The Swellers

We are going to be doing a small tour of Anto-land (aka Canada)...

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400

We are going to be doing a small tour of Anto-land (aka Canada) this summer with our good buddies in Living With Lions and Daytrader, along with new homies in Major League. It’s been a minute since we’ve been to some of these cities, so we’re stoked to come back! See you guys in July!

7.09 London, ON at Rum Runners - TICKETS
7.10 Ottawa, ON at Maverick’s - TICKETS
7.11 Montreal, QC, at FouFounes Electriques - TICKETS
7.12 Quebec City, QC at The Door - TICKETS

There are very few of the Red pre-orders left available! These...

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:33:27 -0400

There are very few of the Red pre-orders left available! These will sellout, and we will only have a very limited amount on our tour with The Early November, The Wonder Years and Young Statues, so make sure you pick one up soon! http://bit.ly/VehicleCityBlues

sideonedummyrecords:

The Swellers - Vehicle City Blues 7”

Check out all the variants of this release. Stock arrived today and we’ll be getting them out the door soon. Retailers at your favorite record store will be getting the Blue. ShopRadioCast is selling the Green version. Our Online Store has the Red on sale and there are still a few copies left.

Vehicle City Blues 7” on Red Vinyl

We have a new 7” with two new songs called VEHICLE CITY...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:31:05 -0400

We have a new 7” with two new songs called VEHICLE CITY BLUES that is coming out on May 29th, via SideOneDummy Records!

1.) Vehicle City Blues

2.) Red Lights

The color choice for the records was easy. The first song was its own color, then the second song has the lyrics, “Red lights turn green for me today.”

THE BREAKDOWN OF AVAILABLE COLORS:

RED lights color: 300 - available exclusively through SideOneDummy and our spring tour with The Early November, The Wonder Years, and Young Statues

GREEN lights color: 300 - available exclusively through Shop Radio Cast

Vehicle City BLUES: 400 - Available in retail (Hot Topic, Interpunk, indie stores, etc.)

Recently, The Swellers decided that it was time to part ways...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:57:00 -0400

Recently, The Swellers decided that it was time to part ways with Fueled By Ramen. We’ve had a good run with them and have a lot of appreciation and respect for everyone at the label. While we wish the staff and their bands the best of luck, we’ve come to the conclusion that being part of a major label just isn’t the right fit for us right now. We’re ready to continue developing who we are as a band, and excited to give our fans the very best of us in whole new ways. We’re excited for this to be a bit of a return to form, while also being a whole new beginning.

On May 29th, we’re releasing a 7” of two songs recorded from the Good For Me sessions that weren’t on the album, but are some of our favorite songs we’ve ever written. They’re some of our fastest, most aggressive songs we’ve made to date. The 7” title came from the song “Vehicle City Blues,” which we wrote about the recent effects of a serial killer in Flint, MI. Our friends at SideOneDummy Records are releasing the 7” for us on limited blue, red, and green vinyl. We’re very proud of these songs and can’t wait for you to hear them.

However, we also want everyone to know that The Swellers are not slowing down by any means. Two days ago, we arrived in the UK to start a sold-out tour with Deaf Havana, return to Groezrock in Belgium (one of our favorite festivals), and then next month we tour the US with our friends in The Early November, The Wonder Years, and Young Statues. We’re planning on releasing an EP on our own later this year before signing with a new label for an album sometime in 2013.

A lot is changing in the way that artists are able to get their music out to people and we’re embracing it. This is going to be good.

- The Swellers

Pre-orders for the Vehicle City Blues 7” are available at http://bit.ly/VehicleCityBlues

Stream “Vehicle City Blues” below!

Here’s the “Inside My Head” video on YouTube....

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:05:45 -0400

Here’s the “Inside My Head” video on YouTube. Make sure you go over to AbsolutePunk.net to enter our caption contest and you could win a signed copy of the Good For Me CD and the vinyl.

Our new video for “Inside My Head” is up now...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:06:06 -0400

Our new video for “Inside My Head” is up now exclusively on AbsolutePunk.net! Click HERE to watch it.

“Inside My Head” making of the video story! The...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:18:16 -0400

“Inside My Head” making of the video story!

The countdown to the “Inside My Head” video premiere continues on AbsolutePunk with a write up from Jono about the making of the video. Check it out by clicking the picture!

COUNTDOWN to the “INSIDE MY HEAD” video! TODAY:...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:51:52 -0400

COUNTDOWN to the “INSIDE MY HEAD” video!

TODAY: Still Shots from the video! Click the picture to check out some others!

The Fueled By Ramen Spring Cleaning Sale For the next 24 Hours...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:39:43 -0400

The Fueled By Ramen Spring Cleaning Sale

For the next 24 Hours you can pick up $15 Apparel Grab Bags from The Swellers. Grab Bags could include a combination of hoodie and t-shirts. Click HERE to order now.

“INSIDE MY HEAD VIDEO PREMIERE”

UPDATE: The music video for our song “Inside My Head” debuts MONDAY at 1pm Eastern time on AbsolutePunk. Stay tuned for a daily update until the video is released:

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2704702

SPRING CLEANING SALE! Get THE SWELLERS shirts for $7.50 and...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:36 -0400

SPRING CLEANING SALE!

Get THE SWELLERS shirts for $7.50 and hoodies for $17.50!

It only lasts a little bit so please click the picture and pick up some Swellers gear while you can!

We are EXTREMELY excited to announce our tour with The Early...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:41:00 -0400

We are EXTREMELY excited to announce our tour with The Early November, The Wonder Years and Young Statues!

Make sure you check out all of the dates and get your tickets early! Can’t wait to see you!

w/ THE WONDER YEARS

5.22 Syracuse, NY at The Lost Horizon

US TOUR WITH THE EARLY NOVEMBER, THE WONDER YEARS, AND YOUNG STATUES

5.23 New York, NY at Irving Plaza - TICKETS
5.24 Rochester, NY at Water Street Music Hall - TICKETS
5.25 Cleveland, OH at House of Blues - TICKETS
5.26 Howell, MI at Bled Fest - TICKETS
5.27 Toronto, ON at Opera House - TICKETS
5.29 Chicago, IL at Metro - TICKETS
5.30 Minneapolis, MN at Varsity Theater - TICKETS
6.01 Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall - TICKETS
6.02 Salt Lake City, UT at In The Venue - TICKETS
6.04 Seattle, WA at El Corazon - TICKETS
6.06 San Francisco, CA at Slims - TICKETS
6.07 Los Angeles, CA at El Ray Theatre - TICKETS
6.08 Anaheim, CA at House of Blues - TICKETS
6.09 San Diego, CA at Soma - TICKETS

The Swellers' Annual Absolutepunk April Fool's Joke

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:32:00 -0400

The Swellers' Annual Absolutepunk April Fool's Joke:

Click the link above to take you to our AbsolutePunk thread where you can see people got the joke fairly quickly in the comments section. Read the paragraph we wrote to describe why we were raising money too, it’s full of backwards and goofy phrasing that is all a joke.

April Fools. We want everyone to know that we are in no way serious about the previous post on AbsolutePunk about us asking for $60,000 on Kickstarter. We’re hoping you understood that with the MASSIVE amount of money, the really really bad perks you would get for donating, and the fact that we say we ask for things all the time that we weren’t serious. To be honest, our band rarely, if ever asks for favors from people. We pride ourselves on working hard and hoping people help us out when they realize that.

We think KickStarter is a really useful tool for helping anyone raise money, but it shouldn’t be abused like it seems to be lately. If you get the money you ask for, well that’s amazing, but you shouldn’t solely rely on KickStarter for ALL of your funding. When we need your help, we’ll be very serious, honest and open about it. For now we’re just having fun and being goofballs.

Thanks for playing, we’ll see you next year.

Nick dressed up to celebrate CM Punk’s win!...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:10:03 -0400

Nick dressed up to celebrate CM Punk’s win! Wrestlemania!!!

pupfresh: Watch the best wrestler in the world, CM Punk, work...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:08:43 -0400

pupfresh:

Watch the best wrestler in the world, CM Punk, work out while wearing a Swellers hoodie.

Happy Wrestlemania Day with the coolest surprise ever!

Pretty cool to see the champion wearing our stuff. Defend that title Punk!!!

50 limited edition silkscreened posters were made for tonight....

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:00:39 -0400

50 limited edition silkscreened posters were made for tonight. $10 goes toward @flintlocal432 by @bensears (Taken with instagram)

jonathandiener: Front page of the Entertainment section!! Flint...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:05:04 -0400

jonathandiener:

Front page of the Entertainment section!! Flint celebs (to grandmas)!

Also they used a 4 year old picture haha!

The Flint Journal

Some old show posters from Michigan @flintlocal432 (Taken with...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:56:21 -0400

Some old show posters from Michigan @flintlocal432 (Taken with instagram)

Click the picture to check out this cool interview Mlive.com did...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:39:00 -0400

Click the picture to check out this cool interview Mlive.com did with Jonathan, Nick and Ryan about hard work, reopening the Flint Local 432 and how “making it” is a lot harder than people think!

*edit* ignore the old picture and wrong caption! being changed soon!

Help Jono get in DRUM! Magazine! It’s simple, click the...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:58:42 -0400

Help Jono get in DRUM! Magazine!

It’s simple, click the picture and just vote “Jonathan Diener” as “Punk Drummer Of The Year”!

Focusing specifically on this category helped Jono get in the magazine last year with the likes of Tre Cool of Green Day.

PLEASE VOTE! We really appreciate it!

-Swellers

So, if you’ve ever watched a Swellers Tour video on...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:00:05 -0400

So, if you’ve ever watched a Swellers Tour video on YouTube, you could probably pick up that we’re quite the big wrestling fans, and if by chance you follow our band on our Twitter or Facebook account, you’d know that on our last tour, which was a co-headline with our friends in You Me At Six, we were lucky enough to get guestlisted to a live taping of WWE’s Monday Night Raw on our day off. Needless to say, for a lot of us, that was a dream come true. Getting to see a live WWE event that was broadcasted all over the world, and getting to do so in the best seats of the house:
ringside. It was an amazing night and we had one man to thank for that, CM Punk.

Well, after that experience, we finished off our tour with YMAS, and then played shows on the way home. We’ve been home for a few weeks now and I caught wind that the WWE had an event scheduled in Toronto. I was ecstatic. I got in touch with CM Punk again to see if there were any way i could potentially come out to the show. Lucky for me, CM Punk is one heck of a great dude and hooked me up for the event. We got there a bit before doors and when we were let in, we were seated yet again at ringside. It sure was phenomenal.

Before the show started, CM Punk took the time to meet up with me. I hooked him up with some Swellers swag and we had the opportunity to talk a bit about wrestling and about music. Specifically about how small the punk rock community seems to be in the sense that everyone seems to know everyone somehow and everyone looks out for everyone. It’s a beautiful thing, really. I got to hear about Lars Frederiksen supporting CM Punk ringside when Punk won his first Intercontinental Championship. Anyway, it was just really cool getting to shoot the shit. Punk had to get ready for the show, and I went back to my seat to get ready for the show. The show itself was great.

The card was stacked. A particularly great part of my night was getting to see Chris Jericho wrestle Kofi Kingston. It was a great match that began with Jericho coming out to the ring and just bashing the shit out of Toronto, saying how he’s embarrassed to be Canadian because of a city like Toronto. I loved every minute of it. He was hilarious. He ended up beating Kingston. We also got to see John Cena take on Kane in a last man standing match. There were tables involved which was fucking great. Kane threw Cena into a table which was just amazing, but in the end, Cena gave Kane an attitude adjustment threw another table. Seeing wrestlers go through tables in real life as opposed to seeing it on TV is so much cooler. Fun little fact: I got thrown through a table once. I bet it looked awesome. Unfortunately, that table wasn’t rectangular, it was one giant circle. It hurt like hell. But again, I bet it looked badass. I also bet that if there were hot bikini babes in the room that saw me go through it, they’d all want to date me.

The main event was CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler in a 2 out of 3 falls match, which was so fucking amazing because i thought they stopped doing those types of matches. They used to do them in the late 80’s and i believe the early 90’s. I was also excited for this match because i think CM Punk and Ziggler are the best wrestlers in the business right now so I knew it’d be good. I was 100% correct. It was an amazing match. The best part for me was when Punk came over to our side of the ring and asked if we had any requests. I immediately shouted out for a russian leg sweep which was one of Bret Harts signature moves. Punk did not disappoint. He ended up nailing Ziggler with one.

Our entire section went crazy. When the match spilled out of the ring, we told Punk he should give Ziggler the sharpshooter. Not only did Punk slap on the sharpshooter, beforehand he set him up exactly the way Bret Hart would. Gave him another russian leg sweep, gave him an elbow off the second turnbuckle, then applied the sharpshooter. The crowd lost their minds. It was fucking epic. Eventually they ended up on the outside again. Punk was in control and grabbed Ziggler from behind pushing him towards me and told me to headbutt Ziggler straight in the chest. Without hesitation I did just that. I got such a huge pop from the crowd. Could be one of the coolest things i’ve done. I consider that my debut in the WWE.

Punk eventually took the match and remained the WWE Champion. The crowd went wild for him. He was at the top of his game and he had the entire audience captivated and cheering his name incredibly loud. CM Punk is such a great example of a dude that followed his dreams, worked his ass off, never gave up, and realized them. It was inspiring seeing how much all of his hard work and years of dedication payed off.

-Anto