The Switchblades

The Switchblades create a sound that is aggressive, dangerous, and altogether unique by fusing multiple potent musical styles, from psychobilly to punk to heavy metal and blues. Lyrically influenced by Lemmy from Motorhead, combined with a Poe like inner psychosis; their nefarious lyrics have already led to promoter requests to tone down their performances. But as Harry Crewes said ‘what the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.’ Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

The Switchblades create a sound that is aggressive, dangerous, and altogether unique by fusing multiple potent musical styles, from psychobilly to punk to heavy metal and blues. Lyrically influenced by Lemmy from Motorhead, combined with a Poe like inner psychosis; their nefarious lyrics have already led to promoter requests to tone down their performances. But as Harry Crewes said ‘what the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.’ The band is an eclectic mix of talented musicians. Jarran Zen, the enigmatic singer, also plays double bass. The lead guitarist, Nick, is a modern day moody blues man with a heavy metal edge. Their drummer, Tanya, provides a punk cadence to the finished songs that is completely in sync with the band’s musical style. And Steve, the rhythm guitarist, rounds off the band’s intense sound. Jarran Zen lives music 24/7 and as a result is a prolific songwriter, but the strength behind the band’s music comes from the fractious relationship between Nick the guitarist and Jarran Zen. Their writing partnership is one of two opinionated individuals who clash on many issues but can compromise on producing music. But, rather than reviving musical genres that have been dead for fifty years, they want to challenge the status quo of the music scene with an innovative style. For now, the band has no particular interest in being signed to a label; it is about the audience listening to their music and using interactive media to provide accessibility. Jarran Zen believes that with such powerful software tools for creating media access at our disposal, we can be truer to the punk ethos of do it yourself than ever before. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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…shrink me down again