The Swellers

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The Swellers
The Swellers live at The Culture Room
Background information
Origin	Fenton, Michigan
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	2002-Present
Labels	Fueled By Ramen Paper + Plastick Search and Rescue Records Radtone Music
Members
Nick Diener Jonathan Diener Ryan Collins Anto Boros
Former members
Garrett Burgett Lance Nelson Nate lamberts Nick Ondovcsik Brad Linden

The Swellers are an American Punk Rock band from Flint, Michigan.^[1] Their music draws influence from melodic punk rock bands as well as alternative and indie rock from the 90's. The Swellers have played a leg on the Vans Warped Tour in 2005 and have since toured with bands such as A Wilhelm Scream, Only Crime, Less Than Jake, Four Year Strong, Streetlight Manifesto, The Artist Life, Polar Bear Club, Paramore, Much The Same and Broadway Calls.

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 were formed and recorded a 3 song demo.

After a week, the band booked their first show at the Flint Local 432 in Flint, Michigan opening for the band Divit (Nitro Records).

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. This was followed in early 2005, with Lamberts 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.

Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers have been constantly touring the U.S., 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. Lance now sings and plays guitar in the band Deadtown. Garrett has continued with the band Fuckin' Gnarly. 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.

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 newest album, titled Ups and Downsizing, was put out on Fueled by Ramen. The Swellers were an opening act for Paramore's 'brand new eyes' tour, which began on September 29, 2009.

Currently, The Swellers are an opening act for Less Than Jake on their Winter United States tour, along with street punk band, The Casualties. It has also been confirmed that The Swellers will be touring with Motion City Soundtrack in early 2010.

Band members

• Nick Diener — guitar and lead vocals
• Jonathan Diener — drums and backing vocals
• Ryan Collins — guitar
• Anto Boros — bass and backing vocals

Former members

• Garrett Burgett (2004-2008) — guitar
• Lance Nelson (2005-2008) — bass
• Nate Lamberts (2002-2005) — bass
• Nick Ondovcsik (2004) — guitar
• Brad Linden (2008-2009) — bass

Discography

• Long and Hard (demo) — Self-Released (2002)
• End Of Discussion — Self-Released: December 3, 2003
• Beginning Of The End Again — Released: August 11, 2005 on Search and Rescue Records
• The Swellers — Released on Radtone Music in Japan
• My Everest — Released: March 19, 2007 on Radtone Music in Japan
• My Everest — Released: June 5, 2007 on Search and Rescue Records
• Personalized Songs 2008 — Released August 24, 2008
• Welcome Back Riders — 7" Vinyl Released July 28, 2009 on Fueled By Ramen and Paper + Plastick
• Ups And Downsizing — Released: September 29, 2009 on Fueled By Ramen

Related Links

• Official website
• Myspace page of The Swellers
• PureVolume | The Swellers

References