January 5, 2012  ⋅  44 notes  ⋅  Comments

News about Nick Diener of The Swellers starting a new side-project hit yesterday, and fans were instantly concerned about the state of The Swellers. After some worrisome comments from Jono Diener, PropertyOfZack had the drummer clear up the situation. Check out Jono’s full statement below by clicking “Read More”. 

Some of you may have seen everything getting posted about my brother, Nick’s new band Strange Hawks. Things seem to be getting way out of hand. Why? Because not only is the band NOT REAL, but neither is the drama! Someone found the “band” on Nick’s facebook, got it posted to Absolutepunk so we got our friends involved (fake comments/tweets) in a huge joke. That’s how the internet works, it’s hilarious.

In REAL news, we’re doing our first U.S. co-headlining tour with our friends You Me At Six along with Twin Atlantic and We Are The Ocean. We made tickets only $10 or $12 and we’re playing LONG sets. Some shows are selling out so make sure you get tickets ASAP by heading to http://www.theswellers.com/tour

We have also started writing the next Swellers album! It’s sounding killer so far and we hope to be demoing in the next few months whenever we’re home.

Thank you for playing along. We’re extremely happy. And yes, we just pulled some Nine Inch Nails viral shit on you.

  1. paulafricaordie reblogged this from jonathandiener
  2. hellomynameiskelce reblogged this from propertyofzack
  3. lessthan3moni reblogged this from jonathandiener and added:
    Damn… I got Punked. Good one @theswellers! haha
  4. slizzard-crossing reblogged this from propertyofzack
  5. ibetisoundlikeabrokenrecord reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    lawl I love this band. also thank you for almost giving me a heart attack.
  6. hieverythingsgreat reblogged this from jonathandiener and added:
    Kinda new it was a joke. It didn’t sound real.
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  8. amlouboo reblogged this from jonathandiener and added:
    dicks ¬_¬. their US tour is my sister and mine’s DREAM tour! You Me At Six, The Swellers, Twin Atlantic AND We Are The...
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  10. xernestina reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    Aww man I was very much looking forward to Arlingtion National :D I was kinda hoping Jono would keep it going
  11. graceplaysbass reblogged this from fuckyeahtheswellers and added:
    I had a feeling it was all a joke, but then I started taking it seriously and freaked, although in my head I knew it...
  12. two-bucks reblogged this from fuckyeahtheswellers and added:
    I love Jono. This is awesome.
  13. thewayitalknj reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    OH YOU MOTHERFUCKERS LOL HOLY SHIT.
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  15. higheraltitude reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    Oh thank God. This band=winning.
  16. clingtothelegsofallthegoodinside reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    xD I think by this point we should all know when they’re being serious or just screwing with us. ahaha. I was confused...
  17. thewayilovemyfriends reblogged this from fuckyeahtheswellers and added:
    Favorite band for a reason.
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  19. hildref reblogged this from jonathandiener and added:
    Happy it’s a joke. Pissed off I fell for it.
  20. rustbeltlullabies reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    Called it called it called it. When I liked Strangehawks or whatever...logo I thought...
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  24. xdoesnotmarkthesp0t reblogged this from propertyofzack and added:
    Bahahah this is great.
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