DESCRIPTION:
Swing Kids from San Diego, Ca perform "Disease" from their 7" and also the Food Not Bombs Benefit compilation from 1994. Enjoy.

wikipedia:

Swing Kids were a hardcore band from San Diego California during the mid 1990s. They were closely involved with and influenced by the forerunners of the San Diego hardcore punk scene of the 1990s.

Their music was characterized by Justin Pearson's spoken/screamed vocals and their melodic/chaotic rhythms and song structures. Swing Kids were influenced by fellow San Diego bands Antioch Arrow and Drive Like Jehu. On a broader scale, their music and lyrics were influenced by post-punk.

Swing Kids carried the San Diego "art hardcore" movement past the initial wave of Gravity Records bands and through to the late 1990s, releasing a 7" EP and split 10" EP along the way. Despite their importance in a relatively small scene, Swing Kids' impact both during their tenure and after their 1997 breakup was global, thanks to many independent Zines and a US/European tour.

* Eric Allen (of Unbroken)
* Jose Palafox (of Struggle and Bread and Circuits)
* John Brady (of Spanakorzo and Sweep the Leg Johnny)
* Justin Pearson (of The Locust), who would release their recordings on his own Three One G record label.
* Jimmy LaValle (of The Album Leaf)

Discography

* Swing Kids 7" EP - Kidney Room Records (Later re-released as Three One G #2)
* Swing Kids/Spanakorzo 10" Split EP - Three One G #3
* Discography CD/Picture Disc 12" - Three One G
* Live Bootleg Record 7" - Not on label
* Food Not Bombs Compilation (Disease) - Inchworm Records
* This is Circumstantial Evidence DVD - Three One G

http://www.myspace.com/officialswingkids