formed the band Shake Appeal

Swervedriver have their roots in Oxford when schoolmates and aspiring guitarists Franklin and Hartridge along with Franklin’s older brother and vocalist, Graham, and drummer Paddy Pulzer formed the band Shake Appeal in 1984. In 1987, bass player Adrian “Adi” Vines, from Yorkshire , joined the band, and the following year they released their solitary single “Gimme Fever” through Notown Records. Shake Appeal were influenced by late ’60s garage rock bands like The Stooges and MC5 , drawing similar influences from the sights and sounds of the British Leyland car factory Franklin and Hartridge walked past every day on the way to school. When influence turned to emulation, the members felt they needed to develop a sound of their own. They had meanwhile turned their attention to American alternative rock acts Hüsker Dü , Sonic Youth , and Dinosaur Jr. , and subsequently were inspired “to push out the boundaries of electric guitar within a pop format.”