Artist description Very melodic, weirdo rock

Music Style Surreal Rock/Pop

Musical Influences The Beatles, Prince, the Pixies, The Residents, Devo, Allan Holdsworth

Similar Artists Radiohead/The Pixies/Jeff Buckley/XTC

Artist History The Swarm is the music of studio guitarist/singer, Mark Stanley. He has recorded and or performed with: Love and Rockets, Spookey Rueben, Andy Partridge, Clutch, Enemy, Short Bus, Jaws Of Life and many others. Other bands that Mark Stanley plays with and writes for that have MP3.com pages are "Scare Margo", "Farquhar" and the more esoteric home recordings can be heard on the "Mark Stanley" page. All music heard on these pages are for sale on the artist's label site, www.sireelrecords.comThanks for your response to this here music, Peace.

Group Members Mark Stanley-all guitars and vocals/songwriter

Press Reviews New York Press, Pick of the Month 4/97Guitar Player Magazine "...innovative, and soulful. Mark Stanley could be the next Jimi Hendrix."Billboard "...one of the best unsigned bands we've heard all year."Jazztimes "...Kudos to newcomer, Mark Stanley, who sounds like a cross between Steve Vai and Sonny Sharock."

Location Brookeville, Md - USA

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