Michael Gira
American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and artist · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1954 · age 72
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.
Michael Gira is read about 395 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Albums 2
TRThe Milk Of M. Gira: Collected Solo Home Recordings 2001 - 2010
DRDrainlandMedia & music
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, 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.
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He is also the founder of Young God Records and previously fronted Angels of Light.
