Artist description Take the explosiveness of Bowie and the Spiders from Mars, the Slinkiness of Marc Bolan and T-Rex in their prime, modernize and transport them to the 21st century, add a great female front person/singer and the result is the Atomic Swindlers.

Music Style Glam meets Punk in the 21st Century.

Musical Influences David Bowie, T-Rex, Blondie, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith

Similar Artists David Bowie, Flaming Lips, Concrete Blonde

Artist History Chris(guitar),Gary(bass)and Roy(drums)are veterans from the Enigma/Restless Records recording group"the Jet Black Berries." the "Jet Black Berries" sold over 50,000 records and appeared on the "Return of thr Living Dead" soundtrack.

Group Members April Laragy: Lead Vocals,Assorted Instruments Scott Ostrowski: Guitar/Backing Vocals Roy Stein: Drums/Backing Vocals Gary Trainer: Bass Chris Yockel: Guitar

Albums Intergalactic Lesbian Love Songs

Press Reviews The Next Big Thing :by Lindsay Hutton Way "backintheday" there was a band by the name of New Math. Then they became The Jet Black Berries and made a few more albums then folded. They were really something. Now Gary Trainer, Roy Stein and Chris Yockel of the NM/JBB axis have got a new combo together with April Laragy pictured here and Scott Ostrowski called The Atomic Swindlers. They trade in a grandiose swinging glam long considered lost to the world and add a little punk rock undertow as one might expect. City Newspaper SEPTEMBER 3, 2003 This week's musical highlights Atomic Swindlers ROCK Space cowgirl and Rochester rock 'n' roll troublemaker April Laragy's voice is rich, pliable, and resonantly haunting. She leads The Atomic Swindlers through four tracks of intense, new wave-ish rock 'n' roll on their new EP, Intergalactic Lesbian Love Songs (a mere sampling of what's to come this fall when they release a new full-length platter). She vacillates effortlessly from coquettish girl-next-door to extraterrestrial dominatrix with bursts of passion and excitement in between. The band, with a newly added keyboardist, exhibits a tight-as-Bowie sound with one foot still in the glam-rock grave. And if you can take your eyes off Laragy for more than a couple of seconds, the rest of the band is equally sexy and menacing. The Atomic Swindlers are original cool --- Frank De Blasé

Location Rochester, New York - USA

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