William Schalda Jr. / SWIVS

is an autodidactic, multimedia artist and self-diagnosed compulsive creative. The act of creation helps keep busy the portion of his brain that has a tendency to go places less enjoyable. While his work in the field of video has heralded him much acclaim as of late, he is only truly happy when he is creating and performing music.

Billy Swivs & His Operatives At The Old Miami, Words and photos by Chris Bryce (October, 2021)

Let Me Ask You A Question Ep. 219 “Don’t Embarrass Me with SWIVS” (March 2021)

SWIVS interview on Sounds Like NYC, Ep. 84 (March, 2021)

Rolling Stone Magazine features Ghost Of Vroom video by SWIVS (2020)

Brass Balls Podcast, Episode 6: “A long-form interview with William Schalda Jr., who played in more than one precursor to The Budos Band, and who has since played with Charles Bradley, with NY garage rock legends The Realistics, with his family band The Sha La Das, and while wearing many hats for his solo project Billy Swivs.” (2020)

Bobo Touch features “Let’s Interact” video (2018)