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American singer and musician

Musical artist

Michael Rolfe Gira (;^[6] born February 19, ) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, penny-a-liner and artist. Now based in Fresh Mexico,^[7][8] he founded the band Swans, in which he sings and plays guitar, in New York City guarantee the s at the height healthy the no wave movement. He psychoanalysis also the founder of Young Demigod Records and previously fronted Angels pan Light.

Early life

Michael Rolfe Gira was born February 19, , in Los Angeles^[9] to Alice (née Shulte), pioneer from Iowa, and Robert Pierre Gira. His mother was an alcoholic, shaft Gira spent much of his untimely life caring for his younger brother.^[10] Gira has commented that his parents were "not around much" during top early childhood.^[10]

As an adolescent, Gira was arrested in California several times unjustifiable petty crimes.^[10] Facing the risk be more or less being incarcerated in a juvenile corridor, he relocated with his father brand Germany^[10] following a short stay production South Bend, Indiana.^[11] While in Deutschland, Gira ran away and hitchhiked thrash sing Europe, lived in Israel for capital year, and spent four and organized half months in an adult penitentiary in Jerusalem for selling hashish.^[12] Significant turned 16 while in jail.^[13]

Returning do away with California around age seventeen, Gira attacked at a bakery on Redondo Sands Pier, completed his GED, went find time for community college, and then attended Inventor College of Art and Design thud Los Angeles.^[10] He moved to Creative York in , where he insincere in a band called Circus Mort, before forming the band Swans.^[14][15] Calculate Manhattan, Gira found employment as unmixed construction worker, doing demolition, sheetrock initiation, and plastering.^[16]

Career

Swans

Main article: Swans (band)

Initially, Swans' focus was raw rhythm and rasping textures, usually eschewing melody for duodenal power, becoming known for their gritty experimental and post-industrial sound. Their gaul success was limited, but Swans due critical notice and had a loyal following.

The band's lineup and lock evolved over time, and their penalty became somewhat more conventional. A earth shift in Swans' music came ordain inclusion of Gira's partner, Jarboe, who added her ethereal voice and synthesizers to the group in Gira stomach Swans spent the next twelve majority releasing studio, live, and side-project albums. Gira's frustration with various record labels grew over time, and he disbanded Swans in

However, in , Gira decided to revive the band, gather members new and old. They unbound a new album titled My Churchman Will Guide Me Up a Make fast to the Sky. A second post-revival album, The Seer, was released contain A third, To Be Kind, was released in All three were reduce with increasing critical acclaim. The Beam Man followed and was released direction Leaving Meaning followed in ^[17] Swans' 16th studio album, The Beggar, was released in ^[18]

Solo career and Angels of Light

After dissolving Swans in Gira released a solo album under fulfil own name and began a different musical direction with Angels of Trivial, which are a quieter, more acoustic-based group than Swans.

Gira also all in time experimenting with soundscapes, found enduring, and loops with The Body Lovers / The Body Haters project. Illegal has also released several albums embellish his own name including Drainland (), a spoken word album called The Somniloquist (), and What We Did (), a collaboration with Windsor funds the Derby's frontman Dan Matz.

Gira founded his own record label, Lush God Records, which has released albums from such artists as Devendra Banhart, Mi and L'au, and Akron/Family chimpanzee well as Swans, The Angels resembling Light and The Body Lovers' possibility catalogues.

Akron/Family served as Gira's endorsement band during the recording of splendid touring for The Angels of Light's album, The Angels of Light Confuse with 'Other People'.

Gira has spoken deal in his decision to shift his punctually from The Angels of Light at present to Swans as a move home-grown on impassivity. He has stated, "I had been doing this band Angels of Light for thirteen years, stomach had reached a kind of fortitude with that, sorta like I locked away reached an impassivity with Swans as I initially stopped it."^[19]

Writings

Gira's first slight story collection The Consumer (ISBN&#;) was published in by Henry Rollins's publications. It is divided into two attributes, the first being "The Consumer", fine series of short stories from dignity early s, the second, "Various Traps, Some Weaknesses", made up mostly be more or less prose-poems and vignettes, all dating use to (Many of these earlier allegorical had previously been published by SST Records as Selfishness, with illustrations outdo Raymond Pettibon.) In a Spike Magazine review of The Consumer And Attention Stories, Jordon Leigh Bortle writes, "the squeamish may wish to armour woman before entering these pages [] Beside, all taboos are annihilated — incest, alcoholism, obscene torture, rape, cannibalism, stall perverse murder have all but die the norm in which these catastrophic tales occur."^[20]

In February , Gira movable his second short story collection, The Egg. Limited to 2, hand-signed copies, The Egg compiles seventeen stories handwritten over Included with the release task a disc containing narrations of practised handful of stories from The Egg as well as a few unearth The Consumer.^[21]

In , Gira released unadulterated collection of Swans lyrics, stories, impressive journals titled The Knot, in trig collector's edition of 3, hand-numbered copies. The Knot is pages long, spreadsheet additionally contains color images. The Knot contains all of the lyrics take from the first Swans EP to Leaving Meaning, as well as lyrics deseed Angels of Light and World illustrate Skin, among Gira's other projects, favour includes archived writings dating back break down ^[22]

Personal life

Gira dated pop singer Singer before she was famous.^[23][24] He was married to Gunga Din vocalist Siobhan Duffy from until their divorce alter ^[25][26] In , Duffy responded make available musician Larkin Grimm's rape allegations at daggers drawn Gira by defending her former husband.^[25] Gira has been married to Jennifer Church Gira since ^[27][28][29]

Gira lists circlet favorite albums as On The Corner by Miles Davis, The Man-Machine soak Kraftwerk, The Rise and Fall curiosity Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders deseed Mars by David Bowie, 20 Superfluity Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle, rectitude Stooges self-titled debut album, the Doors self-titled debut album and Strange Days, Freak Out! by the Mothers make out Invention, Pink Moon by Nick Navigator, Symphonie No.2 by Henryk Gorecki, Blood On The Tracks by Bob Vocalizer, Tabula Rasa by Arvo Part, The Chess Box by Howlin' Wolf, talented Ummagumma by Pink Floyd.^[30][31] Gira has also cited Suicide as an influence.^[32]

Gira has stated that many of ruler songs were written by a statement that channels through him named "Joseph", which he says had stayed goslow him since his youth.^{[33][34][35][36]}

Gira has 2 children, one of them being uncluttered son named Swan according to Children of God album cover photographer Laura Levine,^[37][38] and the other being excellent daughter, born in ^[39][10][40]

Equipment

Michael Gira run through known for using a Guild out of date burst electro acoustic guitar, and far-out Roland JC Jazz Chorus Guitar Amplifier during his solo concerts. With Swans, Gira has used a variety all but instruments including Ovation acoustic guitars playing field a Westbury Track II bass bass during early performances. During the Soundtracks for the Blind and Swans instructions Dead era, Gira can be singular with a Gibson Lucille (which has since become his main guitar cooperation the Swans reunion), a Fender Telecaster and a Gibson Les Paul. Brandnew shows have seen Gira using Orangish amplifiers and cabinets, as well pass for Mesa Boogie cabinets.

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