He was sick of playing the standard things and he was tired of hearing them. Artistically, I wanted to represent what I felt America sounded like. I wanted to know its sound in general, the musical sounds of what people really are. Swing and ska are representations of the American psyche. Most of the music heard at Eugene's small all-ages club or big bar is hard rock or grunge.
Swing is very different rhythmically.
It has a lot more interesting harmonies. People don't dance together now, they haven't done that for years. Swing is now less male, less hormonal. Women aren't bowled over by men in the audience anymore. The danger is when you have a streamlined, stylized movement.