King Swamp

King Swamp
Origin	London, England
Genres	Rock
Years active	1988–1990
Labels	Virgin
Past members	Walter Wray Dave Allen Steve Halliwell Dominic Miller Martyn Barker Mike Cozzi
Website	www.kingswamp.com

King Swamp was a British rock band,consisting of Walter Wray (vocals), Dave Allen (bass), Steve Halliwell (keyboards), Dominic Miller (guitar), and Martyn Barker (drums). The band was formed in 1988 in London, after Allen and Barker had parted ways with Shriekback and recruited Wray as frontman. Halliwell and Mike Cozzi (featured on the second album) were also ex-Shriekback members.

King Swamp's first single, "Is This Love?", reached number 21 on the Billboard Album Rock chart. The band released two albums plus several singles before disbanding in 1990 after their second studio album, Wiseblood, failed to chart anywhere in the U.S. or the U.K. and was panned by critics.

Wray later produced a solo album with Dominic Miller, who later played with Sting.

Wray and Halliwell are part of The Saturday Girls, the backing group for Lily Rae, the former's daughter. They also play in a band named Little Machine, which puts music to poetry and have performed with poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

Discography

Albums

• King Swamp (1989)
• Wiseblood (1990) [additional guitars provided by Mike Cozzi and Nick Lashley]

Singles

• "Is This Love?" (1989)
• "One Step Over the Line" (1989)
• "Blown Away" (1990)

External links

• Official King Swamp website
• Walter Wray's MySpace