Michael Rolfe Gira (/dʒəˈrɑː/; born February 19, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and artist. Now based in New Mexico...

band formed in 1981 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. One of the few acts to emerge from the New York City-based no wave scene...

musician Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans, the group he had founded in 1982. The band has marked a distinctly different style for Gira since he left...

in Berlin, Germany across 2022, with key collaborators of front man Michael Gira, as well as both past and present members of the band. The announcement...

cracked the top 40 in both countries. To Be Kind was produced by frontman Michael Gira and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch and at Congleton's studio...

released by Young God Records on August 28, 2012. Producer and front man Michael Gira funded the recording of the album with the sales of the live double album...

group Swans, which was a collaboration between the core Swans members Michael Gira and Jarboe. The project was initially called Skin, with the first two...

led by composer Michael Gira between 1998 and 1999 following the breakup of Swans in 1997. Both projects served as an outlet for Gira's loop experimentation...

Look up gira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gira, or kvass, is a fermented low-alcoholic beverage. Gira may also refer to: Gira (bicycle rental),...

Young God Records is an independent record label formed by Michael Gira in 1990 that specializes in experimental, avant-garde and often non genre-specific...

a number of different compilations. It was remastered by band leader Michael Gira in 1992 for release on CD along with the Young God EP (1984) appended...

of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two constant members of the group until...

the lyrics of "Your Property" from Cop for "YRP"). On this, frontman Michael Gira said in 1997: I've always been interested in different sounds like that...

that direction. So, I pushed the music into unfamiliar territory. — Michael Gira Children of God was reissued along with the World of Skin compilation...

Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption...

the sonic weather, Gira's spiritual austerity remains unimpaired." All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except "Hums" by Gira, Kristof Hahn, Christopher...

Drainland is the debut solo studio album by American musician Michael Gira. It was released on June 9, 1995, through Alternative Tentacles. Using spare...

wrapped in leather." All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Swans Michael Gira – vocals, samples, tape operation, piano, bass...

Looks Red/The World Looks Black" contains lyrics written by frontman Michael Gira that were used in the Sonic Youth song "The World Looks Red" in 1983;...

2010; it was their first studio recording in 14 years. Swans founder Michael Gira funded the recording of this album by creating the limited-edition album...

each track, with the exception of "Loop 33". All tracks are written by Michael Gira Credits adapted from liner notes for Body to Body, Job to Job. Raggett...

second half of Swans' unique career." All tracks are written by Michael Gira Michael Gira – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, effects...

a little too hard." All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Swans Michael Gira – vocals, production N. Westerg (Norman Westberg)...

most primal form." All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Swans Michael Gira – vocals, tapes, production, sleeve design Harry...

masterpiece." All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except where indicated 2015 Bonus CD All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except track 9 (Nick Drake),...

Drainland by fellow Swans member Michael Gira. All tracks are written by Jarboe, except "My Buried Child" by Michael Gira Musicians Jarboe – vocals, keyboards...

only major-label release. Co-produced by Bill Laswell and band leader Michael Gira, the album features a major stylistic shift from their past releases...

January 23, 1995, through frontman Michael Gira's own record label, Young God. The album has been described by Gira as a companion album to his solo album...

major influence. Credits adapted from Holy Money liner notes Performers Michael Gira – vocals, piano, sampling, production Norman Westberg – guitar Jarboe...

singer Teddy Geiger. Xiu Xiu also covered the song with Swans frontman Michael Gira, a version that was included on Xiu Xiu's 2008 album Women as Lovers...