Tag Archives: Michael Gira

Circus Mort was a short-lived post-punk music group from NY that included potential Swans Michael Gira (vocals) and Jonathan Kane (drums). The additional members had been bassist Don Braun, keyboardist Josh Braun, and guitarist Rick Olier. Gira created the group after shifting from California, where he previously spent period as …

16 Hp were a Denver-based alternative country band that revolved around the initial songwriting and singing of David Eugene Edwards. The music group produced its name with music that mixed rural backwoods kitsch with edgy, off-kilter country-rock. Teaming up with drummer Jean-Yves Tola and bassist Pascal Humbert in the band’s …

Coming to rock and roll and experimental music from a complex, interesting record (both her parents had been FBI brokers; her upbringing in the South included such components of intense American religious faith as snake-handling ceremonies; and before her immediate participation in music she participated in “unorthodox sex function,” to …

Most widely known for his part as creator and co-leader of avant-garde rock-band Swans, Michael Gira offers made a spot not to function quite definitely under his personal name (a minimum of musically — he offers published and regularly done spoken term displays), preferring instead to generate and business lead …

After departing the seminal NY simply no wave outfit Teenage Jesus as well as the Jerks, poet/actress/vocalist Lydia Lunch time (b. Lydia Koch) embarked on a single profession marked by regular collaborations and music group adjustments, plus an attitude of confrontational nihilism portrayed both in her audio and her frequently …

Pursuing his decision to get rid of Swans, the legendary avant-garde rock and roll group he founded and helped lead for 15 years, Michael Gira devoted himself to going after a number of tasks, including further composing , spoken-word function, and production for other rings. Musically, his 1st released work …

Swans were given birth to through the heyday of New York’s zero wave a reaction to punk rock and roll, on the low East Aspect. Led by brainchild, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Michael Gira, the group was shaped following the demise of his initial New York clothing, Circus Mort. Swans’ …