Swell Maps - The John Peel Sessions (Repress) DREAM THEATER and The Sword

and The Sword

and they moved to the Australian mainland in ’77

Margo Nahas' illustration of a crying angel holding a cigarette — blending the sacred and rebellious — captures Van Halen's aesthetic to a proverbial "T

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Swell Maps - The John Peel Sessions (Repress) DREAM THEATER and The SwordNoisy, chaotic, and defiantly experimental, Swell Maps may not have found commercial success in their time, but their impact on music is undeniable. An inspiration to bands such as R. E. M., Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement and Nirvana, with Kurt Cobain famously being a fan and often seen sporting a Swell Maps T Shirt. A democracy within the confines of punks anything is possible, members Biggles Books, Jowe Head and brothers Nikki Sudden and Epic