Swingin' Utters
One of the more traditional-sounding of California's punk revival bands, Swingin' Utters formed in the late '80s around a first-name-only lineup of vocalist Johnny, guitarists Max and Darius, bassist Kevin, and drummer Greg. Originally based in Santa Cruz, these street punks later moved to San Francisco and recorded for several different labels, including Side One, IFA Records, and New Red Archives. The group first released 1992's Scared as Johnny Peebucks & the Swingin' Utters, but things really started to happen for them three years later with their full-length The Streets of San Francisco. The album garnered the band much attention, including Best Debut Album at the Bay Area Music Awards, and Swingin' Utters soon found themselves on the first annual Vans Warped Tour. They later also toured with Rancid before signing to Fat Wreck Chords (run by NOFX's Fat Mike); Swingin' Utters released A Juvenile Product of the Working Class in 1996 and Five Lessons Learned two years later. The Sounds Wrong EP from 1995 was re-released by the label in 1998, with the Brazen Head EP following the next year.
Around the same time, the guys also lent six tracks to a split with Youth Brigade as part of the BYO Split Series. The band's self-titled third studio effort was released in fall 2000, and national tours with the Damned and Dropkick Murphys further heightened the group's popularity among punk rockers. Their debut full-length, produced by Lars Fredericksen, was re-released in October 2001. The next Swingin' Utters studio effort, Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones, was issued in February 2003; a live album in the Live in a Dive series surfaced in summer 2004. By this time, the group comprised founding members Johnny Bonnel, Darius Koski, and Greg McEntee, along with bassist/vocalist Spike Slawson (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes) and guitarist Jack Dalrymple (One Man Army). The bandmembers went back to their other projects during what would turn out to be an eight-year gap between albums before getting back to business in 2011 with their much delayed seventh album, Here, Under Protest, which was followed up quickly in 2013 by the proto-punk-influenced Poorly Formed. A ninth album, Fistful of Hollow, appeared in 2014. In December 2017, the Fat Wreck label issued Drowning in the Sea, Rising with the Sun, a career-spanning compilation that celebrated Swingin' Utters three decades together.
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Five Lessons Learned
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 23 Jun 1998
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A Juvenile Product of the Working Class
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 10 Sep 1996
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The Sounds Wrong EP
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 24 Nov 1998
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Here, Under Protest
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 26 Apr 2011
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......Streets of San Francisco......
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 23 Oct 2001
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Fistful of Hollow
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 10 Nov 2014
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Poorly Formed
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 19 Feb 2013
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BYO Split Series Vol. 2
Swingin' Utters, Youth Brigade
Punk / New Wave - Released by TRUST RECORDS on 7 Jan 2022
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Swingin' Utters
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 29 Jun 2004
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Peace and Love
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 31 Aug 2018
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Drowning in the Sea, Rising with the Sun
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 8 Dec 2017
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Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 25 Feb 2003
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More Scared
Alternative & Indie - Released by SideOneDummy Records on 23 Jan 1996
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Live in a Dive
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 29 Jun 2004
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Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Bullshit
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 28 Oct 2008
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Live at the Fireside Bowl
Punk / New Wave - Released by Liberation on 12 Apr 2005
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Undertaker, Undertake
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 6 Aug 2018
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More Scared (25 Year Anniversary)
Rock - Released by SideOneDummy Records on 26 Aug 2022
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Brazen Head EP
Rock - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 15 Jun 1999
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The Librarians Are Hiding Something
Punk / New Wave - Released by Fat Wreck Chords on 23 Oct 2012
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