Know Yer Band: The Black Swans

Band: The Black Swans

Members
Vocals/Guitar - Jerry DeCicca
Guitar - Milan Karcic / Chris Forbes
Bass - Matt Surgeson / Canaan Faulkner
Drums - Jovan Karcic / Keith Hanlon
Violin/Viola - Noel Sayre
Keyboards - Jon Beard
Banjo - Tyler Evans

Releases
2004 - Who Will Walk In The Darkness With You? album (Delmore Recording Society)
2006 - Sex Brain EP (Bwatue Records)
2007 - Change! album (The Listening Party)
2009 - Split single w/Alina Simone (Sunken Treasure Records)
2010 - Split single w/Bonnie "Prince" Billy (LJW)
2010 - Words Are Stupid album (St. Ives)
2011 - Blue Bayou/Joe Tex 7" single (Scioto Records)
2011 - Don't Blame The Stars album (Misra)
2011 - Split single w/The Fisherman Three (Shelved Records)
2011 - Split single w/Ed Askew (Scioto Records)
2012 - Occasion For Song album (Misra)
2012 - Split single w/The Malefactors Of Great Wealth (Not On Label)
2012 - Singles 2003 - 2012 compilation album (Scioto Records)

Know Yer Band: Pat Dull And His Media Whores

Band: Pat Dull And His Media Whores / Media Whores

Members
Pat Dull - Vocals/Guitar
J.D. Dallas - Guitar
Arturo DeLeon - Bass
Matt Goodwin - Drums/Milan Karcic

Releases
1998 - All Torn Up 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
1999 - Gimme The Whores album (Break-Up! Records)
2000 - It's About Time/Declaration 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
2001 - Feel It 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
2001 - 1984 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
2001 - Drunk On Pirate Radio promo live album (Break-Up! Records)
2002 - Master Of Pop Hits compilation album (Screaming Apple)

The Lantern: Salt Horse on mission to save rock

Thank goodness The Lantern keeps all their old articles online and available. If a band put out a record over the last few decades, there is a good chance they've covered it, like the 2001 release of Salt Horse's The Best Of Times? Here is a snippet of that:

The best of times are definitely ahead for local Columbus band Salt Horse. The band combines hard-driving rock with an intense amount of energy in their sophomore CD, “The Best of Times?,” which they will release tomorrow evening at Little Brother’s, 1100 N. High St. 

Also appearing will be Grafton, Pretty Mighty Mighty and The Marcy Mays Experience who will join them in their mission of breaking new ground to help save rock. 

“We are the forging sounds of the future – more flavorful than just rock that’s unique in itself,” said Costa Hondroulis, singer and bass guitarist in Salt Horse. 

With a fed-up punk mentality and a raucously hard sound, “The Best of Times?” combines experience, enthusiasm and true rock ‘n’ roll flavor. In “Campus Riot Fight Song,” the band wanted to create a harsh sound like Hondroulis’ former band, Our Flesh Party. 

“We wanted to create a shocking sound like Our Flesh Party because they rocked harder than anybody,” said Milan Karcic, lead vocals and guitar.

Know Yer Band: Salt Horse

Band: Salt Horse

Members
Vocals, Guitar – Milan Aleksandar Karcic
Guitar, Vocals – Dan Focht
Bass, Vocals – Constantinos Hondroulis
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Christopher Dodds Cox

Releases
2001 - The Best Of Times? album (Derailleur Records)
2003 - Year Of The Horse album (Backstage Records)