The Swellers journeyed to Europe for the first time in 2010 and played the Give It A Name Festival in several countries, [[Groezrock]] in Belgium, then headlined the Give It A Name Introduces Tour in the UK with Anarbor and The Dangerous Summer.


From June 25 to July 17, 2010, The Swellers played Vans Warped Tour for the second time on the Ernie Ball Stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punkmusic.about.com/od/warpedtour2010/a/warpedtourpartiallineups_5.htm/ |title=The 2010 Vans Warped Tour Lineup |publisher=Punkmusic.about.com |date=2011-09-21 |accessdate=2012-03-31}}</ref>
From June 25 to July 17, 2010, The Swellers played Vans Warped Tour for the second time on the Ernie Ball Stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punkmusic.about.com/od/warpedtour2010/a/warpedtourpartiallineups_5.htm/ |title=The 2010 Vans Warped Tour Lineup |publisher=Punkmusic.about.com |date=2011-09-21 |access-date=2012-03-31}}</ref>


In March the band was named one of Shred News's 'Artists to watch in 2010'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shrednews.com/ten-artists-to-watch/ |title=Ten Artists To Watch In 2010 Part 1 &#124; |publisher=Shrednews.com |date=2010-03-12 |accessdate=2012-03-31}}</ref>
In March the band was named one of Shred News's "Artists to watch in 2010".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shrednews.com/ten-artists-to-watch/ |title=Ten Artists To Watch In 2010 Part 1 &#124; |publisher=Shrednews.com |date=2010-03-12 |access-date=2012-03-31}}</ref>


The band supported [[Anti-Flag]] in October on the Vans Off The Wall Tour in Europe, flew home to play The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL with The Suicide Machines, Strike Anywhere and A Wilhelm Scream. One month later the band went back overseas to support [[Young Guns (band)|Young Guns]].
The band supported [[Anti-Flag]] in October on the Vans Off The Wall Tour in Europe, flew home to play The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL with The Suicide Machines, Strike Anywhere and A Wilhelm Scream. One month later the band went back overseas to support [[Young Guns (band)|Young Guns]].


In April 2011 The Swellers supported [[The Blackout (band)|The Blackout]] on their [[UK]] & [[Ireland]] tour for their 3rd studio album ''[[Hope (The Blackout album)|Hope]]''
In April 2011, The Swellers supported [[The Blackout (band)|The Blackout]] on their [[UK]] & [[Ireland]] tour for their third studio album ''[[Hope (The Blackout album)|Hope]].'' In that same year, The Swellers joined [[Bayside (band)|Bayside]], [[Silverstein (band)|Silverstein]], [[Polar Bear Club]] and [[Texas in July]] on the [[Take Action Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://takeactiontour.com/take-action-tour/past-tours/ |title=Past Tours |publisher=Take Action Tour |access-date=2012-03-31}}</ref>


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It was announced April 22, 2011, through [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] that the new album titled ''Good For Me'' would be released on June 14, where one of the new tracks called "Best I Ever Had" could be streamed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/exclusive_stream_the_swellers_the_best_i_ever_had/ |title=Alternative Press &#124; Features &#124; Exclusive Stream: The Swellers' "The Best I Ever Had" |publisher=Altpress.com |date=2011-04-22 |access-date=2012-03-31}}</ref>
In 2011, The Swellers joined [[Bayside (band)|Bayside]], [[Silverstein (band)|Silverstein]], [[Polar Bear Club]] and [[Texas in July]] on the [[Take Action Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://takeactiontour.com/take-action-tour/past-tours/ |title=Past Tours |publisher=Take Action Tour |date= |accessdate=2012-03-31}}</ref>


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In April 2012, they announced their departure from the Fueled by Ramen label. They would release a 7" (Vehicle City Blues) on Side One Dummy Records.
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It was announced April, 22nd 2011 through [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] that the new album titled ''Good For Me'' would be released on June 14, where one of the new tracks called "Best I Ever Had" could be streamed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/exclusive_stream_the_swellers_the_best_i_ever_had/ |title=Alternative Press &#124; Features &#124; Exclusive Stream: The Swellers' "The Best I Ever Had" |publisher=Altpress.com |date=2011-04-22 |accessdate=2012-03-31}}</ref>

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In April 2012 they announced their departure from the Fueled by Ramen label. They would release a 7" (Vehicle City Blues) on Side One Dummy Records.


On October 16, The Swellers self-released an EP entitled ''Running Out Of Places To Go''. It is composed of five songs that the band recorded and produced independently.
On October 16, The Swellers self-released an EP entitled ''Running Out Of Places To Go''. It is composed of five songs that the band recorded and produced independently.


The Swellers signed to [[No Sleep Records]] in May 2013 and announced in August 2013 that they would be releasing their 4th full length, The Light Under Closed Doors, on October 29.
The Swellers signed to [[No Sleep Records]] in May 2013 and announced in August 2013 that they would be releasing their 4th full length, ''[[The Light Under Closed Doors]]'', on October 29.


On April 15, 2014, The Swellers announced via Facebook their release of "B-sides and Rarities."
On April 15, 2014, The Swellers announced via Facebook their release of "B-sides and Rarities."


On June 24, 2014 they announced via Facebook and Twitter that they are breaking up and booking farewell shows.
On June 24, 2014 they announced via Facebook and Twitter that they would be breaking up and booking farewell shows.


In February and March 2015, the band performed at [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave festival]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/slipknot_fall_out_boy_all_time_low_of_mice_men_more_announced_for_soundwave|title=Slipknot, Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Of Mice & Men, more announced for Soundwave 2015|work=Alternative Press|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc|author=Sharp, Tyler|date=August 20, 2014|accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref> On May 1, 2015, they played their last show at Groezrock.
In February and March 2015, the band performed at [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/slipknot_fall_out_boy_all_time_low_of_mice_men_more_announced_for_soundwave|title=Slipknot, Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Of Mice & Men, more announced for Soundwave 2015|work=Alternative Press|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc|author=Sharp, Tyler|date=August 20, 2014|access-date=June 13, 2017}}</ref> On May 1, 2015, they played their last show at Groezrock.

In May 2024, The Swellers released a compilation album on all streaming platforms, called B-sides and Rarities. The re imagined compilation album included b-side tracks from Good For Me, Ups and Downsizing, Vehicle City Blues, Running Out Of Places To Go, Montreal Screwjob, plus their full acoustic catalog<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/theswellers/p/C7ZJxhAxkLy/?img_index=1 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>


==Band members==
==Band members==
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*Lance Nelson &mdash; bass (2005–2008)
*Lance Nelson &mdash; bass (2005–2008)
*Brad Linden &mdash; bass (2008–2009)
*Brad Linden &mdash; bass (2008–2009)

;Touring musicians
*Ben Wixson &mdash; bass (2008)


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==Discography==
==Discography==


===Albums===
===Albums===
*''[[End of Discussion]]'' &mdash; Self-Released: December 3, 2003
*''[[End of Discussion (album)|End of Discussion]]'' &mdash; Self-Released: December 3, 2003
*''[[My Everest]]'' &mdash; Released: March 19, 2007 on Search and Rescue Records and Radtone Music in [[Japan]]
*''[[My Everest]]'' &mdash; Released: March 19, 2007 on Search and Rescue Records and Radtone Music in [[Japan]]
*''[[Ups and Downsizing]]'' &mdash; Released: September 29, 2009 on [[Fueled By Ramen]]
*''[[Ups and Downsizing]]'' &mdash; Released: September 29, 2009 on [[Fueled By Ramen]]
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===7"===
===7"===
* ''Welcome Back Riders'' &mdash; 7" Vinyl Released July 28, 2009 on [[Fueled By Ramen]] and [[Paper + Plastick]]
* ''Welcome Back Riders'' &mdash; 7" Vinyl Released July 28, 2009 on [[Fueled By Ramen]] and Paper + Plastick
* ''Vehicle City Blues'' &mdash; 7" Vinyl Released May 29, 2012 on [[Side One Dummy]]
* ''Vehicle City Blues'' &mdash; 7" Vinyl Released May 29, 2012 on [[Side One Dummy]]


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* ''Take Action! Vol 9.'' (2010) [[Sub City Records]]
* ''Take Action! Vol 9.'' (2010) [[Sub City Records]]
* ''No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3'' (2010) [[No Sleep Records]]
* ''No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3'' (2010) [[No Sleep Records]]
* ''[[Warped Tour 2010 Tour Compilation]]'' (2010) [[SideOneDummy Records]]
* ''Warped Tour 2010 Tour Compilation'' (2010) [[SideOneDummy Records]]
* ''Take Action! Vol 10.'' (2011) [[Sub City Records]]
* ''Take Action! Vol 10.'' (2011) [[Sub City Records]]
* ''B-sides and Rarities'' (2014)
* ''B-sides and Rarities'' (2014)
* ''Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief'' (2016)<ref>https://notsafetodrink.bandcamp.com/album/not-safe-to-drink-music-for-flint-water-crisis-relief</ref>
* ''Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://notsafetodrink.bandcamp.com/album/not-safe-to-drink-music-for-flint-water-crisis-relief|title=Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief, by Snowbird Songs|website=Notsafetodrink.bandcamp.com|access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
* ''B-sides and Rarities'' (Re-imagined) (2024)


===Music Videos===
===Music Videos===
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.theswellers.com Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060402223050/http://theswellers.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/theswellers Myspace page of The Swellers]
*[http://www.myspace.com/theswellers Myspace page of The Swellers]
*[http://www.purevolume.com/theswellers PureVolume | The Swellers]
*[http://www.purevolume.com/theswellers PureVolume | The Swellers]
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 2002]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2002]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:Fueled by Ramen artists]]
[[Category:No Sleep Records artists]]

Latest revision as of 03:16, 22 September 2024

The Swellers
Left to right: Boros, Nick Diener, Jonathan Diener, and Collins in 2011
Left to right: Boros, Nick Diener, Jonathan Diener, and Collins in 2011
Background information
OriginFlint, Michigan
GenresPunk rock, pop punk, emo, melodic hardcore
Years active2002–2015
LabelsFueled by Ramen, Paper + Plastick, Search and Rescue, Radtone, No Sleep
Past membersNick Diener
Jonathan Diener
Ryan Collins
Anto Boros
Garrett Burgett
Lance Nelson
Nate Lamberts
Nick Ondovcsik
Brad Linden

The Swellers were an American punk band from Flint, Michigan.[1] 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

[edit]

On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Fenton, Michigan, to jam. In the following days, The Swellers was formed 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 all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited Nick Ondovcsik on 2nd guitar. After a short lived stint with the band, Ondovcsik left in order to pursue other musical interests, eventually forming the death metal band Ares Letum. In early 2005, Lamberts followed, leaving to pursue a college education. Close friends and fellow members of the Flint music scene at the time, Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, joined soon after on bass and guitar.

The band recorded 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.[2] Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the U.S. That same year, they signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows.

In November and December 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in Chicago, Illinois, to record their full-length album, My Everest. The album was released on June 5, 2007 through Search and Rescue Records.

From the months of March 2008 to May, Lance and Garrett left the group before several large tours. The Swellers enlisted Ryan Collins, the guitarist of the fellow labelmates and now defunct act, Alucard (whose other guitarist, Mike Supina, recently joined A Wilhelm Scream), with close friends Brad Linden and Ben Wixson fulfilling bass duties for several months.

On August 25, 2008, the band released a 15-track album of "personalized" songs via PureVolume.[3]

Second guitar player Ryan Collins joined the band prior to the recording of Ups and Downsizing, and soon after, bassist Anto Boros, previously of the Canadian band, Sydney, joined The Swellers to round out the new lineup.

Their Fueled by Ramen debut, titled Ups and Downsizing, was recorded at Drasik Studios in Chicago, IL by Mark Michalik and was released on September 29, 2009. In support of the album, The Swellers toured as an opening act for Paramore's Brand New Eyes tour, which began on September 29, 2009.

The Swellers was an opening act for Less Than Jake on their Winter United States tour, along with the street punk band The Casualties. Throughout early 2010, The Swellers went on tour with Motion City Soundtrack for their My Dinosaur Life Tour.

The Swellers journeyed to Europe for the first time in 2010 and played the Give It A Name Festival in several countries, Groezrock in Belgium, then headlined the Give It A Name Introduces Tour in the UK with Anarbor and The Dangerous Summer.

From June 25 to July 17, 2010, The Swellers played Vans Warped Tour for the second time on the Ernie Ball Stage.[4]

In March the band was named one of Shred News's "Artists to watch in 2010".[5]

The band supported Anti-Flag in October on the Vans Off The Wall Tour in Europe, flew home to play The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL with The Suicide Machines, Strike Anywhere and A Wilhelm Scream. One month later the band went back overseas to support Young Guns.

In April 2011, The Swellers supported The Blackout on their UK & Ireland tour for their third studio album Hope. In that same year, The Swellers joined Bayside, Silverstein, Polar Bear Club and Texas in July on the Take Action Tour.[6]

It was announced April 22, 2011, through Alternative Press that the new album titled Good For Me would be released on June 14, where one of the new tracks called "Best I Ever Had" could be streamed.[7]

In April 2012, they announced their departure from the Fueled by Ramen label. They would release a 7" (Vehicle City Blues) on Side One Dummy Records.

On October 16, The Swellers self-released an EP entitled Running Out Of Places To Go. It is composed of five songs that the band recorded and produced independently.

The Swellers signed to No Sleep Records in May 2013 and announced in August 2013 that they would be releasing their 4th full length, The Light Under Closed Doors, on October 29.

On April 15, 2014, The Swellers announced via Facebook their release of "B-sides and Rarities."

On June 24, 2014 they announced via Facebook and Twitter that they would be breaking up and booking farewell shows.

In February and March 2015, the band performed at Soundwave (Australian music festival).[8] On May 1, 2015, they played their last show at Groezrock.

In May 2024, The Swellers released a compilation album on all streaming platforms, called B-sides and Rarities. The re imagined compilation album included b-side tracks from Good For Me, Ups and Downsizing, Vehicle City Blues, Running Out Of Places To Go, Montreal Screwjob, plus their full acoustic catalog[9]

Band members

[edit]
Final line-up
  • Nick Diener — guitar and lead vocals (2002–2015)
  • Jonathan Diener — drums and backing vocals (2002–2015)
  • Ryan Collins — guitar (2008–2015)
  • Anto Boros — bass and backing vocals (2009–2015)
Former members
  • Nick Ondovcsik — guitar (2004)
  • Garrett Burgett — guitar (2004–2008)
  • Nate Lamberts — bass (2002–2005)
  • Lance Nelson — bass (2005–2008)
  • Brad Linden — bass (2008–2009)
Touring musicians
  • Ben Wixson — bass (2008)


Timeline

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]

7"

[edit]
  • Welcome Back Riders — 7" Vinyl Released July 28, 2009 on Fueled By Ramen and Paper + Plastick
  • Vehicle City Blues — 7" Vinyl Released May 29, 2012 on Side One Dummy

EPs

[edit]
  • Beginning of the End Again — Released: August 11, 2005 on Search and Rescue Records
  • Running Out Of Places To Go — Self-Released: October 16, 2012

Demos

[edit]
  • Long and Hard Self-Released (2002)

Compilations

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  • First Taste Of The Morning (2005) TDR
  • Pop Punk Loves You 3 (2007) Wynonna Records
  • Everyone Living Under A Gun (2008) The Political Party Records
  • Rock Against Malaria (2009) Eunuch Records
  • Take Action! Vol 9. (2010) Sub City Records
  • No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3 (2010) No Sleep Records
  • Warped Tour 2010 Tour Compilation (2010) SideOneDummy Records
  • Take Action! Vol 10. (2011) Sub City Records
  • B-sides and Rarities (2014)
  • Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief (2016)[10]
  • B-sides and Rarities (Re-imagined) (2024)

Music Videos

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  • "Tunnel Vision" (2006)
  • "Bottles" (2007)
  • "Fire Away" (2009)
  • "Sleeper" (2010)
  • "The Best I Ever Had" (2011)
  • "Inside My Head" (2012)
  • "Hands" (2012)
  • "Running Out of Places to Go" (2013)
  • "Should" (2013)
  • "High/Low" (2013)
  • "Got Social" (2013)

References

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  1. ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Set Your Goals / Fireworks / The Swellers @ Asbury Park 7/23". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  2. ^ Paul, Aubin (May 31, 2006). "The Swellers". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Swellers release an album's worth of "personalized" songs". Punknews.org. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "The 2010 Vans Warped Tour Lineup". Punkmusic.about.com. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  5. ^ "Ten Artists To Watch In 2010 Part 1 |". Shrednews.com. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  6. ^ "Past Tours". Take Action Tour. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  7. ^ "Alternative Press | Features | Exclusive Stream: The Swellers' "The Best I Ever Had"". Altpress.com. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  8. ^ Sharp, Tyler (August 20, 2014). "Slipknot, Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Of Mice & Men, more announced for Soundwave 2015". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  9. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  10. ^ "Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief, by Snowbird Songs". Notsafetodrink.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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