Swamptrash
Scottish band
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Swamptrash were a Scottish bluegrass/psychobilly band formed in 1987 in Edinburgh. They split in 1989 and several of the members went on to form Shooglenifty.[1] The band has been recognised as crucial to the development of experimental Scottish acoustic music.[2]
they really were a ramshackle and thoroughly enjoyable faux-punk string/bluegrass band who attacked new and old tunes with the verve and self-evident pleasure others heard in the Pogues
— Grant Alden, 27 March 2007[3]
Personnel
Members have included:
- Harry Horse - vocals, banjo (later played in Hexology and worked as a children's author, political illustrator/cartoonist for The Scotsman and The Herald newspapers, and developer of the video game Drowned God)
- Neil McArthur - fiddle
- James MacIntosh - drums (later played in Capercaillie and with Michael McGoldrick, now in Shooglenifty)
- Garry "Banjo" Finlayson - banjo (later in Shooglenifty)
- Malcolm Crosbie - guitar (currently in Shooglenifty)
- Nick Prescott - mandolin
- Conrad Molleson - bass (later played with Catriona MacDonald and in Shooglenifty)
- Angus R. Grant - fiddle (later in Shooglenifty, died 2016)[4]
Discography
- It Makes No Never Mind - DDT Records (1987 album)
- Bone (6 track EP recorded as a session for Janice Long on BBC Radio 1)
