Denver power trio The Swayback makes music as infectious as biological warfare. Guitarist Bill Murphy and singer/bassist Eric Halborg inject a thick serum of sludgy punk into your bloodstream, mixing up a dark yet catchy plasma that sounds like the Misfits with a heavy transfusion of Cream. Drummer Martijn Bolster then swabs your ass with alcohol and yanks your pants back up. Through it all, Halborg wrings his lungs out into a hacking croon that makes SARS seem about as lethal as the boogie-woogie flu. Their brand of Death punk/rock 'n roll has landed them opening and touring spots with bands such as The Bronx, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, The Lawrence Arms, High on Fire, and Pretty Girls Make Graves.