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Swearing At Motorists is a two-piece rock and roll band composed of Dave Doughman (guitar, vocals, etc.) and drummer Martin Boeters (previously Joseph Siwinski). They formed in 
The Swearing At Motorists song "Flying Pizza", named after a Dayton pizzeria, details an unpleasant encounter with an old acquaintance.
Swearing At Motorists' concerts have involved antics such as Doughman tearing the strings out of his guitar mid-song and jumping offstage, as well as comedic anecdotes relayed between, and sometimes within, songs.
The band has toured the United States and Europe several times. From 2000 - 2011 all of their records were released by
Swearing At Motorists (on Secretly Canadian)
{{Authority control Musical groups from Dayton, Ohio Musical groups established in 1995 Rock music duos Secretly Canadian artists
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...
in 1994, releasing their self-titled debut cassette in 1995. Joseph Siwinski replaced Don Thrasher (formerly of Guided by Voices), who had originally been on drums.
Critics have referred to Swearing At Motorists as “The Two Man Who”, a nickname bestowed upon the band by Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys. Their albums are a combination of rock and love songs that portray 'a character at the mercy of his own destiny'.
The Swearing At Motorists song "Flying Pizza", named after a Dayton pizzeria, details an unpleasant encounter with an old acquaintance.
Swearing At Motorists' concerts have involved antics such as Doughman tearing the strings out of his guitar mid-song and jumping offstage, as well as comedic anecdotes relayed between, and sometimes within, songs.
The band has toured the United States and Europe several times. From 2000 - 2011 all of their records were released by Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. According to the Mo ...
label Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
. In 2014 Austrian label Siluh Records released their 7" ep Burn Down The Wire. On February 8, 2014, the band successfully funded the production & manufacturing of their newest album, While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth, via Kickstarter.
Frontman Dave Doughman has challenged The White Stripes
The White Stripes were an American rock duo from Detroit formed in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White (songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano, and mandolin) and Meg White (drums and vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums wit ...
to a contest of who can put on a better show, but has never received a reply.
Discography
* ''Swearing At Motorists'' (CD) - 1995 * ''Tuesday's Pretzel Night'' (EP) - 1996 * ''The Fear of Low-Flying Clouds'' (LP) - 1997 * ''Enough Drama and The Way Things Are'' (EP) - 1997 * ''More Songs From the Mellow Struggle'' (CD) - 2000 * ''Stumble to the Zero Hour'' (EP) - 2000 * ''Number Seven Uptown'' (LP) - 2000 * ''The Burnt Orange Heresy'' (EP) - 2000 * ''Along the Inclined Plane'' (EP) - 2002 * ''This Flag Signals Goodbye'' (LP) - 2002 * ''Last Night Becomes This Morning'' (LP) - 2006 * ''Exile on Gipsstraße'' (LP) - 2006 * ''Postcards From A Drinking Town (collected singles '96-'02)'' (LP) - 2011 * ''Burn Down The Wire'' (EP) - 2014 * ''While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth'' (LP) - 2014References
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Swearing At Motorists (on Secretly Canadian)
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