About Swapmurders
Swapmurders!
Born of many years in the local Milwaukee metal scene, Swapmurders is comprised of four veterans of the stage that still have fire in our bellies and a hunger to play fierce, driving rhythms and scream until our throats bleed!
The beginning of something unique.
The core of the band consists of Justin Valentine (Burny) on guitar, Doug Crum on bass, and Jay Wilkie on drums and vocals.
The core have been writing and performing together for the last 13 years starting when Jay joined them in 40ozFist as the bass player. There was no doubt from the beginning that we had a special chemistry. And the unique style of riffing that Burny and Doug bring has continued to be the driving force of the band.
We needed a solid front man to tie it all together so, we recruited a serious veteran of the music scene, Donny Polinske.
Donny has fronted many bands over the last couple of decades that include Sore, Primer 55 and Angry Corpses. The lineup of the band is complete and ready to shred!
Ain't no rookies
While Swapmurders is a relatively new project, we have been at this for decades. All four of us have extensive experience in writing, recording and live performance dating back to the 90's.
Logging thousands of hours in the rehearsal room and hundreds of hours doing it live.
Unfortunately, after our debut show in 2021, we had to do some retooling. That's a story for another time. Now with Donny fronting the band, Doug on bass and Jay on drums and vocals, it's finally time to let this beast loose!
