The International Swingers

The International Swingers
The International Swingers (2015)
Background information
Genres	Rock, rock 'n' roll, punk rock
Years active	2011 – present
Associated acts	Blondie, Sex Pistols, Chelsea, Generation X, Gene Loves Jezebel, Supernaut, Twenty Flight Rockers
Website	theinternationalswingers.com
Members	Clem Burke (drums) Glen Matlock (bass/vocals) James Stevenson (lead guitar/vocals) Gary Twinn (lead vocals/guitar)

The International Swingers is a rock supergroup based in Los Angeles. Formed in late 2011, the band is composed of Clem Burke (drums), Glen Matlock (bass/vocals), James Stevenson (lead guitar/vocals) and Gary Twinn (lead vocals/guitar).

Each member first came to the public's attention as a member of another band (Clem Burke in Blondie, Glen Matlock in the Sex Pistols, James Stevenson in Chelsea, Generation X and Gene Loves Jezebel, Gary Twinn in Supernaut and Twenty Flight Rockers). During their career, the four musicians became well known to each other, all of them had already worked together in different capacities, but never all in the same group at the same time. In 2011, Australian promoter Bicci Henderson suggested Gary formed a new band for a tour there, instead of a reformed Supernaut. Gary contacted James, Clem and Glen, then during rehearsals and the Australian tour they got along well and The International Swingers continued. In 2012 through 2014 the band performed tours in the United States and in 2013 a sold out show in London.

Initially they played a set of the greatest hits of all the bands they had been in, but soon they began writing new songs for The International Swingers, like "FBI" (included in the soundtrack of the film Homefront), "Gun Control" (about gun politics in the United States, originally a Twenty Flight Rockers song entitled "Guns for Sale") and "Live Wire".

Via PledgeMusic, the band raised the money to record their first full-length self-titled album, The International Swingers (originally under the working title Whatever Works Now). The album was recorded at Studio 606 in LA which is owned by the Foo Fighters. It was then mixed by Peter Walsh who has worked with Simple Minds, Pulp and most recently Scott Walker.