Thee Swank Bastards

Rank #4 Las Vegas, NV Rock / Surf / Soul

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Members: Jesse DelQuadro, Shaun Coleman, John Holod

Sounds Like: Reverend Horton Heat, The Ventures, Dick Dale

Label: http://www.dionysusrecords.com/home/

Manager: Eddie Torrez

Bio: The desert oasis of Las Vegas isn’t the typical birthplace of supercharged surf rock, but Thee Swank Bastards are not your typical surf band. This land-locked playground may have Criss Angel, Celine Dion, acrobats, and the ghost of white-jumpsuit Elvis, but something it doesn’t have is waves.

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“Unlike many surf bands, the Bastards actually have real songs (putting them in the same league as LA's Boardwalkers or the Black Widows, in my mind) and all three - Jesse del Quadro on guitar, Shaun Coleman on bass and John Holod on drums - are stellar musicians and showmen.”

— Rich , Rich's R'n'R Rants & Raves

“The songs that Thee Swank Bastards perform have the wonderful immediacy of surf music which its screeching guitar riffs and pulsating bass and with a playfulness that is frankly lacking in so much of today’s music. The band really mixes up the type of songs that they play from traditional surf sounds to Bloody Sabbath’s “Fairies Wear Boots” to their own compositions including their most popular song, “Just Put the Tip In” (the title, which speaks for itself, also give a hint to the band’s brand of off-color humor.)”

— Chris Wolff , Cleveland Rock and Roll

“Like Colonel Kilgore once said, Charlie don't surf. And neither do Thee Swank Bastards. But that doesn't stop 'em from layin' down some fleet-fingered surf rock. Read on and catch the wave.”

— Jason Bracelin, Las Vegas Review Journal

“...they [Thee Swank Bastards] prove that you don’t need to bubble gum-up your sound to play to a crowd. It might not be widely accepted to add that much grit to a surf song, but then again this isn’t pop music, and Thee Swank Bastards have definitely found that nice middle ground.”

— Alfred Montez, Eastside Mix

“Thee Swank Bastards is an instrumental surf-punk group that is good enough to make Agent Orange blush”

— Ridge Briel , Mind Equals Blown

“ Their sound is like "Surf And Soul" they sound like the Ventures, Jan and Dean, the surf music from the 60's. ...to me it's like Black Sabbath Meets The Ventures.”

— Bob Mandokini, Big Wheel Magazine

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Sanctioned To Life
just awesome
RED SERIPH
dropping by for some great music!!!
Simon Lister
Fantastic music! Absolutely brilliant.
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The Gnomes are all bobbin' about in all flotsam and jetsom your twangsville riptides... daddio
Steve Bonino
I played your video for a friend and she said: "That singer sure knows how to keep it up". I think she meant the hoola hoop.