Ten years on, it's nothing short of mind-boggling that the Great Swing Scare of 1997 ever happened in the first place. I'm sure you all remember the horror—swing dance nights at your favorite bars, frat boys incessantly quoting Vince Vaughan's character from Swingers, and of course, left-field radio hits from the Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Brian Setzer Orchestra and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. It's enough to almost make us pine for those other great scares of the late '90s: the Great Boy Band Scare (I think we’re still feeling this one, unfortunately) and the Great Electronica Scare... More >>>