Tag Archives: Max Becker
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SWMRS’ Max Becker determined to return stronger after brain injury, pandemic
Max Becker of SWMRS performs at Live 105’s BFD 2017 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 10, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. SWMRS’ Max Becker doesn’t remember undoing his seatbelt, but obviously he did on the fateful drive from Oakland to Denver, where the band was set to begin…
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REVIEW: SWMRS return with Uncool Halloween III at the UC Theatre
SWMRS perform at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on Oct. 27, 2018. Photos: Chloe Catajan. BERKELEY — With Halloween around the corner, SWMRS started the scream fest early at the UC Theatre Saturday. For its third annual Uncool Halloween, the Oakland band channeled the Harry Potter series. “Hedwig’s Theme”…
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Interview: Oakland’s SWMRS ready for their close-up
Not many bands would pass up multiple opportunities to open for Green Day, but Oakland’s SWMRS had a reason: nepotism. Because the pop-punk band’s drummer, Joey Armstrong, is the son of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, SWMRS had felt that others were judging them as getting a hand…
