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Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in 1982, the Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997. Besides Gira, the only other constant members were keyboardist/vocalist/songwrite r Jarboe from 1984 to 1997, and semi-constant guitarist Norman Westberg. The band was noted for droning vocals and strange instrumentation. As of January 2010, Michael Gira has begun working on new Swans material...
DISCOGRAPHY:
"Era 1"
Filth-1983
Cop-1984
Greed-1986
Holy Money-1986
Public Castration Is A Good Idea-1986
"Era 2"
Children of God-1987
(side project World Of Skin releases throughout this period)
The Burning World-89
White Light From The Mouth of Infinity-1991
Body To Body, Job To Job (release of Era 1 material)-1991
"Era 3"
Love of Life-1992
The Great Annihilator-1995
Die Tur Ist Zu-1996
Soundtracks For The Blind-1996
(Swans are Dead- 1998 release of live '95 and '97 tour material)
(Forever Burned-2003 compilation)
(Mystery Of Faith-2004 compilation of unreleased Swans and World
Of Skin material)
"Era 4" ???
Michael Gira has put his post-Swans project Angels Of Light on
hold to work on material for a new Swans recording... |
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Sistermystery |
24 December 2010 11:12 PM |
| 33, Female, United States |
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Sistermystery |
24 December 2010 11:10 PM |
| 33, Female, United States |
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Sistermystery |
18 September 2010 07:58 PM |
| 33, Female, United States |
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Sistermystery |
31 May 2010 02:17 AM |
| 33, Female, United States |
Welcome, finally someone freed the caged birds. What an exquisite band. I just love them... |
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Nightshade11 |
31 May 2010 01:49 AM |
| 38, Male, United States |
about freakin' time!!! |
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