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Swell's influences range from 80's post punk bands, Pink Floyd to folk, noise pop and Ennio Morricone film scores.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreel, Kirkpatrick and Mark Signorrelli (bass) spent the summer of 1990 busking on the streets of Europe, mainly in Spain. They returned to the States in time to pick up a support slot for Mazzy Star at San Francisco's I-Beam. But before they even played this first US show, Signorrelli moved to New York City and passed bass duties on to Monte Vallier, and John Dettman-Lytle had joined as a second guitarist.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis configuration toured around California during the fall of 1990. 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