Clinton Swan

Clinton Swan played bass for Bwa da Riddim and organised a number of Hamilton music events. He was the Activities Manager at the WSU/University of Waikato from 1995 to 1997.

Hamapalooza was the first event organised and promoted by Swan, with Damien Fenton, and was held at the Wailing Bongo in 1993. Swan used the event to launch his own band Bwa da Riddim to a decent sized audience. This event provided Swan with the springboard to become Activities Manager at the WSU, running, among other things, a heavy schedule of gigs and events with a strong focus on making local bands visible, as well as re-vamping the annual Orientation festival in 1996 and 1997. Through the Activities Manager role he was a member of NZCAN (National Campus Arts Network) and was instrumental in pushing through and co-ordinating a number of national university tours for Hamilton bands such as Mobile Stud Unit. In this role he was also involved with booking international acts to tour for the Orientation festival. Swan was also heavily involved with Contact 89FM.