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The Surf Rats have been touring and recording their own unique style of psychobilly since the dawn of the UK scene in the early 1980's. The band's original line-up recorded two classic "must-have" psychobilly albums for Lost Moment Records. During the decline of the psychobilly scene in the 1990's, the original line-up continued to perform and record under different names, moving more towards a rockabilly sound. Driven by frontman Gaz Marson (songwriter, guitar, and vocals), the band toured extensively in America in 2001 and 2002 as The Love Cowboys. With the new rockabilly/psychobilly sound, The Love Cowboys were on tour...

A Florida Band, Marty Good - http://www.myspace.com/swampbrothers check it out so your not confused as to whom your listening to. as for the rest of the info below is well done. 1. http://myspace.com/welcometotheswamp An American sludge metal / swamp metal band. Formed in early 2010, Swamp is a four member one-man-band consisting of the collective figments of the various musical imaginations of Stephen Hoffman, slowly and painstakingly integrated into a coherent musical form through excessive amplification, anal-retentive drum programming, and the lyrical genius gleaned from hours of extended screaming matches with mirrors. Swamp, playing out of Galesburg, Illinois and Indianapolis,...

"... [The Vertebrats] straddled punk, borrowing its direct drive, aggression and edgy attitude, but marrying it to a more classic pop melodic sense, and with more guitar playing rather than punk's power chord blitzes... Everything here makes the critical grade, thanks to seemingly effortless harmonies, frugal jet-pack riffs and an overall "rock the joint" loose feel..." -Big Takeover "...Less heralded, but almost as essential are long defunct Champaign, Illinois band The Vertebrats, who in its 1979-82 lifespan made a raw, but lovable noise that echoed the worthier aspects of power-pop, while presaging the Replacements school of punk-inflected confessionalism. The 'brats'...

Factory Records' avant-funk band Swamp Children initially shared members with A Certain Ratio before mutating into acclaimed latin jazz contenders Kalima in 1983, releasing four albums between 1986 and 2002. Swamp Children formed in Manchester, UK in 1980, around core members Ann Quigley (vocals), Tony Quigley (sax and bass), John Kirkham (guitar), Ceri Evans (keyboards and bass), Cliff Saffer (sax) and Martin Moscrop (drums). Although their close association with fellow avant-funksters A Certain Ratio lead many to assume that Swamp Children were merely an ACR splinter group, Swamp Children always pursued a more latin, bossa nova and jazz tinged agenda,...