History
Swashbuckle was formed in early 2005 when bassist Patrick Henry and guitarist Justin Greczyn met at a Red Lobster and realized their mutual love for thrash metal and pirates. [2] [3] [4] [5] They formed a band and released a demo in early 2005. After they found drummer Mike Soganic and guitarist Joe Potash, they released the Yo Ho Demo later that year. [4] The band members assumed the stage names of Admiral Nobeard (Henry), Commodore Redrum (Greczyn), Captain Crashride (Soganic), and Rowin' Joe Po (Potash).
Their debut album, Crewed by the Damned, was released independently in 2006. Shortly after, Potash quit the group to join New Jersey thrash metal band Eliminator. The band began a tour of North America in August 2007. They completed the North American Paganfest tour with Korpiklaani, Primordial, Moonsorrow, and Blackguard in April and May 2009. They completed the European Paganfest tour with Korpiklaani, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Unleashed, Alestorm, and Ex Deo in September 2009. They appeared on the Monsters of Death tour in November and December 2009 with Vader, Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, and Augury. They appeared on Tour From Afar with Ensiferum also in November 2009. They toured with Heaven Shall Burn, Caliban, Dark Tranquility, and Dealock in Europe as part of the Darkness over Xmas tour in December 2009. They toured with Korpiklaani, Týr and White Wizzard in January 2010 [6] and supported Hypocrisy on a North American tour during May 2010. [7] Swashbuckle toured as a supporting act for Soilwork's "Panic Over North America Tour", with Death Angel, Augury, and Mutiny Within. [8]
Swashbuckle performed at the 20th Anniversary of the Wacken Open Air Festival in the summer of 2009 and have appeared at the Legacy Open Air Festival, The Summer Nights Open Air Festival, and the Metal Days Open Air Festival.
In 2010, Swashbuckle parted ways with Soganic, who joined Non-Stop. Bootsmann Collins (Paul Christiansen) was announced as his replacement. They began working on their new album, entitled Crime Always Pays, set for a September release.
Crime Always Pays was released by Nuclear Blast in September 2010. The band took part in the 70000 Tons of Metal Festival with other well known acts such as Amon Amarth, Exodus, Fear Factory, Sabaton, Sodom, Nevermore, Testament, Obituary, Death Angel and Ensiferum. In 2011, Bootsmann Collins was replaced with Legendary Pirate King Eric "The" Brown. In February 2014, Swashbuckle again performed on the 70000 Tons of Metal Festival cruise.
In August 2014, Swashbuckle released the vinyl recording disc release We Hate the Sea EP on Get This Right Records.
Swashbuckle tune their instruments to D-standard tuning.
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