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Swami Records
https://www.swamirecords.com/ Swami Records started in 2000 under the Sympathy for the Record Industry
umbrella. Their first release was the critically acclaimed first Hot Snakes
record, Automatic Midnight. "A desire to piss on the competition, an
overblown sense of self worth, an unhealthy need to control and another tax
write off to counter his other massive business holdings," was all the
inspiration that label founder and president, The Swami John Reis (Rocket From the Crypt/Hot Snakes/The Sultans/Drive Like Jehu/Pitchfork) needed to
set out on his own. The first record without training wheels was the second
Hot Snakes record, 2002's Suicide Invoice, which was also met with an
unusually healthy amount of adoration by both critics and fans.
With the Swami Southwest SÃance tour wrapping in April - which featured 22 year old Alabammy heartthrob Dan Sartain, The Husbands, The Sultans and Beehive and the Barracudas - in 2004 the Swami staff (which according to Reis is, "big and hard") is fixing to release news albums by Detroit legends Demolition Doll Rods, San Francisco's first and only rock n roll band Crime, Hot Snakes, Beehive and the Barracudas, Rocket from the Crypt reissue of Circa Now! and tons of other stuff.
Has being in a band on labels such as Interscope and Vagrant influenced the way Reis runs Swami? "No," he says "I am mostly influenced by lore and instinct."
( - Jayne Detroit)
With the Swami Southwest SÃance tour wrapping in April - which featured 22 year old Alabammy heartthrob Dan Sartain, The Husbands, The Sultans and Beehive and the Barracudas - in 2004 the Swami staff (which according to Reis is, "big and hard") is fixing to release news albums by Detroit legends Demolition Doll Rods, San Francisco's first and only rock n roll band Crime, Hot Snakes, Beehive and the Barracudas, Rocket from the Crypt reissue of Circa Now! and tons of other stuff.
Has being in a band on labels such as Interscope and Vagrant influenced the way Reis runs Swami? "No," he says "I am mostly influenced by lore and instinct."
( - Jayne Detroit)
![Swami John Reis - Ride The Wild Night](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/swami-john-reis-ride-the-wild-night.jpg)
Swami John Reis
Ride The Wild Night
![Mrs. Magician - Bermuda](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/mrs-magician-bermuda.jpg)
Mrs. Magician
Bermuda
![Swami John Reis and the Blind Shake - Modern Surf Classics](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/swami-john-reis--the-blind-shake-modern-surf-classics.jpg)
Swami John Reis and the Blind Shake
Modern Surf Classics
![Hot Snakes - Thunder Down Under](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/hot_snakes-thunder_down_under.jpg)
Hot Snakes
Thunder Down Under
![The Marked Men - Fix My Brain](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/the_marked_men-fix_my_brain.jpg)
The Marked Men
Fix My Brain
![Hot Snakes - Peel Sessions](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/hot_snakes-peel_sessions.jpg)
Hot Snakes
Peel Sessions
![Rocket From The Crypt - Circa Now! + 4 [reissue]](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/rocket_from_the_crypt-circa_now_reissue.jpg)
Rocket From The Crypt
Circa Now! + 4 [reissue]
![Hot Snakes - Audit In Progress](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/hot_snakes-audit_in_progress.jpg)
Hot Snakes
Audit In Progress
![Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/hot_snakes-suicide_invoice.jpg)
Hot Snakes
Suicide Invoice
![Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime](https://static.punknews.org/images/covers/drive_like_jehu-yank_crime.jpg)