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EP Track Listing:

Did It Really Hurt
Love Is A Drug
On The Run
Rollin’ and Tumblin’
Parchman Farm
Someday

KILO BAND EP TRACK NOTES

Did It Really Hurt / Someday

Both songs started life as jams with the late great Bones Hillman, ( Midnight Oil) Steve Bowman ( Counting Crows) and myself at my studio when we were doing “ East Nashville” sessions as a unit. The raw tracks sat forgotten for a few years, after all they weren’t really intended to become songs. Inspired after losing Bones and wanting to pay tribute I loaded them up, did some editing and extra guitars and sent them off to John after which we threw some ideas around and came up with 2 songs that I’m happy to say feature Bones in full flight on his Guild Starfire bass.

Love Is a Drug

Written by Kim Carnes, Josh Leo and Tim Nichols. Sony’s Rusty Gaston played me the song and I stuck it in my back pocket not knowing who I’d record it with. John and I started tossing it around a few years back and liked the vibe. It’s rootsier than anything John had done before but he pulled it off wonderfully and made it his own. Background vocals by Jay O’Shea and Mark Punch.

On the Run

Kind of Vanda and Young inspired, they are both heroes of ours. A simple story about a guy finding his way through adversity and coming out the other side. I’ve always been intrigued by how Jimmy Page weaves both acoustic and electric twelve string guitars into the rock palette and that approach really worked in this track as I built the guitar parts. Background vocals by Derek St Holmes.

Rollin’ and Tumblin’

We put this together during lock down as an acoustic blues duo kind of thing mainly to see if and how that setting would work for us. Mainly featuring one of my home made electric resonator guitars switching between different pickups to alternate between the acoustic and heavy electric parts “on the fly”. We never did release it but once Trent Williamson added his amazing harp skills it came to life.

Parchman Farm

Kilo Band has always been about my love for John and his remarkable voice. I put Parchman together out of a passion to have people outside of Australia hear those pipes and understand John’s strong legacy in Australian rock, often overshadowed by his brother Jimmy. The track lit up AC/DC sites and forums around the world which was gratifying as John had always been quiet about his long and deep history with the Young brothers.

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ABOUT KILO BAND

Glasgow-born John Swan is about as close to being “AC/DC family” as it gets. He played drums in Bon Scott’s early band, Fraternity, took over on vocals when Bon left and played drums with Malcolm and Angus the day they jammed with Bon to “audition” him. When his pal Bon died, John was one of the vocalists considered as a replacement… He didn’t get the gig but was invited to open for AC/DC on the Australian Back In Black tour.

During that tour, Malcolm quietly asked John to take Brian Johnson under his wing and help him feel at home on the band’s first tour on Bon’s turf. Out of respect for the AC/DC clan, and to his great credit, John has never talked about these close ties, nor has he tried to cash in on them.

Producer Mark Moffatt, best known for The Saints’ legendary “I’m Stranded,” is one of the most experienced and respected producers to emerge from Australia, and also an accomplished musician, engineer and writer.

Mark honed his craft in London’s famous Denmark Street during the early ‘70s, the golden era of British rock where his work gave him the opportunity to learn firsthand from guitar greats of the day including Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Mick Ralphs and many others. He produced Swanee’s “Into the Night” album and has remained a fan of John’s since those days and recently suggested they do a project together. They came up with the name “Kilo Band” and recorded “Parchman Farm,” inspired by Cactus, one of Angus’ favorite bands. Because of John’s long history with the Young brothers the track lit up AC/DC forums and social media sites around the world. Lockdown provided an opportunity to work on more material, resulting in the current EP.