Michael Gira
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Michael Rolfe Gira is an American singer-songwriter, composer, author and artist. Now based in New Mexico, he founded the band Swans, in which he sings and plays guitar, in New York City in the 1980s at the height of the no wave movement.
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In their own words 10
Dylan is like a friend I've returned to throughout my life. Jim Morrison, too. Of course, he's pretty corny on the page, but it works with the music.
Initially, advertising slogans influenced me the most. I really liked the way that language was aggressive and immediate, but with lots of subtext.
Willie Nelson has an ability that is particular to country music - these one-liners that set up a whole song, then everything else is built around that.
Waxing lyrical: Swans' Michael Gira on his love of words
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TRThe Milk Of M. Gira: Collected Solo Home Recordings 2001 - 2010
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Michael Rolfe Gira is an American singer-songwriter, composer, author and artist. Now based in New Mexico, he founded the band Swans, in which he sings and plays guitar, in New York City in the 1980s at the height of the no wave movement. He is also the founder of Young God Records and previously fronted Angels of Light.
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