Bad Ass Song Of The Day The Heavy are Kelvin Swaby (Vocals), Dan Taylor (Guitar), Spencer Page (Bass) and Chris Ellul (Drums). Taylor and Swaby became friends in 1998 when they bonded over vintage R&B music and Jim Jarmusch films and soon formed the band. The Heavy released two singles in the last half of 2007. "That Kind of Man," the first single, was released on Don't Touch Recordings, before Ninja Tune heard it and promptly signed the band. The Heavy released their first album Great Vengeance and Furious Fire on September 17, 2007 in the United Kingdom and 8 April 2008 in the United States. On 26 March 2008 The Heavy were the Artist of the Day in Spin. The band were also mentioned in the Rolling Stone Hot List in May 2008. They played at the 2008 South By Southwest music festival on the 89.3 The Current Stage and collected one of the Best Discovery awards in Spin Magazine's Best and Worst of SXSW 2008. The Heavy appeared on the 2009 album Johnny Cash Remixed with a version of "Doing My Time". On 2 October 2009 their second album The House That Dirt Built was released by Ninja Tune. A song from that album, "How You Like Me Now?," was used in a Kia Sorento television commercial, which was broadcast during the 2010 Super Bowl, appears in the soundtrack for Driver: San Francisco and it was used throughout The Fighter featuring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg.
