Krankin' Songhouse

Krankin' Songhouse performing in 2025

**Krankin' Songhouse** is a band created by J. Swinglez. The band was formed in May 2025, after Swinglez used his parent's money and some birthday money he had saved up to start the band at the young age of 15. Since then, the band has seen strong success, with their peak being #4 on the charts.

They have often been referred to as "America's band".

## History

### Welcome to the Songhouse (2025)

In May 2025, 15-year-old American patriot J. Swinglez started a band known as Krankin' Songhouse after he got some money from his parents, and he also used some of his birthday money to start the band, and he was able to obtain $100,000 total. Swinglez was a fan of the band "Law & Order", so he hired one of their members, Shank, and the two began production of their first studio album, *Welcome to the Songhouse*.

During the 4th week of May, the band released their first single, *Swinglez Spits Fire*, and it received mixed to negative reviews. The band attempted to hire Yap Massacre, but he thought he was "too cool" for the band and declined, so they hired guitarist Trent Nixon instead. Trent asked the band if he could let his friend, Young Chris, join the band, to which the band accepted.

On the first week of July, the band held their first-ever concert in the streets, and it received mostly negative reception. Following the concert, the band decided to let go of Young Chris, since he wasn't the most reliable member, and wouldn't agree to a fair contract. However, they replaced him by hiring a backstage producer named Keith Abbot. On the second week of July, Swinglez hung out with Alan Barnsley, a member of the Epic Talent record label, and this caused them to grow a liking towards Swinglez, and the band was given a contract to join Epic Talent, to which they agreed. Swinglez also hired another Law & Order band member, Kid Lincoln, because of this the Law & Order band was completely disbanded as Krankin' Songhouse stole all their members (except for the vocalist, who is now sad and alone).

The band released a second single, known as We're Epic (Because We We), the song is about them now being "epic" for being signed to Epic Talent. The song was #11 on the charts and was the band's first time reaching the charts. However, shortly after the song's release, Epic Talent pressured the band to make a "chart-topper" song very soon, otherwise, they'll be kicked from the label. Shank began to grow a disliking for Kid Lincoln and left the band for 2 weeks. However, during this time, Keith became friends with Lincoln. But that friendship doesn't last long, as Kid Lincoln demanded too much money during contract negotiations, and was kicked out of the band. He was quickly replaced with a new member, Grant Cookson. They also hired an additional member, Mean Street.

The band officially released its debut album, Welcome to the Songhouse, and it received mixed reviews from critics, but was loved by fans and reached #6 on the charts. The album was a huge success and Swinglez became a millionaire. As the band was getting closer to their deadline of making a chart-topper song, they were saved by Mat Dickie, the CEO of Super Sounds, who offered them a better contract. The band held a huge concert at a stadium for the first time to promote the new album.

### The Monkey Concept & allegations (2025-present)

The band then began production on their second album, *The Monkey Concept*. Keith Abbot was kicked from the band since he wanted way too much money on his contract. The band then released their third single, and the first single from this upcoming album, *Monkey Business*. The single received critical acclaim with a 5/5 star rating and reached #1 on the charts. However, immediately afterward, Grant was arrested and was absent from the band until his release from prison.

In December 2025, the band decided to hire a new producer named Miss Spencer, who was previously J. Swinglez's English teacher. They were so confident in her abilities, that they hired her for a full 48 weeks for $300,000. At the very beginning of 2026, Grant returned from prison, however, he showed up at the studio completely drunk, which made the band very angry. Though within this time, Shank became good friends with Mean Street.

However, things quickly took a turn for the worse, as Spencer accused Swinglez of sexually assaulting her, even though Swinglez was only 16. Swinglez denied the claims and said that this was likely just a way for her to escape her long contract with the band. On the final week of January, Swinglez and Spencer went to court to settle things, and Swinglez was convicted guilty of sexual assault and was forced to pay Spencer $602,100. This angered the band so much that they decided to make a rule to never hire women. Only one week later, Spencer accused Swinglez of sexual assault once again, this time he was proven innocent, however. The judge stated that "there is nothing sexual" about Swinglez, despite the fact that he had already been charged with sexual assault.

The band was working on a song called "Monkey Education" which was a song about how good Spencer is, however, Grant suggested the idea to change the song's name to "Witch Hunt" as a diss track against her, to which the band agreed. Immediately after, Stuart Dickie accused the band of plagiarizing his song on their song "Witch Hunt". The band went to court, and they were convicted of plagiarism and were forced to remove the song from their upcoming album and give $125,000 to Stuart. During this time, Mean Street became cited as the most reliable member of the band, since he was never absent, and he became good friends with the whole band. Grant Cookson also decided to become a producer instead of a guitarist.

The band released yet another single, GASLIGHT THAT MONKEY, a song dissing Spencer (yes, she produced the song). The song debuted at #1 on the charts and received critical acclaim with a 5/5 star rating. However, following this, Shank offered to produce a song for the album, called "Shank's Boogaloo"... It sucked and was the worst song the band had ever made. During this time, Shank also was fighting with everyone in the band, so this prompted the band to kick him out, which upset Swinglez since he was a big fan of Shank. They replaced Shank with a guitarist named Terry Duggan.

The band got a very good deal from Rock-Out Records, who offered them 45% of music royalties, and 25% of ticket sales, to which they accepted.

## Controversies

### Sexual assault allegations

In January 2026, Miss Spencer accused her fellow bandmate J. Swinglez of sexually assaulting her. Swinglez and Spencer went to court and Swinglez was convicted guilty of sexual assault, even though he was only 16 at the time. He was forced to pay her $602,100.

One week later in February, she accused him of sexual assault yet again, though this time, he was proven innocent. The band hates Spencer now because of the accusations she made. These allegations sparked a lot of controversy about whether Swinglez actually committed these crimes or not. Following the allegations, the band made multiple songs directly dissing Spencer, such as their hit single GASLIGHT THAT MONKEY.

### Plagiarism allegations

Stuart Dickie accused the band of plagiarizing his song on their song "Witch Hunt". The band went to court, and they were convicted of plagiarism and were forced to remove the song from their upcoming album and give $125,000 to Stuart.

## Members

### Current members

* J. Swinglez - vocals (2025-present)
* Mean Street - drums (2025-present)
* Grant Cookson - guitar, production (2025-present)
* Terry Duggan - guitar (2026-present)
* Miss Spencer - production (2026-present)

### Former members

* Young Chris - dancer (2025)
* Kid Lincoln - dancer (2025)
* Trent Nixon - guitar (2025)
* Keith Abbot - production (2025)
* Shank - DJ (2025-2026)

## Discography

### Singles

* *Swinglez Spits Fire* (2025, from the album *Welcome to the Songhouse*)
* *We're Epic (Because We We)* (2025, from the album *Welcome to the Songhouse*)