Biography
The first signing to Jack White’s label, Third Man Records, the Whirlwind Heat sound a bit like White’s band (garage rock favourites the White Stripes), but with a Moog synthesizer taking the place of guitar. Featuring members David Swanson (vocals/synthesizer), Steve Damstra (bass), and Brad Holland (drums), the trio first got together to play music in 1996. Originating from the Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA area, the band took their name from infamous punk rock illustrator Raymond Pettibon (the phrase ‘Whirlwind Heats’ can be found on Sonic Youth’s 1990 alt rock classic Goo), and started out as a conventional guitar/bass/drum rock outfit. Eventually, the guitar was replaced by a Moog as the trio befriended indie rockers Arab On Radar, with whom they toured. A single followed in 1999, ‘Whirlwind Heat’/‘Mechanik’, and after more subsequent local Michigan gigs, Jack White saw the band and offered to help record them. The...
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