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Formed in 1044 AD from the calluses of Magness the good's fleet of Norwegians and some Danes (not great ones), the molded donkey shaped jetsam floated across the oceans to Australia embedding itself into the mangrove swamplands of Cairns FNQ. Subsequently a band was formed with four likely lads in 2015. There was a cheese platter to celebrate and a cheer by all who were there. In early 2014 Swamp Donkey AKA the band with no name started life licking it's ass for a good part of 12 months doing a few gigs playing cover songs by the Cure, Birthday Party, Nirvana, Fugazi, Talking Heads and shit like that, incorporating a few originals into the the line up every couple of gigs the set became bloated with original songs and the cover songs were released from our bowels to make way for fresh fodder. In March 2016 the Donkeys released a split 7" single with good chums and party pals the Beached Kennedys (Heidrun/Cold War Hug). After recording Heidrun and being close to bankruptcy the two

Swamp Donkey are the bastard lovechild of Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Motörhead and the mighty Zeppelin. Think of a Swamp Donkey gig like a night on the town with your favourite Uncles Mick and Keef where Janis, Jimi and the old Lizard King himself gate crash the speakeasy, jettison the house band, and tear a brand-new hole in the place. In fact, if you’re at a Donkey gig and your thinking…..stop right there! Go to the bar, order whatever it was you were always warned against drinking, make it a double, push your way to the front of the crowd and ‘git your Donkey on’. Have Mercy brothers and sisters, the apocalypse is nigh and its Donkey shaped. These guys were raised on hell fire whisky water, and have crawled and kicked their way through too many sweat and beer stained spit and sawdust rock n blues joints the world over, and then some. The Donkey sound is kicking blues with a story, campfire tale lyrics soaked in bar room wisdom that scripts all our own true life up and downs, the