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Swans

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Swans are an American experimental rock band formed by Michael Gira in the early 1980s, known for abrasive no-wave and industrial beginnings and later expansive, ritualistic, and often folk-infused drone and experimental albums.

Formed by Michael Gira in 1982. Leader: Michael Gira. Key phases: early no-wave/industrial (early-mid 1980s), more melodic/folk and chamber elements (late 1980s–1990s), major experimental works in the 1990s, hiatus 1997–2009, reformed in 2010. Michael Gira founded Young God Records.

DeBaser's reviews present Swans as a long-running experimental rock band led by Michael Gira. Coverage stresses ritualistic, hypnotic, often brutal music that ranges from no-wave/industrial noise to expansive folk and drone. Several albums are repeatedly described as masterpieces and career milestones. Live performances are depicted as intense and transformative.

For:Fans of experimental, noise, industrial and avant-garde rock; listeners seeking intense, ritualistic music.

 There is a star in my throat / In a voice, there is hope [...] I am water, I will rise

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 you'll understand that everything is one and everything is Gira.

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 Disorder, anarchy, chaos, tumult, madness, din, hallucination. All this and much more is To Be Kind.

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 Violence, nihilism, desolation are not goals to be reached but the starting point.

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