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Whats a Swampy?

April 26, 2017swampy

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Whats a Swampy?

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Kevin J.E.V. Bonham wrote: “The term ‘swampy’ was widely used in Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane about 7-10 years ago for fairly trashy looking, vaguely punkish types with not-quite-goth musical tastes (usually a lot of the Birthday Party/Nick Cave etc thing, sometimes a bit of Tom Waits or Lou Reed). Bit of an existentialist, alternative-theatre, market/cafe crowd. They weren’t all that political. The only thing they cared about was heroin. (The term ‘swampy’ was also used to refer to members of the Socialist Workers Party and subsequent political follies, hence the confusion)”.