Background
Swire Thompson was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.
Swire Thompson was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.
He attended Scotch College, Swanbourne, graduating in 1999, where he first met bandmate Gareth McGrillen.
Over the next three years after graduation he worked as a record producer for several local drum and bass, breakbeat and metal bands, during which time he occasionally used the stage name "Anscenic". He also made a couple of independent releases with former hardcore label Hardline Rekordingz, including a collaboration with the label's founder, Animal Intelligence, which was titled "Fat American Bitchcore".Only twenty lathe cut copies of the record were distributed, to help promote the label's 2001–2002 tour of New Zealand. Swire also produced a track titled "Electrodes on the Skull" which was released alongside three tracks by other artists signed to the label at that time.
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, he relocated to the United Kingdom in 2003 with fellow Pendulum co-founders Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. Swire has since fulfilled a broad spectrum of roles as a member of Pendulum, ranging from song writing to singing while performing live with an unusual guitar-like MIDI controller – Starr Labs' Ztar Z6S-XPA. Swire can also play guitar, bass, keyboards and percussion. He has also achieved notoriety amongst fans due to his misanthropic personality.
Discography
Hold Your Colour (2005)
In Silico (2008)
Immersion (2010)
Quotations: You blocked me on facebook,now you are going to die!