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After a few years of playing shows all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited Nick Ondovcsik on 2nd guitar. After a short lived stint with the band, Ondovcsik left in order to pursue other musical interests, eventually forming the death metal band Ares Letum. In early 2005,
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In May 2024, The Swellers released a compilation album on all streaming platforms, called B-sides and Rarities. The re imagined compilation album included b-side tracks from Good For Me, Ups and Downsizing, Vehicle City Blues, Running Out Of Places To Go, Montreal Screwjob, plus their full acoustic
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From the months of March 2008 to May, Lance and Garrett left the group before several large tours. The Swellers enlisted Ryan Collins, the guitarist of the fellow labelmates and now defunct act, Alucard (whose other guitarist, Mike Supina, recently joined
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In June and July 2006, the band embarked on a tour of the US. Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the U.S. That same year, they signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows.
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in October on the Vans Off The Wall Tour in Europe, flew home to play The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL with The Suicide Machines, Strike Anywhere and A Wilhelm Scream. One month later the band went back overseas to support
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Lamberts followed, leaving to pursue a college education. Close friends and fellow members of the Flint music scene at the time, Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, joined soon after on bass and guitar.
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in the spring of 2005 at Sentient Studios in Flint, MI. That summer the band signed to Search and Rescue Records and played a Midwestern/Canadian leg of the
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In April 2012, they announced their departure from the Fueled by Ramen label. They would release a 7" (Vehicle City Blues) on Side One Dummy Records.
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The Swellers journeyed to Europe for the first time in 2010 and played the Give It A Name Festival in several countries,
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On June 24, 2014 they announced via Facebook and Twitter that they would be breaking up and booking farewell shows.
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From June 25 to July 17, 2010, The Swellers played Vans Warped Tour for the second time on the Ernie Ball Stage.
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in Belgium, then headlined the Give It A Name Introduces Tour in the UK with Anarbor and The Dangerous Summer.
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would be released on June 14, where one of the new tracks called "Best I Ever Had" could be streamed.
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On April 15, 2014, The Swellers announced via Facebook their release of "B-sides and Rarities."
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in May 2013 and announced in August 2013 that they would be releasing their 4th full length,
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On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from
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In November and December 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in
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On August 25, 2008, the band released a 15-track album of "personalized" songs via
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In March the band was named one of Shred News's "Artists to watch in 2010".
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Second guitar player Ryan Collins joined the band prior to the recording of
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Left to right: Boros, Nick Diener, Jonathan Diener, and Collins in 2011
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on their Winter United States tour, along with the street punk band
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Jonathan Diener — drums and backing vocals (2002–2015)
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On October 16, The Swellers self-released an EP entitled
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Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief
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Anto Boros — bass and backing vocals (2009–2015)
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Nick Diener — guitar and lead vocals (2002–2015)
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Interview with The Swellers on SGM Music Webzine 2010
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After a week, the band booked its first show at the
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Left to right: Boros, Nick Diener, Jonathan Diener, and Collins in 2011
Flint, Michigan
Punk rock
pop punk
emo
melodic hardcore
Fueled by Ramen
punk
Flint, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Fenton, Michigan
Flint Local 432
Flint, Michigan
Vans Warped Tour
Chicago, Illinois
My Everest
A Wilhelm Scream
PureVolume
Ups and Downsizing
Fueled by Ramen
Paramore
Less Than Jake
The Casualties
Motion City Soundtrack
Groezrock
Anti-Flag
Young Guns
The Blackout
UK
Ireland

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