It is exactly 16 years since Swagger was released.
There have been 42 XXXXXXXXXXX
23 of these have been guitarists.
Swagger was Gil Norton's first production after the Pixies "Doolittle".
The idea for Swagger's cover originated from the St Martin's College Of Art graduate year-book entry by Freddie Robins, now couturier to the stars.
The name XXXXXXXXX comes from the Polish "Nibieske Samoloty" which was originally going to be the name of Wojtek's brother's band.
At their Mean Fiddler gig in 1996, XXXXXXXXXX encored with the Sex Pistols' New York, with lead vocals by Paul Kaye in his persona as Dennis Pennis.
For several months, visitors to Michael Stipe's house in Athens, Georgia, were given a choice of Swagger or Bulgarian folk music. According to Peter Buck, Swagger got played "a lot".
XXXXXXXXXX are applying to the Guinness Book Of World Records for the greatest number of siblings in one rock band (12).
Swagger reached 54 in the UK National Chart and was also Top 10 in the US Rolling Stone Alternative Chart.
Ik noem een Tony van Heemschut,een Loeki Knol,een Brammetje Biesterveld en natuurlijk een Japie Stobbe !