SWINGIN THING Looking back, Swingin’ Thing might have been the best Los Angeles band from back in the day that never sold millions of records, because God knows they certainly should have. Swingin’ Thing was that good. Fans used to flock to the Roxy, the Whisky and Gazzarri’s for heavily-anticipated Swingin’ Thing concerts, as capacity crowds could not get enough of the famed fivesome consisting of singer Paul E. Bardot, guitarists Chris Penketh and Sunny Phillips, bassist Henry Kelly and drummer Michael Penketh. With a great rock n’ roll attitude, irresistible choruses, ahead-of-the-pack musicianship and an over-the-top image that saw the boys looking like platinum rock stars even though they did not have a dollar to their name, Swingin’ Thing were kings of the Sunset Strip. So what happened? Cruel fate, I suppose. Looking back, Danger Danger and Slaughter were the last ones from the old scene to make it big, but Swingin’ Thing was 10 times better than both. It’s a sad reality, one of Rock’s great mysteries why this band was never among the biggest in the world . Swingin’ Thing signed briefly with Hollywood Records just as grunge was taking over, and as things turned out, the band forever remained one lucky break from stardom. #swinginthing #sunsetstrip
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:13:09 +0000
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