| Halloween Swim Team | |
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 Dustin M. Krapes and Jon Navarro of HST
(Ian Campbell, 2007) |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | HST |
| Origin | Inland Empire, California, USA |
| Genre(s) | Punk |
| Occupation(s) | Band |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Label(s) | How To Be A Microwave |
| Website | myspace.com/halloweenswimteam |
| Members | |
| Dustin M. Krapes, Jon Navarro, Scottarthur Carillo, Eriq Anguiano | |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Keyboards: Moog Prodigy, Microkorg | |
Halloween Swim Team (HST) is a synth punk rock band based in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire (California). The band's current line up consists of Dustin M. Krapes, Jon Navarro, Eriq Anguiano and Scottarthur Carrillo.
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Band line-up
- Dustin M. Krapes - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Jon Navarro - vocals, keyboards, trumpet
- Scottarthur Carrillo- bass, keyboards
- Eriq Anguiano - drums, graffiti
Official discography
- A Little Something (How To Be A Microwave, 2007)
- Panicakes and Serum (How To Be A Microwave, 2006)
Movie appearances
Halloween Swim Team appeared as themselves in 40 Bands 80 Minutes!, a rockumentary movie directed by Sean Carnage about the Los Angeles underground music scene in 2006. In the movie the band claims to play "love songs."
Music videos
Navarro and Krapes are both film students, and together with the rest of the group, produce all of their own music videos. The two most recently released videos are for songs, "The Rise and Fall of King Faredae" and "Your Merry way" from the A Little Something EP (How To Be A Microwave, 2007).
Shot on black and white Super 8 film, the video for "...King Faredae" features a man wrapped in caution tape whose story loosely follows the song's narrative about a king (King Faredae) whose abuse of power results in his beheading. The "Your Merry Way" video features a visually impaired monster played by Scottarthur Carrillo searching for his magical bandmates played by Krapes and Navarro. The music video for Your Merry Way was premiered on October 9th, 2007 at Eighteen-Thirty Gallery's "Short Short Shorts" rooftop movie night in Echo Park, Ca. Currently in the works are music videos for the songs "Polaroid" and "Fingers" to be released with the group's upcoming 7"
