SWMRS

SWMRS
SWMRS performing in April 2015
Background information
Also known as	The Raining Souls (2004) The Clocks (2004) Emily's Army (2005-2014) Swimmers (2014)
Origin	Oakland, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock,pop punk,surf punk
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Adeline Rise Uncool Burger Fueled by Ramen
Associated acts	Frankenshark, Matt Grocott & The Shrives, DDG, FIDLAR, Green Day
Website	swmrs.com
Members	Cole Becker Max Becker Joey Armstrong Seb Mueller
Past members	Travis Neumann

SWMRS (formerly "Emily's Army") is an American punk rock band formed in Oakland, California in 2004 by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong, with Cole's brother Max joining only a few weeks afterwards. They drew on a mix of influences ranging from the Beach Boys to the Ramones to create their own brand of rock and roll. The band added Travis Neumann in 2009, who later left in 2014 due to creative differences. The band released a demo and a string of EPs from 2008 to 2010. The band released their first album, Don't Be a Dick, on June 14, 2011. The band's second album, Lost at Seventeen, was released on June 11, 2013. They added Sebastian Muller as the bassist 2014. The band's third studio album, and their first under the name SWMRS after dropping their former name, Drive North, was released February 12, 2016, via Uncool Records. Drive North was later re-released and remastered after the band was signed to record label Fueled By Ramen on October 13, 2016.

The band was formed by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong after watching the movie School of Rock together in school. Cole's brother, Max Becker, later joined the band to play bass. The band was originally named The Raining Souls, but they briefly changed to The Clocks. After realizing there were already many bands with the same name, they changed it to Emily's Army in honor to Max's and Cole's cousin Emily, who suffers from cystic fibrosis and was diagnosed in 1998. Their goal was to raise money and create more awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. In 2008, they released a set of songs on their MySpace page under the album name This Kid. Although This Kid is not an official studio album, a few of these songs appeared throughout their career, including "Burn Apollo" that was re-recorded on their debut album, Queens being played live in 2012, and "I Need to Be Fixed" played live during Warped Tour 2012.

The band played many small shows and festivals in California during this time. In 2009 the band added guitarist Travis Neumann whose first appearance was on the band's 2009 EP,Goody Two Shoes. that was followed by the release of two more EPs, Broadcast This and Regan MacNeil. The band spent all of 2010 working and recording their first studio album with Green Day frontman and Joey's father, Billie Joe Armstrong. In 2011, the band released their first full-length album, Don't Be a Dick, on June 14 through Adeline Records. The album featured six re-recorded songs from their earlier releases. The album was Billie Joe Armstrong's first ever professionally produced album. The album was compared to Green Day's early work and had major punk influences. In support of the album the band went on an East and West Coast tour in 2011. In late 2011 and early 2012, the band resided in Tulsa OK, playing underground punk shows. In 2012 the band returned to touring, most notably on Warped Tour and a brief West Coast tour in late 2012.