Artist History The Swills are a four-piece band based in Cleveland, OH. They released their debut CD in the fall of 1999. It was recorded at 609, Don DePew's recording studio in Cleveland where bands like Guided By Voices and the New Bomb Turks have recorded. They got the CD done just in time to take it with them to New York City in the fall of 1999 to play the CMJ festival there. The band's vocalist, A.P. Hilliard, has played in a number of bands over the years, including Circle of Willis, Drill Kitty and the Tumbleweeds. In 1998, A.P. formed a band called Western Electric which was later renamed the Swills. A.P. writes the songs for the Swills and also plays rhythm guitar. Jay Kuebler (drums) used to play drums for Cleveland punk legends Confront, speed-core band Windpipe and punk glamsters the Ohio City Rollers. Having grown tired of the demanding rock star lifestyle, Jay and A.P. began plotting their exit from the rock scene in 1997 and went on to form country traditionalists the Tumbleweeds. When that band fizzled, the two went on to form Western Electric.Bill Coll (bass) played bass in a band called Ditch for a good part of the 1990's. When the Tumbleweeds lost their bass player, Bill offered to join that band but the three of them decided to start a new band, the Swills (nee Western Electric).Andy Stibora (guitars, backing vocals) and Bill were in Ditch together, with Andy singing and playing guitar. Western Electric recruited Andy early on and though Bill and Andy continued Ditch for a few months after that, they decided to devote themselves fulltime to Western Electric near the end of 1998.Having discovered there were several other bands using the name Western Electric, the boys decided to rename themselves the Swills in 2000. A second CD is in the works and the band plays gigs around Cleveland on a regular basis.

Instruments guitars, bass, drums

Location Cleveland, OH - USA

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