Randy Schulman, aka. 'Tush' Swinbaugh,
founding father of The Swine

Also shown (From the 'Swine Before Pearls' show):
'Tush' and Tanny as Prez Bill and Senator Ted,
haunted by the Astral Body of Newt
after 'not-inhaling' from the world's biggest bowl

The Swine can be seen regularly on Seattle Public Access TV on their hilarious musical-political-comedy-sketch show, "Swine Before Pearls", currently second Tuesday monthly, Channel 29. The Swine have been rooting about the Seattle scene since 1989, and have been a fixture of the NorthWest FolkLife Festival for the last 8 years.

The "Swine Before Pearls" compilation CD is currenly available on CM\Backwash Records. A second Swine CD will be out shortly.

Swine Biographix

Randy Schulman: Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar, Violin, Harmonica.
Randy is the founder and principal songwriter of the Swine, having conceived the concept of the band out of a deep personal musical dilemma: What do you do when your listening tastes run to hard rock and metal, but you only like to play acoustic instruments? The answer? Slap a whammy bar on your acoustic guitar, find some grungy friends who can still hear at under-110db volumes, and form The Swine: a band that will bring a new meaning to the most abused word in the music industry today: 'Alternative'. Randy was a childhood member of the L.A. Junior Philharmonic. In high school he played with a bluegrass outfit that came in second place in the 1970 Topanga Canyon Bluegrass Banjo-Fiddle Festival, winning an opening spot for a "Kentucky Colonels" reunion concert with Clarence White at The AshGrove. (The first place winner got to record the Cal Worthington Dodge "Go See Cal" jingle! ).

Paul Brownlow: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Melodica.
Paul has been involved in writing, producing, and performing in Seattle for over fifteen years. As a member of Reckless X, The Cowboys, Lonesome City Kings, and New Flamingos, Paul played many clubs on the west coast and opened for several national acts in the 1980s. While with the Kings, he recorded the album "No Sleep Tonight", and with the Cowboys, "How The West Was Rocked". Tired of lugging around hundreds of pounds of electric instruments, Paul joined Randy in the Swine so that he could get away with carrying only an acoustic guitar and melodica. In addition to playing with the Swine, Paul currently writes and records music for industrial videos, where he doesn't have to carry his electric gear as far.

Glenn Phillips: Vocals, Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin.
When asked if he would like to form an eclectic, cutting edge acoustic rock/bluegrass/blues/grunge band with the aforementioned deviates, Glenn's first response was "Huh?". With a commitment to improving his musical technique that borders on religious fervor, Glenn hauls his instruments out to practice at least 3-4 times per year. Glenn can be described as a "consistent" musician in that he plays three instruments with an equal degree of mediocrity. Prior to forming The Swine, Glenn's musical highlights include a vocal solo during a third grade choir presentation and playing with the rock group Dennis & the Cavities during high school.

Deirdre Brownlow: Vocals, Bass.
Definitely not a frustrated guitarist, Deirdre's biggest dilemma is whether to duct-tape-up her fingers and play the upright "dog house" bass or whip out her Music Man electric. Not needing more than four strings to make her musical statement, Deirdre holds nothing but contempt for those requiring more. A former viola player with a national junior orchestra, Deirdre has also been a member of the all-female rock band "The Skirts" as well as "The Wild Delectroid No-Nos" and "The Ramblers".

Duff X Drew: Drums, Percussion, Rhythmic Chants, Grunge Sensibility.
Duff's sterling background in Seattle Rock brings a hard edge to the Swine that no other acoustic outfit can match. Duff also currently performs with ManRay and a sterling cast of other leading-edge locals. One of Duff's former bands, "My Eye", was included in the Sub Pop compilation LP/CD, "Another Phyrric Victory". Duff appeared with Picasso Road in their "Einstein's Brain" video on the 1988 Bombshelter Videos second anniversary compilation and in a concert length "My Eye" video produced by Viacom. Duff currently also works as a live and studio session drummer in Seattle.

Tanny Pendershott: TV Cohost, strange voices, an astounding array of characters, faces, and weird ideas.
Tanny Pendershot presents a striking figure of a man, or at least, he makes people want to strike him. With his parodies of live presidents, (dead ones being a bit of a stretch), imitations of historic greats (like Porky Pig and Daffy Duck), and the politician formerly known as Ross Perot, Tanny performs as smooth as liquid water. Occasionally, he has been mistaken for Vice President Al Gore, but as Al Gore Rhythm, he quickly rectifies all comprehension by informing people that all his circuits are functioning, and he is in perfect working order! Smelly beast though he is, Tanny dresses most smashingly. Smashing, that is, as one who has just attended front row at a Gallager concert and wants to share. His ability to imitate assorted animals, and celebrities (such as wombats in heat and Henry Ford), has earned him love and devaluation from tens of...his countrymen who watch Swine Before Pearls. Unencumbered by scruples and hygienically challenged, Tanny smiles like an alligator while performing as Uncle Bubba (the deep fry king); happy to be the token Lackey of Public Access television. Though a bastard in every sense of the word, he is afraid of nothing...and not only nothing, that being the last item on a very long list, but of pretty much everything else. Let it be known that Captain Ozone and Barfman are just twelve of the many voices in Tanny's head (Thorazine was administered). Except for an occasional bout with Montavian Grunt Worms, he always says what he's told to say...just never on cue and not necessarily in that order. He no longer eats hair nor dirt and on good days, he recognizes Tush Swinbaugh (who is after all, his 55th cousin), and is able to articulate many monosyllabic words. Laborious in his perfection of every word and nuance of the characters he portrays (as the drive time to the studio allows), Tanny has become the head coffee sniffer and grout scratcher for Motel '96. He currently resides in the most unlikely places. Disbelieve his live and taped performances on a cathode ray tube near you!

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