Swingin' Utters

Swingin' Utters
Swingin' Utters at 924 Gilman St. on December 4, 2009. Left to right: Spike Slawson, Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel, and Jack Dalrymple.
Background information
Origin	Santa Cruz, California
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords; previously USA SideOneDummy, New Red Archives, Quality of Life, BYO Records, TKO
Associated acts	Filthy Thievin' Bastards Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Re-volts Viva Hate One Man Army Dead To Me
Website	http://www.swinginutters.com
Members
Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel (vocals) Darius Koski - (guitars, vocals, accordion) Spike Slawson - (bass, vocals) Greg McEntee (drums, percussion) Jack Dalrymple (guitar, vocals)
Past members
include Max Huber (guitars, vocals - left band 2002) Kevin Wickersham (bass) Joel Dison (guitar) Aric McKenna (guitar - left band 1989)

Swingin' Utters (often typeset as $wingin' Utter$, and originally called Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters) is a Californian punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s.

History

Having begun in Santa Cruz, California, the band moved to San Francisco where they are now based. They have been signed to Fat Wreck Chords since 1996. While Johnny Bonnel is the lead singer of the group, lead guitarist Darius Koski provides lead vocals on many of the bands tracks. Spike Slawson and Jack Dalrymple have also provided lead vocals.

In 2010 a tribute album for the band titled, Untitled 21: A Juvenile Tribute to the Swingin' Utters, was released.

Side projects

Members of the Swingin' Utters have been involved in many musical side projects, most notably Johnny Bonnel, Darius Koski, and Spike Slawson's Filthy Thievin' Bastards (formed in 2000). Druglords of the Avenues with Johnny Peebucks singing (formed in Oakland, California in 2004), and Spike Slawson's Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in which he is the vocalist).

Drummer Greg McEntee also joined Viva Hate in February 2007, and the Re-Volts are fronted by Spike Slawson, with Darius Koski and Jack Dalrymple on guitar in that band. Dalrymple was the former vocalist/guitarist for fellow Fat Wreck band Dead to Me as well. Jack also sang and played guitar in One Man Army, who were on Adeline Records until they disbanded in 2005.

Discography

Studio albums

• Scared - 1992
• The Streets of San Francisco - 1995
• A Juvenile Product of the Working Class - 1996
• Five Lessons Learned - 1998
• Swingin' Utters - 2000
• Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones - 2003
• Here, Under Protest - 2011

Compilations

• More Scared: The House of Faith Years - 1996
• Hatest Grits: B-Sides And Bullshit - 2008

Live albums

• Live at the Fireside Bowl - 1996
• Live in a Dive - 2004

Singles/EPs

• Gives You Strength EP - 1992
• No Eager Men - 1993
• Nothing To Rely On - 1995
• The Sounds Wrong EP - 1995
• I Need Feedback - 1998
• Brazen Head E.P. - 1999
• Teen Idol Eyes - 1999
• "Fat Club" - 2001
• Brand New Lungs - 2010
• "Taking The Long Way" - 2010

Splits

• Swingin' Utters/Slip (split single with Slip) - 1994
• Swingin' Utters/UK Subs (split with UK Subs) - 1995
• Bombing the Bay (split with AFI) - 1997
• BYO Split Series Volume II (split with Youth Brigade) - 1999

Compilation appearances

• "Five Lessons Learned"- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
• "Stupid Lullabies" - Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
• Eddie's Teddy - The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
• The Lonely - That Darn Punk

References

External links

• Official Swingin' Utters homepage
• Swingin' Utters at Allmusic