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Here are 8 facts, 4 half-truths, and 1 lie about Swilson.
- Swilson is indigenous to Dirty Jerzy and the land where the Misfits began, but several years ago migrated west and now inhabits LA’s iPunk scene.
- Swilson is not related to Brian, Robert Anton, E.O., Peter Lamborn, August, Colin, Woodrow, Charlie, or Mookie, at least not as far as anyone knows.
- Swilson took his degree in Demonology from TLA University in Philadelphia.
- Swilson worked as a drunken boardwalk barker, an angry video clerk, a stoned landscaper, and a hip NYC fishmonger before becoming a broke-ass rock musician.
- Swilson once helped solve a horrific quadruple murder in north Jersey.
- John Zorn once gave Swilson a map to Aleister Crowley’s Abbey of Thelema in Cefalù, Sicily.
- Demonology, Swilson’s first LP, was recorded in a woodshed in the San Fernando Valley and features the drumming of fourteenyear-old Sophia DiMatteo.
- The record contains 12 songs about demons, girls, and demons.
- Swilson is an amateur historian of the music & politics of Jamaica, though the closest he’s come to Jamaica is Austin, Texas.
- Swilson tripped over Townes Van Zandt, ate pizza with Lee Ving, and got drunk with Donovan.
- Swilson has never hung out with Roky, Iggy, or Ozzy.
- Swilson’s neighbor is the fifth richest man in the world.
- Swilson won the Satanic Psychedelic Loner Rock Championship in 1989, 1997, and 2004.
