Steve Swanson, of Tampa

Tâmpa

Tâmpa may refer to several villages in Romania:* Tâmpa, a village in Băcia Commune, Hunedoara County* Tâmpa, a village in Miercurea Nirajului, Mureş County* Tâmpa, a mountain in Braşov city...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, is the current lead guitarist for the death metal band, Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under (band)

Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...

. He took over guitar duties from Allen West

Allen West (musician)

Allen West is an American guitarist who has been a member of Obituary, Six Feet Under and Lowbrow. He is considered to have been one of the first musicians to play a style of music known as death metal in the 1980s.In high school, West formed the band Massacre...

 (of Obituary

Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...

). Allen left the band in late 1997. Before Steve joined he was in Massacre with Terry Butler

Terry Butler

Terry Butler of Tampa, Florida, U.S., is the current bassist in the death metal band Obituary. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death...

 on bass. He joined in Feb 98.

He has two children.

In early December 2008, Swanson's house was broken into, and a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, 6 guitars, a Line Six guitar amp, and a Hewlett Packard Laptop were stolen. A paypal account has been set up, and donations are being accepted.

Six Feet Under

• Maximum Violence
  Maximum Violence
  Maximum Violence is Six Feet Under's 3rd studio album. The Album goes back to Chris Barnes' roots in Cannibal Corpse with a more violent track listing...
  
  (1999)
• Graveyard Classics
  Graveyard Classics
  Graveyard Classics is a cover album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. It includes cover versions of such classic rock hits as "TNT" by AC/DC, "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, and "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix.-Track listing:...
  
  (2000)
• True Carnage
  True Carnage
  True Carnage is the fourth album by death metal band Six Feet Under. The album contains fan favourites such as "The Day the Dead Walked", "One Bullet Left" and "Sick and Twisted".-Track listing:#"Impulse to Disembowel" - 3:11...
  
  (2001)
• Bringer of Blood
  Bringer of Blood
  Bringer of Blood is Six Feet Under's fifth studio album. Bringer of Blood contains fan favorites such as Amerika the Brutal, Murdered in the Basement, When Skin Turns Blue, and Bringer of Blood...
  
  (2003)
• Graveyard Classics 2
  Graveyard Classics 2
  Graveyard Classics 2 is the second cover album by Six Feet Under. It is an album cover version of AC/DC's 1980 album Back in Black.-Track listing:All Songs by Brian Johnson, Angus Young and Malcolm Young#"Hells Bells" – 5:11...
  
  (2004)
• 13
  13 (Six Feet Under album)
  13 is the sixth studio album by death metal band Six Feet Under. The album was released in 2005 on Metal Blade Records.-Track listing:#"Decomposition of the Human Race" – 3:42#"Somewhere in the Darkness" – 3:53#"Rest in Pieces" – 3:08...
  
  (2005)
• Commandment
  Commandment (album)
  Commandment is the seventh album by death metal band Six Feet Under. It was released April 17, 2007, on Metal Blade Records. They have released videos for "Ghosts of the Undead" and "Doomsday"...
  
  (2007)
• Death Rituals
  Death Rituals
  Death Rituals is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. It was released on November 11, 2008 through Metal Blade Records. It is also available in a limited digipak edition with three live bonus tracks....
  
  (2008)
• Graveyard Classics 3
  Graveyard Classics 3
  Graveyard Classics III is the third cover album by Six Feet Under. It was released on January 19, 2010 on Metal Blade Records.The Album was Recored at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, Florida...
  
  (2010)