SWA's 1985 Concert History

SWA (pronounced swǒ) the band originally started as a concept defined by Chuck Dukowski, former bassist of Black Flag while he was still a member of that band. The name (which is pronounced like "Swah" and not "S-W-A") was created by assigning an alphabetical value to numbers on a gaming die, then rolling the die three times. Dukowski would later claim that the name was offered up by Joe Carducci and was accepted by the rest of the band, despite Chuck's own discomfort with it [1].

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Black Flag / Tom Troccoli's Dog / SWA on Jul 20, 1985 [122-small]

Black Flag / Tom Troccoli's Dog / SWA
Jul 20, 1985
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  Uploaded by Traci Folkman Thorpe

Black Flag / Tom Troccoli's Dog / SWA on Jul 20, 1985 [123-small]

Black Flag / Tom Troccoli's Dog / SWA
Jul 20, 1985
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  Uploaded by Traci Folkman Thorpe

SST Night/Hüsker Dü / Minutemen / Meat Puppets / Saccharine Trust / SWA on Mar 2, 1985 [564-small]

SST Night/Hüsker Dü / Minutemen / Meat Puppets / Saccharine Trust / SWA
Mar 2, 1985
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Black Flag / SWA / Tom Troccoli's Dog on Sep 1, 1985 [276-small]

Black Flag / SWA / Tom Troccoli's Dog
Sep 1, 1985
 San Diego, California, United States
  Uploaded by Dennis354

Black Flag / SWA / Tom Troccoli's Dog on Jul 26, 1985 [283-small]

Black Flag / SWA / Tom Troccoli's Dog
Jul 26, 1985
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
  Uploaded by Dennis354

Black Flag / SWA / Tom Troccolis Dog on Jul 27, 1985 [603-small]

Black Flag / SWA / Tom Troccolis Dog
Jul 27, 1985
 Madison, Wisconsin, United States
  Uploaded by Dennis354

Black Flag / Gang Green / SWA / Tom's Dog on Aug 3, 1985 [976-small]

Black Flag / Gang Green / SWA / Tom's Dog
Aug 3, 1985
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
  Uploaded by FrankBLoose

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