Sonic Swirl Records News

July/August Update

Hey Sonic Swirl fans!
I know it's been long time since my last update. Sorry! I'm sure you all been little upset not getting a new Sonic Babe each month. I needed to take a long break from the label, due to personal issues. For most of 2006 & the first few months of 2007 my life took a wrong turn. I needed to get control of my life. Within the last few months, things have been shaping up in a positive direction for me.

Okay. Since my last up in Jan. we have not released any new cds. But Chinatown did go in a second pressing, Also Chinatown's song 'Indians' was featured in MTVs show 'Viva La Bam'. Band received more plugs in Classic Rock magazine, including a full page feature. Band has been doing a few shows in Vancouver, BC. Also Chinatown is planning to write & record a new album for 2008.

In White Demons news. The band scored on the sound track for American Pie 'Naked Mile'. The band has been busy writing new rock athems & gigging. They had to replace guitarist Tony Krank with new axe man Mike Shock. The band sounds better than ever'

The Space Cowboys spent the last year touring on & off with U.K.'s rock trio Therapy. Also toured with Flaming Sideburns. Now the guys are busy writing and recording there new album. No release date at this time'

Cleveland's Welcome To Bangkok been working on & off on their long waited debut release. The band has reported the album is finish, but has to mixed & mastered. We are looking to release it in October 2007. More news within next month.

Also for this fall, Sonic Swirl will be releasing Oslo, Norway's Bazooka Boppers debut release titled 'Bad Girl Boogie'. Bazooka Boppers are a killer all female band. They rock long the lines of Ac/Dc, Runaways & Girlschool. We well have mp3 up within the next few months.

For some sad news. B.A. Baracus are breaking up, but not for negative reasons. The band has decide to call it day, since not everybody in the band can commit. Lead vocals Patrick & bassist Badger are forming a new band. Lead vocalist Patrick reported that new band well be little faster & tighter than B.A. Baracus. More in the vein of old school New Bomb Turks sound. Sonic swirl is total looking forward this new project. B.A. Baracus well be doing there last official show in August. Good luck to all the guys in the band. Thanks for the great times you gave to the Sonic Swirl family & fans.

For 2007 Sonic Swirl is taking a break, but well be releasing least 2 or 3 releases end of this year. I'll post an update each other month. Also try to keep up with a new Sonic Babe each month. Thanks again for all your support!
Rock on!
Mike Swirl

Happy New Year!

Check out the January 2007 Sonic Babe - V.K. Lynne!

Happy Holidays!

It's the end of the year! This year, Sonic Swirl records moved in a new direction. I released bands with a more straight-ahead rock sound, and less of a garage punk sound than the label is known for. Sonic Swirl, as a label, grew larger this year by getting more press from bigger magazines like CLASSIC ROCK, CREEM, ALL ACCESS, PRICK, BRAVE WORDS & BLOODY KNUCKLES & RAZOR CAKE...Thanks to all the magazines & webzines for all the great reviews & support. Extra thanks to Ken @ Sleazegrinder. Also, a huge thanks to all of the Sonic Swirl fans who bought our CDs and came out to the shows! Without your support & care, our label would not stay alive. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Since it's the end of 2006, I would like to let you good people know what I thought were the best 10 albums of 2006. I did not include any Sonic Swirl bands. That would not be fair. This list is not in any particular order.

Backyard Babies - "People Like People like People Like Us"
Backyard Babies is, to me, one of today's best rock bands. This album has 70's rock all over it. You can hear influences from Kiss to Aerosmith and Cheap Trick to New York Dolls. Also, a little splash of Social D that the band is known for. Glam sleaze rock at it's best!

Cheap Trick - "Rock Ford"
Cheap Trick's latest effort goes back to the band's roots. "Rock Ford" is one of the band's best releases since the 70's.

Slayer - "Christ Illusion"
Slayer is one those bands where you know what your getting before you buy it. Brutal trash/death metal kings! This album sounds like classic 80's Slayer. Right between "South of Heaven" & "Reign In Blood".

Rhino Bucket - "And Then It Got Ugly"
I love this band. This is Rhino's comeback album. Rocks as hard as the first three albums from the early 90's. Straight ahead Ac/Dc inspired hard rock. I'm a sucker for Ac/Dc- sounding bands.

The Quill - "In Triumph"
The Quill is a band that not many rock fans know about. This is the fourth release from The Quill. The band has a heavy guitar sound with soaring vocals. If you are into 70's hard rock, you must check them out. This is a must for fans of Zeppelin, Sabbath, Soundgarden & Monster Magnet.

The Last Vegas - "Seal The Deal"
The Last Vegas are one those lucky bands who lost their front man & came back with a new and stronger front man. I thought the first album was killer, but "Seal The Deal" blows it away. "Seal The Deal" is just straight up bad-ass hard rock. Fans of Motorhead, 70's Aerosmith & Thin Lizzy must buy this cd!

Towers Of London - "Blood Sweet & Towers"
This is a great debut release by UK's Towers of London. It has a classic sleaze rock sound with a punch of 70's british punk. Guns N Roses meets The Clash may be the best way to describe their sound.

Black Stone Cherry - "self title"
This is the band's debut release. It has killer 70's inspired hard rock with a kick of southern rock. The band has a great bluesy vocalist as well as killer axe playing. A must for classic rock fans.

Buckcherry - "15"
This is the band's third release and the best. Buckcherry still has that killer Ac/Dc meets The Cult sound. This band may be the answer for getting hard rock music to the younger generation. They may blow open the doors to a whole new generation of hard rock bands. Let's hope so!

Motorhead - "Kiss Of Death"
What's to say!?! It's Fuckin' Mototrhead! Motorhead only puts out two kinds of albums, great or killer albums. "Kiss of Death" is a killer release. Lemmy is God!

There you have it... my 10 picks for 2006. Go out and buy these albums. Well... after you buy some Sonic Swirl CDs first! LOL!

Okay time for some SSR news!

The next big release for 2007 is an all female band from Norway, BAZOOKA BOPPERS. Forget the Donnas & L7. The band's sound rocks along the lines of Ac/Dc, Runaways, Girlschool & Rose Tattoo. Killer guitar hooks like Angus Young & Chuck Berry. Added with a sexy sounding bad girl vocalist, Bazoka Boppers play loud & crude rock n' roll. Sonic Swirl is proud to release the band's full length debut. Looking at a March/ April release. More details within the next few months. Bazooka Boppers lead vocalist was Benedicte Braenden who was our April Sonic Babe. So, I decided to have her as December's Sonic Babe as well. Enjoy, she's every rocker's dream come true!
Have a safe & rockin' holiday!

Mike Swirl

Hello Everyone,

It's almost the end of the year. For the next two months we will be planning our 2007 releases. Welcome To Bangkok is out finishing on last touches to their long waited debut that will be released in the Spring of 2007. The Space Cowboys just finished their tourand will be writing for a new album for 2007. B.A. Baracus also will be writing new songs for a second release in 2007. White Demons will be playing more gigs in the near future & hope to be touring the U.S. in 2007. Also in White Demons news... The band received an 8 out 10 in the October issue of Classic Rock magazine in the U.K. Which can be found on the band's release page...

This years Sonic Swirl's MONSTER A Go-Go Halloween Party once again was a total blast! Thanks to all four bands for jamming in our haunted basement. Extra thanks to the rockin' girls who had no problem showing off their T&A!

We do need photos from the party. Please! If you have photos, please email them to us @ info@sonicswirlrecords.com

As always do not forget to check this month's Sonic Babe! This month's Sonic babe is SABRINA KORVA from Vancouver / L.A. Not only does she has the looks, she also has the guitar licks that will rock your ass off!

Enjoy!
-Mike Swirl-

It's October! Halloween season!

Not much news this month. Why you ask? The Sonic Swirl staff is busy setting up for it's 10th annual Monster A Go-Go Halloween bash. Not only do we love rock n' roll, hot babes & German beer, but we also love Halloween. Our party is the biggest Halloween bash in Cleveland. We will have pictures of the party on the site in November. Then you can see how serious we are about Halloween.

Music news... We are working on a few new releaeses that will be annouced next month. Also in November we will start the voting for Sonic Babe of the year!!!

Speaking of Sonic Babes... This month's Sonic Babe is Rachelle Ramm from Berkeley, CA. She's one true hot rockin' babe!

Last of all... we hope you all enjoy this Halloween photo of Skinny's (Welcome To Bangkok guitarist) new girl friend!

Have a great Halloween everybody!

Hello everybody,

This month news is sad... VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour died Aug. 26th, battling colon cancer. Voivod was & still is a big impact to the music scene. As well as in my life. I've been fan of Voivod for over 20 years. Damn, I'm getting old! I meet alot of rock band's in my life, but Voivod was far the nicest of all. I met the band back in 80's on the Nothing Face tour. Faith No More & Soundgarden opened for Voivod! My friend & I just got finished meeting Faith No More and walked into a room that was empty, accept for Voivod and some bitch photographer. The photographer yelled at my friend & I to get the hell out of the room because she was about to do a photo for Voivod for AP.

I told the photographer all I wanted was a fast autograph... She said "No, get the fuck out"

I felt like shit and started walking out of the room. Than I heard a strong voice saying "Stop you two, come here". Snake & Piggy started yelling at the photographer... saying stuff like "You do not mean shit to us". "These are our fans and fans come first". Piggy and the rest of the band spent time with my friend & I for least half an hour. Just us two! One of my best moments in rock n roll.

Last month I gave my Voivod autograph after all these years to James " Human Furnace" lead vocalist for Ringworm. Which Voivod is also big impact in his life as well. The proof is on his arms with some killer tattoos of Voivod art.

Voivod is a total original band. Human Furnace said it best, "Denis D"Amour's guitar sound & writing was so unique that Voivod was always ahead of their time". Piggy will be missed very much, but never forgotten. His music will live for ever. Because it's real! That's why Jason Newston left Metallica to be in a band that writes real music with soul.

R.I.P. Denis "Piggy" D'Amour

Also this month CLASSIC ROCK Magazine in the U.K. gave a killer review for the Chinatown CD. Chinatown recieved a 8 out of 10 rating. You can read it & other reviews under the release section.

Last week I got a chance to hear the full debut release by Welcome To Bangkok. It will be worth your wait! The band has to finish back-up vocals and few small details before flying to New York for mastering...

The Space Cowboys are getting ready to start their tour this fall with Therapy. After touring the band reports that they'll be writng for a new album and record it for a spring 2007 release. We hope we can get the Space Cowboys a U.S. tour in the summer of 2007.

White Demons are planning on hitting the road at the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007. We also got some reviews of the band's killer debut CD "Say Go" looking forward more reviews in the next few months.

B.A. Baracus been busy hitting the road on & off this summer. They have few shows lined up for this fall. You can find more info about the shows on their Myspace page. Their self titled debut also is getting some great reviews. More to come in the near future

This month's Sonic Babe is STARCRISS from Bologna, Itay. Totally hot, spicy, rockin' babe with great taste in music; including Motorhead & Backyard Babies.

Thanks for checking out the site & your support!
-Mike Swirl-

Hello Sonic Rockers,

It's August and summer is now half over with. Sonic Swirl is taking time to get things in order for the fall releases. Including WELCOME TO BANKOK's long awaited debut CD. The band has reported the album is almost finished. Also the band will be hitting the road this fall to promote the CD. You can catch more details on the band's MySpace page.

Our latest three releases by B.A. Baracus, Chinatown & White Demons are selling very well. Thanks to everybody who bought these releases & other releases from Sonic Swirl. Also thanks to all the magazines & webzines for killer reviews & comments.

Speaking of reviews... Now you can read reviews from magazines & webzines in the Releases section under each band's release page. We well be adding more soon.

This month's Sonic Babe is CJ SLEEZ. One hot rockin' babe from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Man, what's up with Canada? So many hot rock chics. This is our fourth Sonic Babe from Canada. Canadian chics rock!

Also do not forget we do have Sonic Swirl shirt for sale. We will have new shirts made this fall with other merchandise.

Take care & rock on!
Mike Swirl

Happy Rockin' Fourth of July!

Hell yeah! I love the Fourth of July holiday. It's Loud! Just like all the great rock music Sonic Swirl provides. Speaking of the Fourth of July... WHITE DEMONS CD "Say Go" is officially released on this day. "Say Go" is fulley loaded with a big bang of high voltage rock. All ten tracks are pure rock greatness! Must for any fans of AC/DC, The Cult, Alice Cooper, Dead Boys, Rose Tattoo & Cheap Trick. High energy straight ahead hard rock. Please do check the MP3s out, you will not be sorry. Also more info on the White Demons go to our new "Bands" section.

News from Swedens loudest noise makers The Space Cowboys reported they will start writing for a new album this summer & record in the beginning of the new year. Between doing that, this fall The Space Cowboys will be touring with Spitfire recording artist THERAPY from Ireland. For more info & dates go to www.thespacecowboys.com
Also metal magazine Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (BW&BK) gave The Space Cowboys CD "Dead End Streets & Devil's Night" a 9 out of 10 rating! Near perfect album! Listen to the MP3s to hear how killer this band really is...

In Welcome To Bangkok news... The band has to do some last touches in the studio, solos & mixing. Than the band heads off to New York to master it. Also the band has been busy playing gigs, keeping things nice and tight. We should have the official release date within the next month.

In the next month or two we will be working on the "Bands" page. We well be adding photos & other cool stuff. We will also start up a new page "Reviews". This page will feature reviews of Sonic Swirl releases from magaize & webzines from all around the world. We also have new stuff up on our merchandise page. Including stickers, new t-shirts, baby doll shirts & other cool junk... Please check our newest T-shirt. Also our latest releases from B.A. Baracus, Chinatown & White Demons.

As always do not forget to check this months "Sonic Babe". A true rock n' roll firecracker!

Happy Fouth of July!

It's June and it's rockin'!

This month's news is all about a small band with a big rock sound from Columbus, Ohio. The band is B.A. Baracus. Sonic Swirl Records was blown away when we first time we saw them live about 6 months ago at the Hi-fi Club. Total high energy rock n' roll. The band's live performance gets the girls shaking their asses and the guys fists in the air and chanting for more. B.A. Baracus is a band who cares about rock n' roll from the past and the future. They try their best to get the younger generation to understand where the band's sound comes from. and also how important rock n' roll really is. Rock music is in their blood. They breath, eat and drink rock n' roll.

The Sonic Swirl family is proud to release the B.A. Baracus Self Titled CD. It's 100% pure rock n roll with no bullshit trendy sound. Influences range from The MC5, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop & Black Crowes.

The B.A. Baracus debut will sure rock your bones & soul. Please take time and check out the two MP3s of "The Jump Off" & "Git Yers" from the album. Also the band will be supporting their new release throughout the Midwest this Summer & Fall. If you get a chance to see them live, do so... They will make you true believers of the true spirit of rock n' roll.

In other news. The White Demons debut CD "Say Go" will be released on July 4th, but is now available here on sonicswirlrecords.com. White Demons been busy playing gigs all over the West Coast the last two months. Also Tony Crank is busy with his company Krank Amps. If your looking for a new guitar sound, sound with a big volume, check out Krank Amps @ www.Krankamps.com.

This months Sonic Babe is RABS from Baltimore, Maryland. She is one hot devilish babe. A true bad girl of rock n' roll. Also please check out all the other Sonic Babe's from the past. Click on the pictures for larger size.

Lastly, Sonic Swirl family would like to thank all the people who bought the Chinatown CD in the last month and the comments on how great the CD is. Also thanks to everybody who supported Sonic Swirl buying CDs, shirts or coming out to our shows. Thank you very much!

Mike Swirl

This is a busy month for Sonic Swirl Records...

It's finally out! CHINATOWN's self titled debut! If you been a fan for the last few years, you know how great this band is. The wait is over. The CD is here and will rock your world. If you do not know who Chinatown is, you must check them out. Chinatown is from Vancouver BC and are pure, real, straight up rock n' roll. The band's sound is mixed with 70's hard rock & glam and 80's sleaze rock. Sonic Swirl is proud to work with this sleaze rock machine. Read more about Chinatown and download free MP3s.

Also, we have a new Sonic Swirl T-SHIRT for sale. Thanks to Roland Napoli for the killer design. The sizes come in M, L & XL. Shirts are Black and 100% cotton. They look killer. Buy one and wear it proud!

B.A. BARACUS from Columbus, Ohio will be releasing their self titled debut CD on Sonic Swirl Records on May 30th. The CD release party will be held Friday May 19th @ The High 5 club in Columbus, Ohio. The CD will be available at the show! Also Welcome To Bangkok, Earwig and Made To Break are on the bill. The show starts around 9:00pm. It will be night of pure rock madness! Scooter & I will be at the show so please stop and say hi. We're really looking forward to this show. We will have everything up on this site in the beginning on June for the B.A. Baracus CD release.

In WHITE DEMONS news... Jon Hicks is finished with all the art and it looks killer! Great job Jon! We will be sending it off to get pressed very soon and looking to release it on June 20th. The band's debut title is "Say Go!". Ten tracks of killer hard rock with 70's punk rock attitude. Fans of AC/DC, The Cult, Rose Tattoo, Alice Cooper and Stooges will love this band.

This month's "Sonic Babe" is Leoni from Lake of Constance, Germany.

Once again thanks for checking in... Rock on!
Mike swirl

View the News Archive