King Swamp

King Swamp^[1] was a British rock band,^[2] consisting of Walter Wray (vocals), Dave Allen (bass), Steve Halliwell (keyboards), Dominic Miller (guitar), and Martyn Barker (drums). The band was formed in 1988 in London, after Allen and Barker had parted ways with Shriekback and recruited Wray as frontman. Halliwell and Mike Cozzi (featured on the second album) were also ex Shriekback members.

King Swamp's first single, "Is This Love?", reached number 21 on Billboard's Album Rock chart. The band released two albums plus several singles before disbanding in 1990 after their second studio album, Wiseblood, failed to chart anywhere in the U.S. or the U.K. and was panned by critics.

Wray later produced a solo album with Dominic Miller, who later went on to play with Sting (with whom he still plays).

Wray and Halliwell are currently part of The Saturday Girls – backing group for Lily Rae, the former's daughter. They also play in a band named Little Machine, which puts music to poetry and have performed with poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

Discography

Albums

• King Swamp (1989)
• Wiseblood (1990) [additional guitars provided by Mike Cozzi and Nick Lashley]

Singles

• "Is This Love?" (1989)
• "One Step Over the Line" (1989)
• "Blown Away" (1990)

References

External links

• The Official King Swamp website
• Ken Drew's King Swamp page
• Walter Wray's MySpace page