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Swayze is an emerging solo artist based in Sydney. His tasteful blend of indie and pop will infiltrate your senses, leaving you humming those damn melodies for days on end! Backed by a band of extremely talented blokes, his live show is one full of energy that won't leave you going home disappointed. Exciting times await, with the imminent release of his debut EP - 'Sink or Swim'. Would you believe, he also had the priviledge of collaborating with Sydney born, German raised MC NickKnowledge in 2010, on the track 'Bondi Sunday' - soon to be released on his debut solo album, Soul Sample. You may also recognise Swayze from his previous life, as the front man from popular Sydney nu-Folk outfit, Tiff & The Kids? who released their epic debut 6 tracker in mid 2010.

Swayze were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Jack, bassist Terry and drummer Liam. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s.[1] Q magazine's Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that the Swayze were "the one truly vital voice of the '80s", "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" and the "first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms".[2] The NME named Swayze the "most influential artist ever" in a 2002 poll, over The Beatles.[3] The band's focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound, and their fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a repudiation of synthesiser-based contemporary dance-pop – the style popular in the early 1980s. Jacks guitar-playing on his Rickenbacker often had a jangle pop sound reminiscent of Roger McGuinn of The Byrds.[5 ]Jacks guitar-playing influenced later Manchester bands,